July Is National Make a Difference in a Child Month LearningRx Brain Training— Local Girl Named Student of the Year Finalist in LearningRx National Contest for Exceptional Brain Training Results

Chattanooga, Tennessee student Lauren Sims has been named one of five finalists in LearningRx’s national competition celebrating real life changing stories across the country. Lauren’s parents enrolled her in personal brain training after they noticed she was having trouble sounding out words and reading out loud, as well as struggling with math, confidence and memory-related tasks.

Before LearningRx, Lauren avoided reading. Now her parents say she reads voluntarily! They also witnessed her confidence soar, her math and memory skills improve, and her nightly struggles with homework practically disappear. For the summer break, Lauren set a goal to read more than 26 books. “Before LearningRx, I didn’t want to go to college,” she says, “but now I think that could be another challenge that I could do for myself and that I could overcome.” Lauren’s mother says Lauren has talked about becoming a surgeon.

Lauren’s improvements mirror those of a recent study in which students made statistically significant gains on tests of Word Attack, Spelling Sounds, Sound Awareness and Passage Comprehension after completing LearningRx personal brain training. A compilation of recent research studies on LearningRx programs can be found in the 48-page 2016 edition of “Client Outcomes and Research Results,” which can be downloaded here: http://www.learningrx.com/our-programs/learningrx-results/. The winner of the contest will be announced at the LearningRx national conference and on www.LearningRx.com on August 1.

LearningRx, headquartered in Colorado Springs, Colorado, is the largest one-on-one brain training organization in the world. With 80 Centers in the U.S., and locations in 40 countries around the globe, LearningRx has helped more than 95,000 individuals and families sharpen their cognitive skills to help them think faster, learn easier, and perform better. Their on-site programs partner every client with a personal brain trainer to keep clients engaged, accountable, and on-task — a key advantage over online-only brain exercises. Their pioneering methods have been used in clinical settings for 35 years and have been verified as beneficial in peer-reviewed research papers and journals. To learn more about LearningRx research results, programs, and their 9.6 out of 10 client satisfaction rating visit http://www.learningrx.com/.