The Science Behind Fun2Focus
Scientific research has demonstrated that the brain is adaptable and capable of learning throughout life. This is termed neuroplasticity. Using NASA-inspired technology, Fun2Focus allows the child to view his/her attentive state in real-time. Over time, and through deliberate practice with the Fun2Focus system, the individual can learn to increase focus and concentration.
Deliberate practice entails the setting of goals to improve skill performance. The Fun2Focus interactive exercises also challenge the child to improve memory, finish tasks, improve visual tracking, and filter out distractions. Gradually, the student can retain the skills necessary to be successful in the classroom, work, and home.
Scientists apply the term neuroplasticity to the action of brain growth and adaptation in response to challenge. Provided the correct challenge and environment, children and adults frequently compensate (i.e., shift brain function from one area to another) when a certain area of the brain
cannot function correctly. It is documented in many medical and neurological journals that the brain will increase activity in one region to overcome the loss of another region.
UCLA pediatric neurologist Dr. Donald Shields states, “If there's a way to compensate, the developing brain will find it.”
There is no question that the brain can compensate even if it has problems focusing attention. However, it has to be provided the correct environment to prompt challenge. Fun2Focus' methodology is founded in educational cognitive psychology to provide the correct environment and challenge.
About ADD & ADHD
Children and adults are often diagnosed with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) or Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD). Dr. Rabinovitz and many of his colleagues prefer to think of these people as having “diffused attention” rather than a deficit in attention. Our training system is unique and effective, as we teach individuals the skill of harnessing and focusing their attention through play.
Dr. Rabinovitz uses an orchestra as a metaphor to illustrate what “attention” really is. One can visualize attention difficulties as the chaotic sounds produced by all the musicians playing different notes as they warm up. Once the conductor walks onto the stage and lifts her baton, all the musicians come together ready to play as a cohesive unit. This is what it means to pay attention: all these focusing and processing abilities working in synchrony.
