The Brain Jogging program provides an enriched environment and necessary stimulus activity for raising the learning potential for memory.

There is a rapidly expanding body of research about understanding brain function. Notably, Fred “Rusty” Gage, neuroscientist and Nobel Laureate, has made significant contributions to the understanding of neurogenesis – the production of new neurons in the brain. His research has focused on the role of neurogenesis in learning, memory, and brain repair.

The Brain Jogging program is for people of all ages who want to improve their cognitive potential. Our youngest person utilizing the program is four, and our oldest is 94.

Four-year-old children prepare for kindergarten by creating a “reading brain,” while the 94-year-old enjoys a sharper mind.

The Brain Jogging program is for those who want to perform at their best today and better tomorrow!

Begin your day with the Brain Jogging program! In just 7 to 10 minutes, you can know how “on” or “off” your “A game” you are. Your score in the Brain Jogging program quantifies it for you! If you want to improve your score, do another Brain Jogging program exercise. The magic is in the doing! You are encouraging new brain cell growth as you utilize the Brain Jogging program daily! The more you utilize the Brain Jogging program, the more you increase your brain potential.

Those who use the Brain Jogging program include:

• Parents wanting to give their children a boost from preschool to college-age students sign them up for the Brain Jogging program.
• Adults of all ages seeking to be lifelong learners.
• Adults wanting to change careers, learn new skills and build new information easily.
• Adults who want to remember old friends’ or acquaintances’ names from years ago.
• Adults with the onset of memory concerns
• Entertainers including actors, dancers, and choir members who want to learn new or remember old lines, songs, and routines.
• Athletes use the Brain Jogging program including basketball, football, and baseball players who want to learn new plays, rapidly assess the current play and their next step, and see the ball before others.
• Students who want to boost their entrance exam scores for private schools or other required assessments. The outcomes of students in all age groups utilizing Brain Jogging are higher scores on benchmark and entrance assessments including the SSAT, S.A.T., A.C.T., LSAT, and MCAT.

The Brain Jogging program is an online program customized to the user. Each morning and afternoon, the individual is directed to spend 7 -10 minutes sitting at their computer to perform specific tasks in a multi-sensory manner involving visual flash stimuli, working memory, processing speed, visual and auditory perception and discrimination, and motor-based learning therapy.

The Brain Jogging program is an individual-centered program that is entirely specific to individual. Teacher checklists, report cards, parent interviews, previous testing, and cognitive, academic and language assessments help determine the student’s needs. This information, combined with grade level and individual circumstances, determines whether any additional testing would be beneficial. The program is customized based on the data collected.

Some parents and teachers have reported immediate changes, while others have observed changes after just weeks on the program. By following the individual’s weekly progress within the Brain Jogging program, attention, focus, speed, and accuracy may be quantified. As the individual increases their highest attained levels and accuracy percentages, outward changes are typically brought to our attention. For example, students will improve their spelling test scores, less time is needed to complete homework.

Every individual is on their own timetable. If the Brain Jogging program is utilized at least twice daily (morning and afternoon), over time, positive results will be recognized by the person using the Brain Jogging program and by others. Most often, teachers report significant changes after a month, and some friends and neighbors of adults who began the Brain Jogging program have recognized changes in mood and memory in as little as six weeks.

Many parents and educators realize changes in children within weeks. However, we require a 90-day minimum when signing up for the Brain Jogging program. The Brain Jogging program is designed to build a more efficient brain with enhanced learning potential. The longer a person is on the program, the more significant the changes will be.

The Brain Jogging program will enhance speed and cognitive capacity for learning, memory, and mood. Individuals who struggle with memory or learning due to a learning disability or age-related disorder demonstrate improved results as they are utilizing the Brain Jogging program twice daily consistently.

No two children are alike. It is impossible to predict how long a child will need the Brain Jogging program. Just as it is impossible to determine how much weight over what period one may lose, it is impossible to determine exactly how long a child will need to increase their cognitive capacity for learning, memory, and mood. However, your child will likely increase their learning potential and build new neurons due to utilizing the Brain Jogging program twice daily within weeks. Like an athlete exercise to improve their body’s reaction time and coordination, so does the Brain Jogging program improve the brain’s reaction time, motor coordination, and flexibility of thought processes required for “life” skills.

What is certain, much of the level of improvement is based upon consistently utilizing the program twice daily. Parents who are vigilant about giving the Brain Jogging program a scheduled time twice daily are the most successful. If parents leave the time using the program up to the student, it loses its importance. For the child, playing, vacationing, and having fun with friends will always take precedence over brain training and building. Parents must stay engaged for optimum success with the Brain Jogging program.

Please remember the years your child has spent relying on their present ineffective study habits and behaviors. Your child’s behavior patterns have developed for years; they will not change overnight. However, committing to utilizing the Brain Jogging program twice daily will help your child become successful with improved study habits and behaviors. The Brain Jogging program is the best long-term solution for parents of children with learning struggles.

Oftentimes, individuals with L.P.D. report difficulty keeping up with the pace of many speakers. Slowing down the speech rate may be an accommodation worth pursuing. Good news: The Brain Jogging program has been found to increase processing speed, which decreases the difficulty children with characteristics of L.P.D. have in following verbal directions, multi-step directions, or classroom lectures. After beginning the Brain Jogging program, students report an enhanced ability to focus. Teachers and parents often report that students have greater communication and participation. Whereas students with L.P.D. once lost track of oral lines of communication, the Brain Jogging program allows them to no longer miss important lesson components or significant words in conversations.

Students who suffer from L.P.D. often find themselves unable to comprehend verbal and written communication. They may misunderstand sentences with more abstract meanings; they seem to understand in a more concrete, literal sense. Sometimes, these individuals may be described as more “hands-on” in their approach to learning.

Following written directions is particularly difficult for children with L.P.D. because directions are to be followed sequentially. In addition, children with L.P.D. do not always grasp the importance of specific direction words within the greater context of a series of directions. Therefore, a student with L.P.D. may misinterpret the directions’ meaning or do only part of an assignment without realizing that he or she has entirely neglected another part of the assignment. Reading and writing are often difficult for students with L.P.D. because they attach significance to words rather than phrases or complete sentences. This causes students with L.P.D. to struggle with interpreting and conveying thoughts through a print medium.

The Brain Jogging program is designed to enable students to close the delayed processing speed gaps and understand “direction” words. Research presented by the University of Arizona at the 2009 Learning Disability Association Conference confirmed delayed processing speed to be a commonality among students with reading difficulties (Urso 2008). By enhancing these students’ cognitive processing speeds, students with L.P.D. overcome many of the everyday difficulties in academic arenas. With continued use of the Brain Jogging program, they can follow speech and respond appropriately. In addition, they are pleased to become more proficient in their ability to follow written directions.

The Brain Jogging program affects processing speed by enhancing the speed by which neurons communicate with one another. According to Charles Stevens of the Salk Institute, all our thoughts, desires, and instructions that are sent through the brain make use of a process called synaptic transmission. In this process, one neuron speaks to adjacent nerve cells across circuits in which cells communicate. Frequently used circuits become more proficient and efficient, all the while increasing the speed of transmission.

A successful collegiate academic career hinges on students’ ability to be productive without receiving constant reminders from family and teachers. Even more so in college than in high school, students are responsible for their academic success. College challenges students with heavier workloads, including writing several papers; large quantities of reading materials; and exams with varied formats.

The increased scholastic demand of high school and then college is often staggering for typically developing individuals; a learning disability compounds the stresses of this demand.

Parents and students alike are often anxious about a child, particularly one with a learning disability, leaving the safety net of the home environment and teachers a parent can reliably contact. Students will find that college confronts them with more work and higher expectations related to quality and accountability; students must plan and prepare accordingly. The Brain Jogging program has not only been shown to help students assimilate new information but also enhances their cognitive processing speed. As students’ cognitive processing speeds increase, it becomes easier for them to assimilate and understand new information. The combined impact of constant exposure to academic material increases students’ understanding of said material while simultaneously improving students’ spelling. By enhancing cognitive processing speeds, the Brain Jogging program bolsters students’ ability to survive and thrive in their new academic environment.

In addition to fostering students’ academic success, the Brain Jogging program promotes accountability. Students must complete the Brain Jogging program sessions at least twice a day. Adding the Brain Jogging program sessions to students’ daily schedules encourages them to organize their time and use it wisely. Better grades within weeks encourage students to continue the Brain Jogging program. In turn, continuing the Brain Jogging program enhances cognitive processing speeds, spelling and understanding, and retention of material. The Brain Jogging program also continually reinforces the necessity of time maintenance.

College students need to understand that they are responsible for their own scholastic success. The Brain Jogging program not only contributes to students’ ability to succeed in a demanding collegiate environment but also increases their cognitive capacity to shoulder that responsibility themselves.

Yes! Sleep deprivation and video games will hinder progress. Everyone needs sleep; no program can overcome sleep deprivation. Additionally, video games will cause regression for most; some children even develop autistic behaviors due to extended screen time. The Brain Jogging program oftentimes enables many children to discontinue repetitive, unusual body movements or noises considered to be stimulatory behaviors. However, if the individuals return to gaming and/or overexposure to YouTube, the stimming behaviors have been known to return. Stimming behaviors almost immediately resurface after re-exposure to digitized media.

Brain Jogging was developed out of a mother’s heart for her child with dyslexia. However, from the very beginning, Brain Jogging proved to be more than a tool for learning to read. Teachers recognized the difference in students’ behavior and their new pathways to accelerated learning at large. Students, once identified as struggling learners in various subjects, are leaders in their professions today! Brain Jogging enhances learning efficiency.

Upon interviewing former Brain Jogging students from 20+ years ago, Shirley realized they had developed more self-confidence and entered challenging career paths. Her students stood out as learning more efficiently, listening more attentively, and speaking more eloquently. Those using the Brain Jogging program do not just survive; they thrive!