The ADD Centre® - Adults and Children
A. Basic Program:
1.) ASSESSMENT: (approximately 3.5 hours + extra time if a 19 Channel Assessment is needed )
- Interview and history taking. Review of
previous assessments, if any.
◦ Continuous Performance Tests: Test of Variables of Attention (TOVA) & Intermediate Visual Auditory continuous performance test (IVA)
◦ EEG Assessment to investigate brain wave patterns associated with concentration and attention
◦ Abbreviated Training Session
◦ Questionnaires and Behaviour Check-lists
◦ Adults require additional “stress-test” for Psychophysiological Variables (approximately 1 hour)
- Intelligence -WISC-IV / WAIS-III;
◦ Academic screening of reading, spelling and arithmetic - WRAT3
◦ Other tests as needed: LET-II (auditory & visual memory), Bender-Gestalt, Peabody Picture Vocabulary Test, Tower of London, Raven’s Progressive Matrices or Matrix Analogies Test
- 50 minute sessions involving steps A to D
below. The goal is Optimal Performance for
each individual. Forty to sixty sessions
should achieve lasting results in most
cases.
A: RELAXED and ALERT MENTAL STATE:
- Regulation of EDR (alertness level) and skin
temperature using Biofeedback with respiration,
pulse, muscle tension, RSA, as required.
B: FOCUSED CONCENTRATION using Neurofeedback:
- Reduction in Theta Amplitude &
Variability Theta brainwave activity is a marker
for ADD, associated with “tuning out”.
- Increase SMR & Beta activity in order to
be calm and focused.
• Goal: to gain a more flexible brain and learn self regulation of individual brain wave states. Be able to remain relaxed, alert and focused without fidgeting.
- Active Learning Strategies – learning how to
learn
• Strategies for Listening, Reading, Remembering
• Strategies for Written and Verbal Presentations
• Strategies for Mathematics
- Organization skills and time management:
using a planner/agenda
• Mnemonic devices and study skills
- These additional exercises, done without
neurofeedback, help with special learning
needs. Captain’s Log is a computerized program
that trains 21 cognitive skills including
auditory and visual attention (focused,
selective, sustained, flexible and simultaneous),
working memory (holding information in mind while
simultaneously processing it), visual and
auditory information processing (speed,
perception, classification, sequencing,
tracking), fine motor skills (speed and control)
and response inhibition. LEXIA is a programme for
reading skills.
4.) Progress testing: after 40 sessions. This is done with a verbal report at NO CHARGE. ******(If a written report is requested there will be a fee.)******
B. Other Programs - Designed individually for clients who present with other difficulties such as:
- Focus & Concentration
• Learning difficulties
Optimizing Performance
• Executives
• Athletes
Mood Regulation
• Anxiety
• Panic
• Depression (mild)
Autistic Spectrum
• Asperger’s Syndrome
• High Functioning Autism (PDD)
Head Injury
a. Concussion
Seizure Disorder