• What is Cognitive Training?
• What is Captains Log?
• Target Audience

What is Cognitive Training?

Cognitive training is “exercise for the brain.” Relying on the belief that practice makes perfect, cognitive training improves an individual’s mental abilities in a wide variety of areas by engaging the individual in a series of activities designed to enhance mental capabilities.

The Koi Academy offers a “computerized mental gym with mental exercise equipment” to achieve this goal.  The system is designed to improve, remediate attention concentration, memory, hand-eye coordination, fundamental numerical concepts, and basic problem solving and reasoning skills.

We work primarily with clients dealing with ADHD, ADD, learning disabilities, brain injuries, developmental delays, mental retardation, and psychiatric disorders.

What is Captain’s Log?

Captain's Log® is the most widely used, comprehensive set of computerized cognitive training programs ever published. The software consists of 33 multi-level "brain-training" exercises designed to help develop and remediate attention, concentration, memory, eye-hand coordination, basic numeric concepts, problem solving-reasoning skills, self-esteem and self-control.

It is used worldwide to help adults and children (Ages 6 and up) with ADHD, brain injuries, psychiatric disorders or learning disabilities gain the basic cognitive skills necessary for successful living and learning. Captain's Log® has been in continuous use since 1985, and has a proven track record in a variety of therapeutic, school and home settings in all 50 states, US territories and 23 foreign countries. Koi Academy Coordinators are certified to create cognitive training plans using Captain’s Log.

Captain's Log Modules: Captain's Log® consists of six modules:

• Module 1: Attention Skills: Develops the ability to attend and concentrate.
• Module 2: Visual Motor Skills: Trains eye/hand coordination, visual scanning, visual tracking and fine motor control.
• Module 3: Conceptual Skills: Helps train basic reasoning, memory and perceptual discrimination.
• Module 4: Numeric Concepts/Memory Skills: Trains basic mathematical concepts, memory, problem solving and organizational skills, and detailed reading comprehension.
• Module 5: Attention Skills: The Next Generation is a continuation of Attention Skills: Developmental, and is designed to meet the needs of individuals able to work at higher levels.
• Module 6: Logic Skills: Helps you improve higher level executive functioning - organization, categorization, pattern recognition, conceptual reasoning, quick visual scanning, sequencing, and closure.

Benefits of Captain's Log:

• Comprehensive - Hundreds of levels make it useful with a wide range of ages, abilities and needs
• Motivational - May be used to challenge, to motivate and to boost self-esteem.
• Enjoyable - Game-like and friendly, but not childish or frenetic.

Fills an educational gap - Designed to help develop or strengthen the basic building blocks necessary for further learning.

Target Population

Students (age 6 and up) and adults who struggle with learning or reading problems, or specifically suffer from attention deficit disorder (ADD), attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD), specific learning disabilities, dyslexia, and other reading disabilities.

Key symptoms:

• Reverses letters and/or words
• Students inability to encode and decode
• Has problems comprehending
• Avoids hard or complicated work
• Difficulty sounding out words
• Has trouble remembering and retrieving
• Has problems copying material
• Can’t sit still or stay on task
• Has trouble reading and spelling
• Works slowly or is easily distracted
• Needs to have instructions repeated
• Does not complete tasks
• Extra work or tutoring is of little help

Goals:

• Marked improvement in academic achievement
• Reduce the frequency of self-defeating behaviors
• Increased self-esteem and confidence
• Encourage self-advocacy and assertive interaction
• Experience a lifetime of faster, easier learning and reading