Camp Academia has achieved phenomenal results with a wide spectrum of learning disabilities by specifically tailoring the program to the student, based upon testing and consultation results. Students utilizing this program five to seven minutes two to three times a day are known to rapidly begin improving their capacity for learning. Camp Academia has witnessed improvements in a variety of areas including:
• Increase in attention level
• Building of perceptual and processing abilities
• Dramatic decrease in amount of tutoring / studying / homework time
• Improved motor skills
• Increase in long term memory retention ability
Areas of focus include Dyslexia, Language Processing Deficiencies, ADD/HD, Asperger’s Syndrome, PDD and Autism.
“Since starting the Brain Jogging program the number of hours spent assisting our child with his homework continues to drastically decrease, yet our child's grades keep improving.” – Parent of 8th Grader
Students using Brain Jogging Program during summer camp
How does it work?
According to the Salk Institute of Brain Research, "All of the thoughts, desires, and instructions that are sent throughout the brain make use of a process called synaptic transmission. In this process, one nerve cell or neuron "speaks" to adjacent nerve cells across which nerve cells communicate. Synapses are found at the end of axons, the parts of nerve cells that act as "wires" extending to adjacent nerve cells.
To put the brain's composition into perspective: a piece of brain the size of a grain of rice contains 1 million nerve cells, 10 billion synapses, and 20 miles of axons. Each of these nerve cells both "hears from" and "talks to" 100,000 other cells.
Communication across the tiny gap between sending and receiving cells is accomplished by employing transmitters and receptors. The cell on the sending end of the synapse contains pockets full of neurotransmitter molecules, which are released when an impulse reaches the end of a nerve. These transmitter molecules travel across the gap and attach to receptors on the adjacent cell. As between a lock and key, the binding is highly specific, each neurotransmitter recognizing and grabbing hold of only a specific type of receptor.
Once a receptor has attached to, or "bound" its transmitter, the receiving cell is triggered to send an impulse down its length, then release its own transmitters from the sending end. This stimulates the next cell in the chain, propelling messages throughout the brain and the nervous system.
Charles Stevens M.D., Ph.D. brain researcher at the Salk Institute is especially interested in the plasticity (flexibility) of synaptic connections. His interest arises from the fact changes in the strength of the synapse are one of the most important ways in which neural circuits adapt, and are therefore of great significance in learning and memory.
The connections between nerve cells are not static, Dr. Stevens has found. Instead, their efficiency can vary over time in response to use. The synapses in a frequently used circuit will gradually become more proficient in transmission, and the task will be accomplished more easily.
For proficiency in learning transmission and ease of task completion, Brain Jogging was created. The creators of Brain Jogging believe it is the best solution available to increase learning potential based upon teachers' comments, parents' comments, pre and post-standardized testing, and report card grades. The difference in students leads one to believe Brain Jogging must be strengthening and increasing the plasticity (flexibility) of synaptic connections!
"Brain Jogging" provides the stimulus for the response. If the stimulus needs to be for reading, a "reading module" will be provided to the student. If the student is having difficulty with language, then the stimulus will be provided in a module specifically directed to Wernicke's, Broca's and Geschwind's areas, areas of the brain required for processing language. By frequently using the circuits necessary for the skill of reading, math, or language, the circuits will gradually become more proficient in transmission. Reading will be accomplished with more ease! Math will make sense! Language will be understood! Easily! “Brain Jogging is more effective than tutoring! After only one year, my child received the President's Education Award Recognition of Outstanding Academic Excellence! I feel that Camp Academia's Brain Jogging has given our family a normal, happier life." Parent of 7th Grader
Related Research
Salk Institute Brain Research Results
Emory University “Effects of ADHD on Neural Correlates of Working Memory: A Positron Emisson Tomography Study,” J.B. Schweitzer*, J.M. Hoffman, L. Tune, S.T. Grafton, C.D. Kilts. Depts. Of Psychiatry, Neurology, & Emory PET Center, Emory University, Atlanta, GA.
How do you start the Systems and Methods for Brain Jogging Program?
Initial Evaluation:
This evaluation will take approximately three hours. During this time, clients are evaluated based upon their strengths and weaknesses in learning, utilizing both formal and informal methods.
Upon completion of the evaluation, an individual education plan will be designed for each student based upon the results and implemented through Systems and Methods for Brain Jogging.
Initial Client Setup:
Systems and Methods for Brain Jogging will be sent or downloaded onto your computer. Instructions for user will be given based upon the initial evaluation results and the parents and student will be trained so that they can achieve the highest results.
Recurring Monthly Lease:
Each month, the student’s data file from Systems and Methods for Brain Jogging will be evaluated. Changes to be made to the program will be considered monthly based upon the progress read and recorded in the student data file or other information made known during the month.
**Note: A three month minimum lease commitment is required.
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