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[quote=Anonymous][quote=PoppyK]To the poster at 19:04 - I've heard from some pretty knowledgeable people that CogMed, the online program, has been shown to work more broadly, rather than just improving their ability to do the exercises.  I've also read that kids have a very hard time finishing CogMed, because it's very challenging and at this point I think she's to anxious and depressed to do something that challenging without a personal coach.

We're moving her to a school with smaller classes, more support, etc. - but I feel like that's very palliative.  If there's some way to strengthen her mind, I'd like to find it.

Thanks![/quote]

My 11 yr old DS just finished his 5 weeks of CogMed training last week - M-F.  It went really well but there were times when it was exhausting for him and he had to take 5 min breaks and walk around bit.  It took him around 40-45 mins to complete each session.  We have started seeing some small changes, the jury is still out.

He really got into the program and enjoyed the exercises even though they were tiring for him.  And he really loved seeing his scores improve.

It took me YEARS to make the decision to do CogMed because you read a lot of contradictory information about it - some swear by it and some think its a total waste of money.  So you have to decide on your own if its worth the investment - both time and money.  we paid around $1K.  The way I viewed it - if we didn't give it a try I would always wonder if it would have been THE THING that helped turn the page for him with regards to his working memory deficits.  The $1K was worth it to us. [/quote]

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