You can view and book from our public calendar here: https://thinkablelearningcentre.setmore.com/#services (https://thinkablelearningcentre.setmore.com/#services) Please keep in mind that all appts are subject to availability and we will confirm the booking with you by email in advance. We schedule discussions like this to avoid double bookings and to make sure that we can give time and individual attention to each unique enquiry.

Thinkable Learning Centre operates two locations: 1) Lynwood House, Ballinteer Road in Dundrum (D16 H9V6). This location is easily accessible by car and by public transport (several bus routes and the Green Line Luas -Ballaly stop). Our customers enjoy free car parking at this location. We conduct cognitive assessments and training programs in this location on an appointment basis. You can access Google maps directions to find Lynwood House here: https://share.google/86aF2QqRv1fM7OeGP (https://share.google/86aF2QqRv1fM7OeGP) 2) The Chase in Sandyford (D18 Y3X2) - this is an alternate location where we conduct cognitive assessments on an appointment basis. We utilize offices in the Regus Suite on the 1st floor of the building in this location. This location is easily accessible by several Dublin Bus routes from every direction, as well as by the Green Luas line (Stillorgan stop). DLRCoco street parking in zone DM is available at this location. You can also avail of free parking for 2 hrs a few blocks away at the Beacon South Quarter Dunnes car park. You can access Google maps directions to find The Chase here: https://g.co/kgs/NJg7opJ (https://g.co/kgs/NJg7opJ) You are VERY WELCOME to visit us at either location, but you must have an appointment agreed and confirmed to access either of our offices (even the reception area!), so there are no “drop-in” appointments. This allows us to maintain a comfortable and safe training space for all our clients where we can work in a very focused and intentional way to help you achieve your goals without extra costs. You can book an appointment (there's even a FREE option!) here: tinyurl.com/Contact-Thinkable(http://tinyurl.com/Contact-Thinkable)

If your child needs help performing in school, the answer is YES. Our brain training methods are the outgrowth of 40+ years of research and clinical trials. The methods we use have been researched on more than 30,000 children, as well as adults of ALL ages in brain training centres throughout the world - with hundreds of thousands helped.

Tutoring re-teaches information that wasn’t grasped the first time around. Before investing in tutoring, a parent should ask, “Why didn’t my child grasp this the first time it was taught?” Unless the answer is obvious (such as missing school for an extended period of time), tutoring may not be the answer. Multiple studies show that in 8 out of 10 cases, learning struggles are caused by weak cognitive skills -- not because information needs to be re-taught. If one or more weak cognitive skills are causing a child or an adult's learning struggles, tutoring attempts to accommodate that weakness, rather than correct it. Brain training is a radically different approach. Our cognitive assessment process and brain training are the answers to a different question. When a student is struggling, we ask “How strong is his or her ability to learn?” We don’t accommodate weak skills, we strengthen them. The result? Faster, easier learning from now on.

In many cases, the answer is YES. This is because our brain training strengthens the cognitive weaknesses that are linked to attention disorders. Neuroscience consistently shows that by targeting and stimulating the underactive region of the brain responsible for the characteristics of inattention -- that attention can be strengthened. Attention is strengthened when a person performs a task requiring attention while exposed to structured distractions. Our training provides the right stimuli and environment to strengthen not one but three kinds of attention. Our goal is to provide an effective intervention, regardless of whether you have a formal diagnosis or medical management, so that you can achieve your goals and overcome the difficulties that other processes do not or cannot address.

Yes! We take a unique cognitive approach to interventions used for dyslexia. Our intensive rading program takes a cognitive skills approach to tackle the cognitive gaps (like working memory or processing speed) that often underlie dyslexia. Are you comparing us to Orton-Gillingham? We love the OG method of instruction for reading mechanics, but interestingly -- it cannot provide the custom-tailored approach to your individual student in the way brain training + a cognitively-focused reading program can! Our program mainly differs in that we include auditory and visual processing exercises to specifically train the brain to process sounds differently -- and much faster. The OG philosophy of teaching is often used in tutoring and in schools and we think it's an excellent approach. However, our programs make students able to better access the help and instruction that tutoring aims to provide -- and better able to participate in the education the classroom aims to provide. Brain training is an excellent early intervention and a great FIRST step to addressing reading issues. We've even had success with children who exhibit dyslexic characteristics before the onset of reading skills has begun -- and we have seen profound cognitive improvements and built incredible reading skills in these students.

Other interventions such as tutoring and remedial reading work at the academic level, while sensory therapies (vision, occupational, auditory, physical) target only sensory and motor skills. The cognitive skills training we provide, however, strengthens the Critical Thinking Skills foundation that underlies ALL learning. By developing and fine-tuning attention, processing speed, memory, and reasoning, our brain training methods make school-based learning and other therapies more effective. We don’t teach academic content; we make learning faster, easier, and less frustrating.

Many students struggle in reading as a result of cognitive weaknesses. For example, a student who has weak auditory processing skills, cannot concentrate, works too slowly, has poor memory skills or struggles to create good mental images will struggle with reading. By addressing these weaknesses, students are given the skills they need to become successful readers. We also have specialized reading programs that target coding the entire language from sound to phoneme to word to sentence to comprehension and critical thinking. If you have failed to find a reading intervention that works -- our programs and methods have incredible success for native English speakers as well as those learning English as a Second Language.

Yes! Parents often see noticeable improvements in as little as a few weeks. Because we target the root cause of learning challenges, the changes are not only big and impactful but also long-lasting. Many families report improvements in reading, math, focus, and confidence skills that transfer to school, home, and life. The secondary effect is that most (if not all!) of our students experience real and permanent increases in their intelligence. Our assessment provides a detailed basis for that - both in the pre-program assessment phase and in a final results session after a post-program assessment to determine the measurable outcomes of the program.

Families often describe an “Aha!” moment when they see their child’s test results and discuss the relevant details from our cognitive assessment process. Identifying weak skills explains why learning and daily struggles exist. Once identified, these weak areas can be targeted and strengthened using our unique cognitive skills programs. This helps remove frustrating obstacles to learning, saves time and money on ineffective interventions, and empowers families with answers. A cognitive skills assessment provides the roadmap for lasting academic success.

Everything starts with our cognitive skills assessment and that will cost €250 and includes a free results consultation where we detail an appropriate training program for you. Every training program we produce is customized to the specific need from those results, so what works for one student may not be appropriate in duration or intensity for another. Our costs are specific to the amount of time needed to administer a program, so everything we can provide prior to seeing the results of a cognitive assessment is truly limited by this highly customized approach. After you've reviewed the cognitive assessment results, you will understand our specific program proposal with exact costs. For a general estimate, you can expect the cost of an individual session to track with the cost of private music lessons in Dublin. Much like piano lessons work – you must attend a full program to get the benefit from our approach. Our approach is very similar to this. Also important to mention, since we’ve offered this benchmark for cost estimation: even though you will encounter our program one session at a time, we aim to provide cognitive improvements which can only be achieved from FULL programs – this is why we sell only programs, not individual sessions. The research and evidence surrounding neuroplasticity (and the specific brain training approach that can harness the power of it!) is what guides even our sales approach so that you buy only what you need from us, nothing less and nothing more.

Our assessment takes about 30-60 minutes to complete and must be completed in person in our office. We are currently administering the test using a digital platform, so basic computer and mouse use are involved. Don't worry - we have had students as young as 5-6 years old successfully take this assessment by themselves without assistance! It is designed to be visually and functionally approachable and easy to interact with, but our Director of Training acts as a proctor/invigilator of the entire test administration experience with each student. The Gibson Test of Cognitive Skills is a research and evidence-based assessment using Cattell-Horn-Carroll methodology to identify cognitive strengths and weaknesses. The assessment has 10 subsections in it, and is responsive to the student input. In case it helps you plan: the shortest completion we’ve seen is 20 minutes; the longest was just over 60 minutes. Aside from that, the intake form that is completed before the test takes about 10-15 minutes to complete. This is all we complete at our first meeting.

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Our students need to be able to communicate and interact with us in order for our brain training methods to have the intended effects. While we can adapt and modify most of our program to assist in improving even moderate communication difficulties, we cannot help in circumstances where there is zero ability of the student to verbally communicate. Similarly, we cannot deliver our program as currently built to students who are entirely blind. Lastly, if the student is completely paralyzed and unable to communicate with language, we have a limited ability to be of much assistance and would defer to experts who are focused on helping this population achieve their goals. Much of our work involves a kinaesthetic component and requires direct interaction from the student that is rigorous, intense, and repetitive. With all of that said, we have definitely interacted with those who experience dyspraxia and moderate communication/ speech and language issues and we've even had fantastic results and successes with these students. Our goal is always to help. If we can, we do. We think it's more helpful to share when that isn't likely to be us. Because we use a case-by-case basis to assess each student, we can usually identify where other interventions might be much more appropriate or efficacious. When we encounter these scenarios, we try our best to point prospective students to the supports best suited to their needs - even in the rare case that it's not us.

YES! We have worked with a number of professionals, executives, and even whole work teams. Our brain training programs have assisted a number of adults with career building, promotions, and improvements in their work. We've also had adult customers who have worked with us to improve emotional regulation, reduce risk-associated behavioural issues, and to improve their work and family relationships associated with decision-making challenges. Sometimes adults missed the process of assessment in childhood and have obvious cognitive issues that they have coped with and adapted around. Today, assessments are often given as early interventions for the same struggles. We have seen a lot of men and women come to us with late-diagnosed neurodiversity. Some need additional coping tools. Some are hyper-aware of their deficits. Some are just trying to offset the aging process and improve their memory. Whatever the inspiration, we have program offerings that can help and we have experience helping adults all the way into the advanced elderly years.

We always expect to work with a student 3-5 days a week in 1 hr sessions, aimed entirely at optimizing the neuroplasticity effect of brain training that's been validated in the research. We schedule the length of a program based on the specific cognitive needs, but the intensity for a short program will not have a smaller weekly time commitment. Some programs or schedules may necessitate double sessions on a given day, but this is not usually the case. The average program lasts 3-6 months total, 1 hr a day, as prescribed by the initial cognitive assessment results. Brain training is intended to be a one-time intervention delivering lasting results. The outcomes we desire to achieve cannot be achieved at a lower intensity. Exceptions: There are circumstances where auxiliary add-on programs might be appropriate for a reading-only intervention.