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LaTasha’s LearningRx Story – Oct. 2nd 2013

Many who follow my blog know what a great impact LearningRx has had on our lives. This evening I read the sweetest story from a mom I met at Jacksonville’s Magnet School Expo.

Here are the words she pinned tonight on LearningRx’s Facebook page:

“No parent wants to admit that there child has a learning disability or may even know that is the main issue. However, I knew that I had to find some help for my son in order for him to be on the right track developmentally. In the beginning my family just assumed that I was not spending enough time teaching him, but I knew that it was more than just me not sitting down with him every night.

Here is where my story beginnings. My older sister asked me to go to the yearly Magnet School Seminar for all the schools in Jacksonville, in which LearningRx was there. I truly believe that it was God who lead me to their booth and faith, that it was something out there that could help my son with the main issue and not just a temporary fix. While I was at the Seminar, I spoke with a parent that was a spokesperson for LearningRx and I was not sure if she would understand my struggle being that my son was held back twice and still was reading on a Kindergarten/1st grade level. However, she has 4 kids that had different issues, so I took some information home but I never called thinking that this was going to be some over priced place that was going to make all these promises but never give me any results.

But finally I went to get him tested and I sat down with Erin the director. I finally understood what the real issue was by her explaining the way the brain works and what the test showed was the problem. I finally found out that my son had an auditory processing disorder and I researched that disorder and it describes my son perfectly.

My son started LearningRx in April 2013. He had a really bad attitude towards anything that had to do with school work, learning to read, sounding out words, he had very low self esteem because he thought that he was not smart. Now, he has done a complete 180, my son is now reading on his own and he has a passion for learning now. Everyday he has shown so much progress in school and out of school.

I am so thankful for God sending me to LearningRx and even though its a temporary sacrifice for right now it will be a long term benefit for my son’s future. If I could give anyone some advice it would be to at least go and see for yourself what Learning RX can do for your child because they have done wonders for mine.”

LaTasha, I so glad my story helped you in your journey to find LearningRx. They have been a blessing in my life as well. Thank you for sharing. I remember meeting Latasha at Magnet Mania. She was a mom determined to find answers for her son. I applaud her sacrifice and courage.

To read more LearningRx reviews and stories from other parents visit: http://www.learningrx-reviews.com/

Life After LearningRx – A LearningRx Review

It’s been about a year, plus a few months, since we finished our training at LearningRx.

So what does our life look like now?

I’ll start with Baby Girl. She was a very struggling reader! In our year of homeschooling in second grade she was reading at a first grade level. She wanted to read. She tried so hard to read, but just couldn’t accomplish the task. Why? Our testing at LearningRx showed her executive processing speed (I call it her attention) to be a year and a half behind her age. At the end of 36 weeks with LearningRx she tested two years above her age. Now, at the end of her first in school as a second grader she is reading at grade level and loves her books! I find her in bed at night reading before she goes to sleep!

Then there is Son #1. He’s our super smart, super athletic, lover of all things football who has been diagnosed with ADHD! Our first major accomplishment: (and I say this for me as well as for him)….We made it through the school year. 180 days of 5 days a week school! He made good grades, grew spiritually and is excited about being a “senior” as school next year. He stepped into a leadership position this summer with his 904 Elite 7on7 football team in the face of defeat at an intense tournament at the IMG Academy in Bradenton, Fl. His determination and desire to “leave it all on the field” whether they won or lost was nothing short of amazing.

Here he is making the TOP 15 of all the middle schoolers in the Cam Newton Skills Challenge! SO PROUD!

And Son #3. He’s my steady-freddy. He did amazing at LearningRx, scored years above his age at the end of 12 weeks and he just keeps on keeping on! His biggest challenge is overcoming perfectionism. I just don’t know where he gets that from! He’s smart, sensitive, witty and has a desire to please those around him. He is terrific with animals and has a gentle soul. He enters 6th grade this year!

Still to train is Rocketman, Son #2 and me!

The story isn’t over by any means!!

*Cam Newton Skills Challenge sponsored by Mr. Cam Newton and the Cam Newton Foundation

To read more LearningRx reviews and stories from other parents visit: http://www.learningrx-reviews.com/

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Posted: July 5, 2013 by Julie |Category: Football | LearningRx | Tags: 7on7, brain training, Cam Newton, Cam Newton Foundation, Football, IMG Academy, Julie Worthy Photography, Learning Rx review, LearningRX, LearningRx Jacksonville Florida, LearningRx review, LearningRx reviews, learningrxreviews, Skills Challenge

Can LearningRx Work After 50? A LearningRx Review

God brings many interesting people into our lives. One such person, loved dearly by my entire family, is Ms. Kathy.

Ms. Kathy was a teacher for many years and has her M.ED. in Education and tutoring. Presently, she tutors children in reading, and tests homeschooled students to determine whether their performance is in compliance with state standards.

When Ms. Kathy tested my daughter, Danielle could not even finish the test for the grade level below her grade! When we explained to Ms. Kathy that we had just enrolled Danielle at LearningRx for one-on-one brain training, she suggested we finish Danielle’s brain training first, then bring her back for state testing.

Over the coming months, our progress with LearningRx piqued Kathy’s interest as she listened to me talk about the results I saw in my children. Since Kathy comes in contact with many children in the course of her tutoring, she was curious whether LearningRx would be a good resource for other families as well. Kathy decided to take the LearningRx brain skills assessment so she would understand the process a child goes through when walking through the doors of LearningRx. When Kathy got the results of her assessment, she discovered that she had amazingly high scores in Short-Term Memory, Logic and Reasoning, Visual Processing, Auditory Processing and Word Attack. She was deficient, however, in Processing Speed and Long-Term Memory.

Kathy, 63, looked in amazement at her scores. They pinpointed recent frustrating struggles in her life. Kathy hated that she would walk into a room and forget what she had gone there for. She hated her increasing need to write things down or she would complete forget them.

Kathy decided to try LearningRx’s Max Online program. Instead of training at the center she would train online at home. After faithfully spending an hour a day with the LearningRx intensive online program, life took an unexpected turn, and Kathy left the country to spend several months with her daughter overseas. Once she returned to the U.S. and settled back into a routine, Kathy decided to take a second cognitive assessment to see exactly how much LearningRx was improving her memory.

I crossed paths with her in the parking lot at LearningRx just a few weeks ago as she was going in to take her assessment. She was nervous, and hoped her assessment would show proof of the improvements she felt she was experiencing in real life. I talked with her a few days later to learn that her assessment scores were amazing! Ms. Kathy had increased her Processing Speed by 40 percentile points and her Long-Term Memory by 25 percentile points! She was so excited! I knew all along Kathy would do great. She is a determined and purposed woman with a real zest for life.

I asked her what real life results she was seeing at home. She said that the biggest thing that she has noticed is that she can find things now. She had been spending way too much time hunting for things throughout the day. Now she remembers right away where she’s left things. She is also taking a couple of college courses for recertification and is finding that she has to reread things a lot less and can work through the curriculum in a much more linear fashion. She also sees a big difference in how quickly she processes information while she is driving. She foresees a flood of her friends who are sixtysomething flocking to LearningRx once they hear of her experience.

Kathy is my first friend who is over 60 and a graduate of a LearningRx brain training program. I am so excited to have played even a small role in her new relationship with LearningRx. Since she has discovered what LearningRx can do, she refers many of her tutoring students to LearningRx, too. LearningRx brain training is proving to be a blessing not only to me and my family, but now Ms. Kathy, her friends, and the struggling students she works with now and in the future, too!

(Read the beginning of our family’s LearningRx story here! Our daughter just tested and her scores were amazing!! I can’t wait to tell you about each our three children’s progress!!)

To read more LearningRx reviews and stories from other parents visit: http://www.learningrx-reviews.com/

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What goes on behind the doors of LearningRx?

There are so many wonderful things that happen once you enter the doors of a LearningRx center.

Upon Graduation at the Jacksonville Center your hands go here:

These little guys cover the walls in the waiting room…..

As I sit and look at these I ask, “How can these be all over the internet, not just the walls?”

Since we homeschool we are at the center early and it is often a little quieter when we are there. But after school? It’s a hub of activity as kids are bussed in, moms bring kids in, parents talk in the waiting room or use the computers in the back. Information flows like a stream. I love all the activity and the one-on-one time I get with other moms.

I met another homeschoool mom this week. Oh, how we need to encourage one another! So much weight we carry upon our shoulders!

This month we are planning a MOMS NIGHT OUT at the Jacksonville center. I can’t wait! Here is their Facebook page!

Have a blessed and brainy day!

To read more LearningRx reviews and stories from other parents visit: http://www.learningrx-reviews.com/

LearningRx – Another benefit

If you read my blog at all you know that I am totally sold on braintraining at LearningRx.

My daughter who is seven just recently performed her first Christmas musical. She only visited the church with a good friend of hers and went to choir maybe a hand full of times. By Sunday night she knew every word to eight different songs and stood on stage for an hour and a half while she performed. I was incredibly proud of her. I can’t imagine standing for that long myself but my girl did it!!!

I really think the work she is doing in Memory Hold at LearningRx is what helped her to remember the songs so quickly. I was amazed.

We are in our 13th week at LearningRx. My daughter is now asking to write in cursive and can read five and six letter words. She sounds them out by herself!! When we started she was struggling with three letter words. I’m so excited with her progress! My youngest son is only on week 5 or 6 and is knocking it out of the ball park. The main area we are working on with him is his processing speed and his memory hold.

I’m so thankful God led us to a place where I feel like I am pouring into my kids tools they will use for a lifetime. And I’m proud of their progress and determination. The best part of all is they are having fun!!!!!

To read more LearningRx reviews and stories from other parents visit: http://www.learningrx-reviews.com/

Another Improvement and a Challenge

I have linked the above to LearningRx’s blog, just click on their logo to be redirected. Their website can be found here.

For a while I did not know they had a blog but now that I have found it I love reading about all the success stories other families are having with the centers.

This week (Week 11) I saw my child transform right before my eyes.

My oldest took the initiative to clean up the house before his daddy came home from work. He straightened up the kitchen, vacummed the floors, wiped down the counters and straightened up all our homeschool work from the day.

I had to do a double take. I thought aliens had abducted my son. But I realized I am beginning to see the success he is experiencing at LearningRx trickle down into his everyday life, not just his school work.

Can I just say “floored” doesn’t even describe what I saw two days in a row from my son. On the third day we decided together that the house looked pretty good so we wouldn’t clean before dad came home.

This child has never taken the initiative to do anything like this. His closet looks like a train wreck. His room is slightly better, but not much.

With that said I have a challenge for you. Leave a comment and let me know how you do. What I’m asking of you will get harder each day.

This is taken from LearningRx (just so you don’t give me any credit):

Follow the directions below as a fun way to improve your attention skills. Each level increases the difficulty by adding a second mental challenge. This exercise will actually map new neural pathways in your brain!

Directions: From the top row, left to right, call out the color of each of the arrows without a mistake. Time yourself and see how fast you can do it. Pretty simple, right?

Now call out the direction of each arrow. Do it without error in 40 seconds. Keep trying until you can do it in only 20 seconds. A little harder, huh?

Next, call out the direction of the arrows as if they were turned a quarter-turn clockwise. Get that time down to 20 seconds without error.

Next…..comes the fun!!!!

Let me know how you do! My kids can wiz through this after twelve weeks at an alarming rate! They are better than I am at it.

To read more LearningRx reviews and stories from other parents visit: http://www.learningrx-reviews.com/

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Posted: November 18, 2011 by Julie |Category: Homeschooling | LearningRx | Tags: brain training, cognitive thinking skills, LearningRX, LearningRx Jacksonville, LearningRx review, LearningRx reviews, neural pathways

LearningRX – Training the Brain

We have found the most amazing center to help our kids. It is called LeaarningRx.

They are located in many cities across the US (74 Nationwide). I could try to tell you the science behind it all but I’d fail miserably. So click on the link, watch the video, read the testimonials and then come back and read what I have to say about this answer from God for our family.

I can tell you the progress I’ve seen in my own children.

My 11 (almost 12) year old and my 7 year old are attending now. We go for 1 hour and fifteen minutes 4 days a week. In just 4 weeks I’ve seen my oldest son find school easier, concentration less of a problem and his focus laser sharp (at times). Remember, we are still in process.

We are attending for 12 to 24 weeks. My son recently took a Math Test that in the past would take him about 2 hours to finish and he completed it in about 15 minutes. His grade? 100!!! I was so proud of him and I could tell he was proud of himself. Yesterday when I got up at 6:45 he had already finished his school work. He had gotten up at 5:45 for some reason. Thank you God!!!!!

Yesterday my daughter decided to do “double school work”. We call days the kids can’t concentrate and double up the next day “double school work days.” She read 5 pages from her “My First Bible” to me in the car yesterday and whizzed through 4 pages of Math. She has struggled in the past with adding quarters and dimes, nickels and pennies to find the sum of the coins. Yesterday she wouldn’t even let me help her and did it all on her own getting all of them right. Mama June would be so proud!!! (that’s grandma!)

So what is LearningRX?

From a mom’s perspective it’s an hour+ of having wonderful trainers exercise my children’s brains. They play games, time themselves and then try to beat those times. Each day, each minute is a success for them. Both of my children can now say their presidents forwards and backwards. It’s amazing. My daughter was taught to remember her phone number by making up a funny story with words that rhyme with the numbers (one is sun, zero is hero). They make up these nonsense stories all by themselves and magically (to moms anyway) the numbers stick.

Everyone here at the Jacksonville, FL LEARNINGRX has been super wonderful. They have taught me a lot about cognitive thinking skills and teaching the brain to process information faster, hold on to information longer and how every child can succeed. They work with people who have had brain injuries, early dementia, ADHD, ADD, Dyslexia and kids (and parents who just want to remember grocery lists) or want to use that wonderful muscle called a brain God has given us. So go ahead …. pick up the phone and call. The testing is less than $100 compared to the $800 I spent at the psychologist where I got no help in “what to do next”.

I am thankful for the path that has led us to Learning RX. It’s made me even more thankful for the progress I see in my children.

What can I say…..I love you guys man!!!

(Check out Perfecting Parenthood’s blog here)

To read more LearningRx reviews and stories from other parents visit: http://www.learningrx-reviews.com/

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