COGMED

Introducing Cogmed Working Memory Training

Cogmed has made a breakthrough discovery that children and adults can train and improve their working memory, a key function of the brain that allows individuals to store information for brief periods of time. Cogmed Working Memory Training helps people with attention issues improve focus, impulse control and complex problem solving. Through a combination of software-based woking memory exercises and personal coaching, participants engage in a challenging computer program at home. More than 80 percent of those who have completed Cogmed's rigorous and rewarding training have demonstrated tangilbe and lasting improvements. Cogmed's program has been validated by high-impact research in controlled scientific studies at Karolinska Intstitute, a world-renowned medical university based in Stockholm, Sweden. A leader in the emerging field of neurotechnology, Cogmed was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Naperville, Ill. Cogmed's services are provided by a growing network of more that 70 expert practices around the U.S. and Canada.

Cogmed's 5-week, coach-supported computerized memory training program is designed to help children and adults with attention deficits. This program is a combination of breakthrough research, innovative software design and effective methodology. Reported benefits include improved attention and impulse control, better complex reasoning skills and higher academic performance.

In 2007, Dr. Rotz began offering Cogmed Working Memory Training as another effective intervention for ADHD and other cognitive disabilities.

For more information about Cogmed please visit www.cogmed.com