I'm curious if any of you have any experience with or opinions on a company called Learning Rx. I have a gravely unsatisfying pt job that does at least pay well, but I have been looking at alternatives. Our local Learning Rx was advertising for "cognitive skills trainers," so I figured that I'd see what they were doing. I am not interested in being involved in hothousing kids to do well on IQ tests a la the NYC preschool prep. I went to their hiring night last night where they gave us info on their program and put us through a bunch of quick "cognitive skills tests." I apparently passed b/c they want me to come back for an interview.
So, what they claim is that they can fix ADHD, dyslexia, working memory and processing speed deficits, etc. and raise your IQ -- not just your IQ scores, but your actual intelligence. It sounds interesting, but I am reserving judgement on the veracity of these claims until I do a bit more research. Their examples included kids like my dds who are very high on most parts of an IQ test (upper 90s+) and low in one or two areas like processing speed or short term auditory memory. They said that they could get those skills up to the 90s as well. Again, they said that it wasn't just that the child would now test that high on IQ, but that he would actually process faster, get his homework done in half the time, etc. They also seem to get a lot of kids who are really struggling in school. On that end of things, they gave an example of a 5th grader who couldn't read at all and, in 2-3 months, they had him reading almost at grade level with no reading instruction, just brain training to build the skills needed to read. They said that, in a few more months, he would be above grade level in reading if he continued with their program.
Do you believe that it is possible to increase intelligence and/or rewire the brain such that someone is not just learning to work around a LD, but actually no longer has a LD?
