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		<title>Juggling: A Cognitive Powerhouse for Your Child</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 16 Aug 2010 20:54:23 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Juggling is a cognitive powerhouse, especially for children. It can improve goal setting and planning as well as reducing stress. Juggling is one of many creative, brain-enhancing activities encouraged and practiced at the Sparks of Genius Neuroeducation Center in Boca Raton, Florida. ]]></description>
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		<title>Arts Training Can Improve Student’s Attention, Cognition and a Lot More</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Nov 2009 15:08:36 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Rohn Kessler
 
In 2009, the psychologist Mike Posner wrote:
“If there were a surefire way to improve your brain, would you try it? Judging by the abundance of products, programs and pills that claim to offer “cognitive enhancement,” many people are lining up for just such quick brain fixes. Recent research offers a possibility with much [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Enjoy Art And Create Brain Power</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 07 Oct 2009 03:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amy Price PhD</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[[caption id="attachment_210" align="alignnone" width="300" caption="Brain and Success Development"]<img src="http://sparkmygenius.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/10/brainstorm-300x215.jpg" alt="Brain and Success Development" title="brainstorm" width="300" height="215" class="size-medium wp-image-210" />[/caption]<strong>By Amy Price PhD</strong>
Somewhere in the world there is a child's brain waiting to be salvaged. You have the power in your hands to change a destiny. With a few simple strategies and a little funding there can be answers. <strong>We can build it...You can help!</strong> You are invited to attend an art and media exhibit dedicated to brain development]]></description>
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		<title>Dreaming with Open Eyes</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[On October 20, 2007 I was invited by the Florida Special Arts Center www.flsac.org. to address an audience of several hundred persons invited to view a new documentary called Bridging to Gap: A True Lesson in Humanity. 
Let me tell you the story of this documentary.  
The parents of three special needs young adults [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Teacher Missing in Action</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/09/teacher-missing-in-action/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Sep 2007 10:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hello all!
It&#8217;s been a while since you&#8217;ve seen an entry by yours truly and there&#8217;s a good reason:  I&#8217;m now working full time as a teacher for students with Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and other Learning Disabilities.
So far, it&#8217;s a blast!  My class is very manageable, and the staff and parents have been [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Poverty Is Not Destiny: Reversing Major Depression in a Child&#8217;s Cognitive Development</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/09/poverty-is-not-destiny-reversing-major-depression-in-a-childs-cognitive-development/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Sep 2007 22:57:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>drrohn</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[cognitive decline]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Students of African American and Hispanic background were recently part of a pilot project using a novel system of cognitive assessment to assess children&#8217;s learning potential. It was developed by Professor Reuven Feuerstein. 
http://www.israel21c.org/bin/en.jsp?enDispWho=Articles%5El1777&#038;enPage=BlankPage&#038;enDisplay=view&#038;enDispWhat=object&#038;enVersion=0&#038;enZone=Democracy&#038;
The assessment consists of a battery of six to eight tests which measure abstract thinking, analogies, and qualitative thinking and are not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A Parents’ Dilemma: Where to send my child to School?</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/a-parents%e2%80%99-dilemma-where-to-send-my-child-to-school/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Is my child going to the right school?  
Deciding this seemingly simple question can be agonizing for parents. Not only are some schools “objectively” better (lower teacher student ratios, more enrichment programs, etc) but one kind of child could fail in the same school where a different child would thrive.  It happened to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pulitzer Prize Winner with Aspergers</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/pulitzer-prize-winner-with-aspergers/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/pulitzer-prize-winner-with-aspergers/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 14 Aug 2007 11:26:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[My friend’s son has Aspergers and wants to be a singer.  The problem is it’s hard not to cringe when he sings.  It is very soulful and when I listen to him I wonder if he isn’t into some kind of more evolved singing and the rest of us just can’t get it. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Taking the work out of Homework</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/taking-the-work-out-of-homework/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/taking-the-work-out-of-homework/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Aug 2007 15:37:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The days are getting shorter.  School is starting.  Homework is coming. Arguments about homework generate anger and frustration for parents and children. It’s easy to understand the child’s perspective.  They’re in school all day and then they are free – BUT WAIT – there is homework to do. As parents we know [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Want Your Children to be Smarter in School This Year?</title>
		<link>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/want-your-children-to-be-smarter-in-school-this-year/</link>
		<comments>http://sparkmygenius.com/2007/08/want-your-children-to-be-smarter-in-school-this-year/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Aug 2007 12:52:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>edukfun</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Tell them to Think of Their Brain as a Muscle
Research shows that students do better in school when they are told they can get smarter by training their brains to get stronger— like a muscle.
Article here.
Does your child see intelligence as something fixed or something expandable?
Students who think intelligence is fixed become preoccupied with whether [...]]]></description>
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