Biofeedback is a “Level 1 — Best Support” Intervention for Attention and Hyperactivity Behaviors

By SharpBrains | February 26, 2013

As we announced last Octo­ber, Prac­tice­Wise, the com­pany that main­tains the Amer­i­can Acad­emy of Pedi­atrics “Evi­­dence-based Child and Ado­les­cent Psy­­cho-social Inter­ven­tions,” has ele­vated biofeed­back to “Lev­el 1 — Best Sup­port” as an inter­ven­tion for Atten­tion & Hyper­ac­tiv­ity Behav­iors. Work­ing Mem­ory Train­ing stays at Lev­el 2. It is impor­tant to note that those lev­els do not…

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Biofeedback now a “Level 1 — Best Support” Intervention for Attention & Hyperactivity Behaviors

By SharpBrains | October 5, 2012

Prac­tice­Wise, the com­pa­ny that main­tains the Amer­i­can Acad­e­my of Pedi­atrics “Evi­­dence-based Child and Ado­les­cent Psy­­cho-social Inter­ven­tions” (see cur­rent edi­tion here) has just announced it will ele­vate biofeed­back to “Lev­el 1 — Best Sup­port” as an inter­ven­tion for Atten­tion & Hyper­ac­tiv­i­ty Behav­iors in the next edi­tion. Work­ing Mem­o­ry Training 

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Comparing Working Memory Training & Medication Treatment for ADHD

By Dr. David Rabiner | August 26, 2009

Work­ing mem­o­ry (WM) is the cog­ni­tive sys­tem respon­si­ble for the tem­po­rary stor­age and manip­u­la­tion of infor­ma­tion and plays an impor­tant role in both learn­ing and focus­ing atten­tion. Con­sid­er­able research has doc­u­ment­ed that many chil­dren and adults with ADHD have WM deficits and that this con­tributes to dif­fi­cul­ties asso­ci­at­ed with the dis­or­der. For an excel­lent introduction…

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Brain Health News: Top Articles and Resources in March

By Alvaro Fernandez | March 27, 2009 |

There’s such a flood of very sig­nif­i­cant research stud­ies, edu­ca­tion­al resources and arti­cles relat­ed to brain health, it’s hard to keep track — even for us! Let me intro­duce and quote some of the top Brain Health Stud­ies, Arti­cles and Resources pub­lished in March: 1) Cog­ni­tive Decline Begins In Late 20s, Study Sug­gests (Sci­ence Dai­ly) — “These patterns…

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Attention Deficits At Work

By Dr. Pascale Michelon | July 17, 2008 |

We have all heard about chil­dren who have Atten­tion Deficit/Hyperactivity Dis­or­der (AD/HD). Indeed, this con­di­tion seems to affect 5 to 8% of school age chil­dren. Have you ever won­dered what hap­pen to these chil­dren? As many as 60% of them become adults pre­sent­ing AD/HD symp­toms! Ron de Graaf and col­leagues recent­ly pub­lished a study in…

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