Oct. 2, 2008
NASA Breakthrough Teaches ADHD Kids to Focus
Space technology helps struggling children
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Eight year old Brody Bowen was out of control and diagnosed with ADHD. Teachers sent notes home
saying he was a sweet child, but impulsive and inattentive in class. He beat up his brother and threw
rocks at another child at school. His mother disciplined him constantly.
"I wanna be good, Mommy, but I can't," he told his mother.
"You are good, sweetheart," his mother told him blinking back tears.
Brody's mother, Joyce, was desperate. She called his school counselors and pediatrician; she feared her son might need medicating. Then she discovered Play Attention on the internet. Play Attention uses special games that don't require a joystick to play. Instead they work off brainpower. Brody can actually control his video games through a sensor-lined helmet. His mind power controls screen action!
Play Attention is based on the same technology that NASA uses to train astronauts to increase attention during flight simulator training to insure peak performance during flight. Play Attention advanced that technology to build skill sets that are vital to everyday activities like better attention, improved short-term memory, listening skills, and filtering out distractions.
After working with Play Attention for a few months, Brody began to finish his homework without a fight; what used to take hours was done in ten minutes! Joyce continued to receive phone calls from Brody's teachers, but this time they were full of praise rather than concern.
Learn what NASA already knows:
• How can impulsive, uncontrollable kids learn to succeed?
• How can parents teach attention skills?
• How can parents create structured, nurturing environments for ADHD kids?
• What are parenting myths and parenting facts about ADHD?
• How can ADHD kids increase self-esteem and overcome the 'victim' attitude.
Watch Play Attention® in action
• B-roll available including autistic children
• Families, including Brody's are available for interviews nationally
• VNR available
ADD Education
Peter Freer, MAEd, founder of Unique Logic & Technology invented Play Attention® after years of teaching public school children suffering from concentration and behavior problems. His interest evolved into a personal crusade to learn more about children popularly labeled 'uncontrollable' and 'unteachable,' conditions typically associated with children having ADD and ADHD. After 9 long years of research and development, Peter created Play Attention. Now the world leader in attention training, Play Attention is used in thousands of homes, schools, psychologists' offices, hospitals, and learning centers around the world.
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Kyle Hall Telephone: 800.788.6786 Email: media@playattention.net
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NASA Breakthrough Teaches ADHD Kids to Focus
Space technology helps struggling children
Special to Huntingtonnews.net
Eight year old Brody Bowen was out of control and diagnosed with ADHD. Teachers sent notes home
saying he was a sweet child, but impulsive and inattentive in class. He beat up his brother and threw
rocks at another child at school. His mother disciplined him constantly.
"I wanna be good, Mommy, but I can't," he told his mother.
"You are good, sweetheart," his mother told him blinking back tears.
Brody's mother, Joyce, was desperate. She called his school counselors and pediatrician; she feared her son might need medicating. Then she discovered Play Attention on the internet. Play Attention uses special games that don't require a joystick to play. Instead they work off brainpower. Brody can actually control his video games through a sensor-lined helmet. His mind power controls screen action!
Play Attention is based on the same technology that NASA uses to train astronauts to increase attention during flight simulator training to insure peak performance during flight. Play Attention advanced that technology to build skill sets that are vital to everyday activities like better attention, improved short-term memory, listening skills, and filtering out distractions.
After working with Play Attention for a few months, Brody began to finish his homework without a fight; what used to take hours was done in ten minutes! Joyce continued to receive phone calls from Brody's teachers, but this time they were full of praise rather than concern.
Learn what NASA already knows:
• How can impulsive, uncontrollable kids learn to succeed?
• How can parents teach attention skills?
• How can parents create structured, nurturing environments for ADHD kids?
• What are parenting myths and parenting facts about ADHD?
• How can ADHD kids increase self-esteem and overcome the 'victim' attitude.
Watch Play Attention® in action
• B-roll available including autistic children
• Families, including Brody's are available for interviews nationally
• VNR available
ADD Education
Peter Freer, MAEd, founder of Unique Logic & Technology invented Play Attention® after years of teaching public school children suffering from concentration and behavior problems. His interest evolved into a personal crusade to learn more about children popularly labeled 'uncontrollable' and 'unteachable,' conditions typically associated with children having ADD and ADHD. After 9 long years of research and development, Peter created Play Attention. Now the world leader in attention training, Play Attention is used in thousands of homes, schools, psychologists' offices, hospitals, and learning centers around the world.
Kyle Hall Telephone: 800.788.6786 Email: media@playattention.net
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