Cognitive Skill Builder - Required Foundational Training
Neuroscience research has proven that issues in language, memory and/or auditory
processing can have adverse repercussions on an individual's cognitive skills and
academic performance. But now an exciting and effective group of programs are actively
helping individuals improve their quality of life by strengthening and enhancing their
language and auditory processing.
The Cognitive Skill Builder reading intervention programs from Scientific Learning
build a wide range of critical cognitive and foundational reading skills in just a few short
weeks. Working with this software produces a positive and lasting effect on a student's
ability to learn and read proficiently. More than 570,000 students in over 3,700 clinics
and schools nationwide have benefited from these cognitive building programs.
The training can be provided in our Lab or off-site (remotely). Outcomes are the same
whether students training our Lab or off-site.
processing can have adverse repercussions on an individual's cognitive skills and
academic performance. But now an exciting and effective group of programs are actively
helping individuals improve their quality of life by strengthening and enhancing their
language and auditory processing.
The Cognitive Skill Builder reading intervention programs from Scientific Learning
build a wide range of critical cognitive and foundational reading skills in just a few short
weeks. Working with this software produces a positive and lasting effect on a student's
ability to learn and read proficiently. More than 570,000 students in over 3,700 clinics
and schools nationwide have benefited from these cognitive building programs.
The training can be provided in our Lab or off-site (remotely). Outcomes are the same
whether students training our Lab or off-site.
What is the Cognitive Skill Builder Training?
It is a series of programs in the form of interactive,
computer-based training exercises for the language-learning or
reading impaired and are the culmination of 30 years of
research surrounding brain plasticity (the scientific principle
that the brain never ceases to learn). These programs are a
revolutionary proven approach to rapidly building the skills
necessary for language competence.
These core cognitive training programs must be completed
before advancing to any other training program offered at The
Reading Lab. Some students benefit from taking this training
concurrently with The Listening Program, another program
offered by the Lab.
Who can benefit from the Cognitive Skill Builder Training?
Virtually everyone that uses these programs, within the
rigorous and compliant regimen outlined, will receive
measurable benefits.
Participants must be able to sit, attend, and focus on a computer
task for a minimum of 50 minutes. They must also be able to
tolerate the use of headphones during treatment. Training may
vary due to compliance issues with individuals who have ADD
and/or Pervasive Developmental Disability.
Elementary age children in the core training program have
shown improvement in auditory processing speed, working
memory, serial order processing, phonological awareness,
listening comprehension, syntax, and morphology. In addition
to the measurable gains in language, anecdotal evidence
suggests that participants who have completed both of the core
programs are better able to interact with parents, teachers, and
peers. On average students make 1 to 2 years of language gains
after completion of the first 6-8 weeks of training in the first
core course of the two-course program. These new language
skills empower students to participate in the world in ways that
were not possible before this essential cognitive skill training.
The secondary program helps adolescents and young adults
improve overall communication skills, as well as listening,
thinking, and reading skills, and may foster participation in
group or class discussions.
It is a series of programs in the form of interactive,
computer-based training exercises for the language-learning or
reading impaired and are the culmination of 30 years of
research surrounding brain plasticity (the scientific principle
that the brain never ceases to learn). These programs are a
revolutionary proven approach to rapidly building the skills
necessary for language competence.
These core cognitive training programs must be completed
before advancing to any other training program offered at The
Reading Lab. Some students benefit from taking this training
concurrently with The Listening Program, another program
offered by the Lab.
Who can benefit from the Cognitive Skill Builder Training?
Virtually everyone that uses these programs, within the
rigorous and compliant regimen outlined, will receive
measurable benefits.
Participants must be able to sit, attend, and focus on a computer
task for a minimum of 50 minutes. They must also be able to
tolerate the use of headphones during treatment. Training may
vary due to compliance issues with individuals who have ADD
and/or Pervasive Developmental Disability.
Elementary age children in the core training program have
shown improvement in auditory processing speed, working
memory, serial order processing, phonological awareness,
listening comprehension, syntax, and morphology. In addition
to the measurable gains in language, anecdotal evidence
suggests that participants who have completed both of the core
programs are better able to interact with parents, teachers, and
peers. On average students make 1 to 2 years of language gains
after completion of the first 6-8 weeks of training in the first
core course of the two-course program. These new language
skills empower students to participate in the world in ways that
were not possible before this essential cognitive skill training.
The secondary program helps adolescents and young adults
improve overall communication skills, as well as listening,
thinking, and reading skills, and may foster participation in
group or class discussions.
What does the Cognitive Skill Builder training involve?
The Cognitive Skill Builder training involves an initial evaluation, extensive training,
and a post evaluation. There are two Core Courses in this reading and language
improvement series. Both are required for all new students and may be taken
concurrently or at separate times.
For students who have difficulties with any foundational cognitive issue such as
memory, attention, processing speed or accuracy, and/or sequencing, they both are
required, but may be taken together as a unit or separately, spread out over the academic
year. The two Core Courses in The Cognitive Skill Builder Program may be taken one at
time, or at the same time.
The Cognitive Skill Builder training involves an initial evaluation, extensive training,
and a post evaluation. There are two Core Courses in this reading and language
improvement series. Both are required for all new students and may be taken
concurrently or at separate times.
For students who have difficulties with any foundational cognitive issue such as
memory, attention, processing speed or accuracy, and/or sequencing, they both are
required, but may be taken together as a unit or separately, spread out over the academic
year. The two Core Courses in The Cognitive Skill Builder Program may be taken one at
time, or at the same time.
- Elementary Language and Language to Reading. These programs are the Core
Courses for elementary age children. They are interactive programs (in the form of
computer games) which are uniquely adaptive and automatically adjust to each
child's improving level of competence. The exercises in Language to Reading build
upon the skills learned in the first course and target skills required for reading. It
refines the skills perfected by Language and improves phonological awareness,
sound letter correspondence, word recognition, listening comprehension, verbal
fluency, and reading fluency. Additionally, the program is used for the
enhancement of spelling, reading, and comprehension. These programs not only
expand the language and cognitive skills, but also introduce new skills, by building
on the acquired processed speech skills.
Secondary Literacy and Literacy Advanced. These training programs are the Core
Courses for older children and adults and include exercises in listening and reading
comprehension, working memory, syntax and grammar, critical thinking, sustained
and focused attention, organizational skills, and vocabulary and morphology, Like
Language for elementary students, these programs are uniquely adaptive and
automatically adjust to each person's improving level of competence.
Why does the Cognitive Skill Builder Training work?
Most children naturally acquire language during the first few years of life but research
has demonstrated that a significant number of children fail to develop these skills on
their own. About 10% of all children have a specific difficulty making reliable distinctions
among elements of speech. Every child needs to acquire the ability to reliably distinguish
the rapidly changing phonetic elements of speech. Language is the first proven method to
teach this skill to children who do not learn it naturally and Literacy works for
adolescents and adults.
As students work on the exercises, they listen through headphones and respond with the
mouse. With each click of the mouse, the software adapts to individual skill levels and
responses, adjusting the learner's content exposure and targeting correct responses
approximately 80% of the time, which maintains challenge and motivates success.
The program software applies proven learning principles...
Develops Learning MAPs™: Memory, Attention, Processing and sequencing, the
underlying cognitive processes required for reading and learning.
Incorporates the neuroplasticity principles — Frequency and intensity, Adaptivity,
Simultaneous development, and Timely motivation—proven learning techniques based
on decades of neuroscience research.
What is the training schedule or protocol?
Students using the core program software follow an intensive protocol schedule for each
of the Core Courses:
50 minutes each day, 4 days a week, for approximately 8 weeks for the first course
50 minutes each day, 4 days a week, for approximately 8 weeks for the second
course, which may be taken immediately upon completion of the first, or later in the
same academic year.
Note: The Summer Session offers 120 minutes each day, four days a week, for 6 to 7
weeks of training.
Most children naturally acquire language during the first few years of life but research
has demonstrated that a significant number of children fail to develop these skills on
their own. About 10% of all children have a specific difficulty making reliable distinctions
among elements of speech. Every child needs to acquire the ability to reliably distinguish
the rapidly changing phonetic elements of speech. Language is the first proven method to
teach this skill to children who do not learn it naturally and Literacy works for
adolescents and adults.
As students work on the exercises, they listen through headphones and respond with the
mouse. With each click of the mouse, the software adapts to individual skill levels and
responses, adjusting the learner's content exposure and targeting correct responses
approximately 80% of the time, which maintains challenge and motivates success.
The program software applies proven learning principles...
Develops Learning MAPs™: Memory, Attention, Processing and sequencing, the
underlying cognitive processes required for reading and learning.
Incorporates the neuroplasticity principles — Frequency and intensity, Adaptivity,
Simultaneous development, and Timely motivation—proven learning techniques based
on decades of neuroscience research.
What is the training schedule or protocol?
Students using the core program software follow an intensive protocol schedule for each
of the Core Courses:
50 minutes each day, 4 days a week, for approximately 8 weeks for the first course
50 minutes each day, 4 days a week, for approximately 8 weeks for the second
course, which may be taken immediately upon completion of the first, or later in the
same academic year.
Note: The Summer Session offers 120 minutes each day, four days a week, for 6 to 7
weeks of training.
