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Cogmed Academy of Central Florida
Cogmed is a very challenging, intensive 5-week training program that is most effective when the Cogmed participant challenges himself to work at his top capacity during training. Through using Cogmed, the trainee is literally building new neural connections — connections that will remain and will help the Cogmed trainee continue to experience better memory and focus in the future.Cogmed was originally developed for children in Sweden. Current Cogmed research sites include Duke, Notre Dame, and Harvard. For more information, visit cogmed.com.
Initial interview: The Cogmed trainee comes in for an initial interview with a Cogmed trained psychologist or mental health professional. During this initial meeting, questionnaires will be completed regarding current functioning of memory and attention.
Five week at-home training: The actual Cogmed training takes place at home, 45 minutes per day, five days per week, for five weeks. It is possible to extend the training beyond the 5 week period if training sessions were missed due to illness or other complications.
Five weekly telephone coaching sessions: During the five week training period, the trainee will be contacted each week by phone by a trained Cogmed coach associated with our practice. This coaching session is a time to report progress, to problem solve if you are experiencing any difficulties, and to make sure you are on track toward completing your training. The Cogmed coach will review your progress online before each phone call so that they will be fully informed of your training times and your progress throughout the week.
Children going through Cogmed training will need an in-person Cogmed assistant (parent, teacher, tutor, or other appropriate adult) to monitor and supervise each training session.
Follow up session: Following the training, you will have a follow-up interview with the clinician that you spoke to prior to beginning your training. At this session, you will be asked to complete questionnaires once again, to help measure your progress.
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