ADD and ADHD show up as trouble holding attention where you want it, acting before the thought finishes, and losing the thread of a task partway through. The label names the complaint. We work on the brain systems producing it.
Attention is produced by more than one system, so “ADHD” names a pair of systems working against each other.
Flexible and focused attention, decision speed, impulse control, and the reasoning that decides what you do next.
Divided and diverted attention, and the working memory that holds a task open while you finish it.
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Attention complaints rarely arrive as “I cannot concentrate”. They arrive as specifics, and the specifics say which system to look at.
Under six, an attention picture is usually part of a wider developmental one, so start with Developmental Milestones. From seven upward, including adults who were never assessed as children, start with the Individualized NeuroDevelopmental Profile.
For this presentation that usually means Individualized NeuroDevelopmental Profile, the self-directed survey for ages seven through seniors. Attention is not trained as one thing. The plan separates focused attention, divided attention and decision speed, because they fail independently.
What people ask when attention is the complaint, including the two we get asked to settle most: medication, and whether a diagnosis is needed first.
No. Our assessments are structured screening and profiling tools, not diagnostic instruments. They identify which neurological systems need support so remediation can be targeted, whether or not a formal diagnosis exists.
We do not prescribe and we do not replace anyone’s prescriber. Cognitive remediation and Dynamical Neurofeedback® work on the underlying attention and executive systems. Many clients do both.
The Individualized NeuroDevelopmental Profile, which covers ages seven through seniors. It reads attention, memory and executive function against all seven brain systems, so attention is read in company.
Between sessions is where most of the work happens. These are the downloads and the journal we hand to clients, sold through our storefront.
Handwriting reaches memory and emotional processing along pathways typing does not. Shipped inside the US.
$14.95 USD
Twelve minutes of autogenics to run before a 33 minute session, which rounds the whole thing out to 45.
$9.95 USD
Forest, ocean and sky, all three at session length, bought together.
$49.95 USD
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Focused attention, divided attention and working memory are three different jobs. The assessment says which one is costing you the day.