But I do have kiddos with low processing speed, among other things, and I'd love it if that could be fixed.
Me too
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I went for the interview and they want me back again tomorrow and possibly to come for three full days of unpaid training after which, if I am selected, I'd work for fairly low pay: $12.50/hr.
I'm leaning toward no at this point. I did pose my concerns to a special ed teacher locally who tells me that she's never seen functional gains with kids who have done brain training exercises, although she hadn't had kids go through this specific program. The people from the company did give me some unpublished studies as well showing improvement on WJ-III scores (both cognitive abilities test as achievement test) in their kids vs. a control group. That raised another concern. It appears that I would be expected to administer WJ-III Cog tests to kids and I really am not qualified to do so. I do have Bachelor's and Masters degrees and have taken one undergrad course in psychological testing & assessment, but I do not have a Masters in Psychology or Education, which is what Riverside Publishing requires to be a test administrator. The people who run this center also do not have those degrees, so they could not legitimately be supervising my administration of these tests, either.
That leaves me wondering about how valid these gains are if the person administering the test doesn't have enough training and could be getting invalid results consequently.
The part of me that wants to research and dig into claims that raise my radar is still curious, but I do feel like I'd be wasting their time and mine to go back for the next interview.
