Welcome to The Focus Academy!
Using The World's #1
Neurocognitive Training System
for Attention Related Challenges
Welcome to the The Focus Academy, where we will help you Follow One Course to Success, with permanent improvement without medication.
Is The Focus Academy for you?
As a child
A NON-PHARMACEUTICAL alternative for the treatment of Attention related Challenges as well as ADHD
Improve academic performance
Increase the occurrence of positive behaviours
Improve memory, attention, brain processing speed and impulse control
Improve emotional control and mindfulness
Teach active listening skills
As an adult - and No! .... you are not crazy.. cognitive decline really is a thing!
A NON-PHARMACEUTICAL alternative to improve and increase your cognitive abilities
See improvements in sleep patterns
See improvements in the handling of daily stress
See improvements in mood consistency
See an improved ability to carry out daily tasks
See improvements with Executive Function & forward thinking / planning
See an improved ability to carry out daily tasks
Safer Driving due to increased situational awareness
See improvements in memory, retention of information and the ability to remember
where you left your phone / keys / child..
We work with individuals between the ages of 6-99 years of age who may be experiencing any of the following:
ADHD, Dyslexia & other neurodiversities
Brain Fog due to Long COVID
Menopause
Mild Cognitive Impairment
How The Focus Academy came to be and what is it that we do.
What does training at The Focus Academy look like?
A personalised and tailored computer based training program will be formulated for you, catering to your specific cognitive profile, targeting the specific areas that need strengthening & development.
Training is recommended to take place twice per week and each training session
is approximately 45 minutes in duration.
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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ's)
How does the program work?
Our neurocognitive training program integrates NASA inspired technology with cognitive skills training and behaviour shaping to improve executive function and self-regulation. We take attributes like hyper-focus, high energy, creative thinking, strong emotions, and risk-taking and harness them to take control of life. They become your superpowers to improve future outcomes at school, work, and home.
Which skills are developed at The Focus Academy?
Attention
Working memory, short-term memory, and spatial memory
Filtering of distractions
Task completion on time
Social skills, motor skills, and hand-eye coordination
Auditory processing skills
Visual tracking
Occurrence of positive behaviours
Do the learned behaviours transfer back into the classroom/home?
Yes, transfer may include greater time on task, improved self-esteem, increased attention, better academic performance, improved social interactions, decreased impulsive behaviours, improved focus & concentration, and higher reading comprehension.
We also include our Academic Bridge program that actually monitors a student's attention to homework assignments. The coach's assistance and parent/teacher reinforcement ensure transfer.
How is The Focus Academy different from regular video games?
Parents frequently find that their child can play commercial video games for hours without being distracted. This is because the graphics inherent in these games are incredibly over-stimulating. Any child can pay attention to a three ring circus - even one with ADHD. However, it is impossible for a classroom teacher, even in her best lesson, to be as stimulating.
The learning process, whether it occurs in the classroom, home, work, or on the playground is seldom as highly stimulating as commercial video games. Play Attention does not require hand-eye coordination like regular video games. Play Attention allows the user to control its low-level stimulation video exercises by the attentive state alone!
The student's brain signals actually control the games. Their mind becomes the joystick or the mouse. Its interactive software in the games provides a tool to help learn how to control levels of attention. Skill mastery is obtained through the use of the mind attending to level-appropriate stimuli rather than the use of a joystick.
At what point do we stop using the program?
For long-term benefits, the user should continue the program for a minimum of 40 to 60 hours. Although the user may demonstrate total mastery of the skills being taught, research indicates that long-term benefits occur after 40 to 60 hours of training.
How old do you have to be to enrol at The Focus Academy?
The Focus Academy works with persons from age 6 to adult. There is no age limit to strengthening memory & attention. You need to keep updating the way your brain processes information the same way you update the apps on your phone.
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