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Cogmed Research Abstracts
Effects of Working Memory training of Reading in Children with Special Needs
Training and Plasticity of Working Memory
Computerized Training of Working Memory in a Group of Patients Suffering from Acquired Brain Injury
A Controlled Trial of Working Memory Training for Children and Adolescents with ADHD
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Drs. Joe and Carol Utay
Northern Connection - A Visit with the Utays
June 2011 - What do Attention, Thinking, Planning, Memory and Follow-through have in Common?
May 2011 - Children’s Memory: Friends and Foes
April 2011 - 3 Ways to Significantly Help Children with Attention Issues
March 2011 -- How to Handle First Final Fears
February 2011 -- From Balancing on Ice to a Balanced Summer
January 2011 -- When Turning in Homework and Turning off TV is not Enough
December 2010 -- Steps to Helping Kids Frustrated with Math
November 2010 -- All it Takes is One Small Stone
October 2010 -- You are not Alone on the Road to Success
September 2010 -- ADHD or Typical?
August 2010 -- Growing Up With ADHD: Cause for Worry?
July 2010 -- Take Advantage of Brain-based Learning
June 2010 -- Grade Retention? Just Say No.
May 2010 -- The “If” Approach to Picking a Method to Improve Attention
April 2010 -- Reading Comprehension: Better when Reading Fast or Slow
March 2010 -- Summer School Already?
February 2010 -- 10 Ways to Help Your Child Listen Better
January 2010 -- Report Cards Offer Useful Weather Report
December 2009 -- Study Shows Reading Comprehension Programs Don't Work
November 2009 -- Is it REALLY Attention Deficit Disorder?
October 2009 -- When Your Child's Homework Becomes YOUR Homework
September 2009 -- Why Not Tutoring? How to Remove 4 Stumbling Blocks to Success.
August 2009 -- Prepare for School Success
July 2009 -- Hope, Commitment to Whatever it Takes
June 2009 -- Build up Your Child’s Brain this Summer So He Doesn’t Lose it this Fall
May 2009 -- End School Frustration: Parent to Parent
April 2009 -- Parent to Parent: Winning the Homework Battle?
March 2009 -- Parent to Parent: Is Summer School Worth it?
February 2009 -- Parent to Parent
January 2009 -- Your Child Needs Better Attention
December 2008 -- The 6 Best Ways to Improve Your Brain at Any Age
November 2008 - Your Child’s Grades: Reacting to the Crash
October 2008 -- Grade Already Slipping?
August 2008 -- Give Your Child’s Brain a Workout for School, Part 3
July 2008 -- Give Your Child’s Brain a Workout this Summer, Part 2
June 2008 -- Give Your Child’s Brain a Workout this Summer, Part 1
May 2008 -- Give Your Child a Reading Boost this Summer
April 2008 -- But What is the CAUSE of the Reading Problem?
March 2008 -- Help Your Pediatrician Help You
February 2008 -- “Why are my Child’s Grades Dropping?”
January 2008 -- $500 Grant Available for Expert Tutoring
December 2007 -- Preparing for a Parent-Teacher Conference
November 2007 -- Have to Reread What you Just Read? Have to Reread What you Just Read?
October 2007 -- Why Invest In Your Childs Reading Success
September 2007 -- Early Signs of Later Reading Problems
August 2007 -- “Sprint” this Summer for Success this Fall
July 2007 -- 15 Ways to Turbo Boost Young Children’s Reading
June 2007 -- Improve Reading with Local Resources
May 2007 -- Another Memory Key: “4 Ways to Combat Memory Interference”
March 2007 -- Another Memory Key: “Once more with feeling!”
January 2007 -- Another Memory Key: "Add Structure to Lists"
November 2006 -- Another Memory Key: "Teach Mnemonic Thinking"
September 2006 -- Memory Key: First Learn, THEN Memorize
August 2006 -- Starting the School Year Right: 8 Powerful Tips
September 2005 -- Creating a Team with Your Child’s Teachers: 10 Great Questions to Ask Now
August 2005 -- Supplies and Skills: How parents can give their children these resources now
July 2005 -- Ways to Improve Reading Skills
December 2004 -- 10 Ways to Minimize Holiday Stress of High Energy Children
November 2004 -- When Motivation Does Not Work
October 2004 -- Too Soon to Schedule a Parent-Teacher Conference?
September 2004 -- Eight Questions to Ask Your Child About Their Homework
August 2004 -- Prevent Frustration: Create a Homework Plan Now
July 2004 -- Do Something Difficult this Summer
June 2004 -- Care for a $500 Gift to be Used for Tutoring?
May 2004 -- How to Decide What Your Child Needs This Summer to Prepare for Fall
April 2004 -- Helping Shy Children Build Relationships
March 2004 -- Help Your Child Succeed in School
October 2003 -- Parents and Homework: How much is too much help?
February 2003 -- Preparing for Parent-Teacher Conferences
December 2002 -- Teaching Generosity
October 2002 -- Homework Problems? It Must Be Autumn
September 2002 -- How to Develop Your Child’s Social Skills
August 2002 -- Minimizing Back-to-School Anxiety About Safety
January 2002 -- Ready or Not, Here Comes My Child
November 2001 -- “Can’t Afford Tutoring” No Longer an Excuse
October 2001 -- Four Homework Tips: How to Tip Your Children’s Scale in the Direction of Learning
July 2001 -- Parenting Adolescents: Four Tips
May 2001 -- Two Effective Methods to Raise a Child’s Self-esteem
March 2001 -- Summer Education Planning: No, It’s Not Too Soon
December 2000 -- To Wait is To Risk: Reading Research
November 2000 -- Intelligence, Achievement, Self-esteem, Oh My!
October 2000 -- Four Ways to Cope With Change
September 2000 -- Advanced Homework Taming
August 2000 -- Begin the School Year Right
July 2000 -- “Learning to Read” to “Reading to Learn”
June 2000 -- To Worry or Not to Worry, That is the Question (of the Month)
April 2000 -- A Visit With The Utays
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