More than 40 years of Results

Cognitive Intensive Program

One summer can change your child’s life. Our Cognitive Intensive Program strengthens your child’s capacity to learn in school and in life.  Give your child the best chance at success with the Arrowsmith Program’s renowned methods for improving reasoning, processing speed and comprehension. Learn more at our Town Hall.
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More than 40 years of Results

Cognitive Intensive Program

One summer can change your child’s life. Our Cognitive Intensive Program strengthens your child’s capacity to learn in school and in life.  Give your child the best chance at success with the Arrowsmith Program’s renowned methods for improving reasoning, processing speed and comprehension. Learn more at our Town Hall.
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The Woman Who Changed Her Brain"

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BARBARA ARROWSMITH-YOUNG |  Founder

Barbara Arrowsmith-Young has been featured by Huffington Post, 60 Minutes, BBC, TEDx Talks, Google, and many other organizations for her groundbreaking work with neuroplasticity. Her methods have changed the lives of thousands who struggled with learning and cognitive challenges.

Learn how you can enhance your child's learning capacities with our Cognitive Intensive Program.

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Watch our Cognitive Intensive Program (CIP) Town Hall to learn more about the program.

In these information sessions, you will learn:

- How CIP can help you or your child rewire your/their brain
- Detailed information about the program structure
- Outcomes of CIP

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“She’s loving every minute of it, she is working really hard. She’s feeling happy, confident, and much more motivated about challenging things in the future, she feels she’s going to be able to master other things. This to me is miraculous, and being here I am seeing this work, and from seeing other children and speaking with their parents, I know this works. It’s such an important message, all children and adults with learning difficulties can get to a point with this program that the learning difficulties are not there anymore, and I would like to tell the whole world about it. “

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Program Information

About Our Online Cognitive Intensive Program

What Is The Program?

Our Online 8-week Program offers students the opportunity to transform their learning capacity by strengthening their Symbol Relations functioning online, allowing your child to return to school a more active, independent, and happier learner.

What Are The Benefits?

Strengthening Symbol Relations capacity means a more powerful and positive capacity to understand, participate in and contribute to the world.

Research Results

Studies show that our 8-week Online Program leads to functional changes in the brain as well as improved processing speed, memory, reasoning, focus, academic performance, emotional intelligence and well being.

How Long Is This Program?

Over an 8-week period, students work in online classes for between a total of 90 to  135 hours on an accelerated schedule to build a stronger brain.

Who Should Participate?

Everyone can benefit from strengthening their capacity to understand, reason, and process information more quickly and accurately. Those with learning difficulties or those looking to achieve peak performance – a stronger brain means a better life.

Available Dates

  • May 9-June 30
  • May 30-July 22
  • June 13-Aug 5
  • June 27-Aug 19
  • July 4-Aug 26

Location: Online

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About Our In-Person Cognitive Intensive Program

What is the Program?

Our In-Person 6-week Program offers students the opportunity to transform their learning capacity by strengthening their Symbol Relations functioning at Arrowsmith School Toronto, allowing your child to return to school a more active, independent, and happier learner.

What Are The Benefits?

Strengthening Symbol Relations capacity means a more powerful and positive capacity to understand, participate in and contribute to the world.

Research Results

Studies show that our Cognitive Intensive Program leads to functional changes in the brain as well as improved processing speed, memory, reasoning, focus, academic performance, emotional intelligence, and well-being.

How Long Is This Program?

Over a 6-week period, students work in in-person classes for between a total of 90 to 135 hours on an accelerated schedule to build a stronger brain.

Who Should Participate?

Everyone can benefit from strengthening their capacity to understand, reason, and process information more quickly and accurately. Those with learning difficulties or those looking to achieve peak performance – a stronger brain means a better life.

Date

July 4th - August 12th

Location: 245 St. Clair Avenue West, Toronto, ON, M4V 1R3

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With more than 40 years of proven results and well-researched studies, many notable media outlets and organizations have featured the work of Barbara Arrowsmith-Young, the Arrowsmith Program and Arrowsmith Schools, including:

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Learning Capacities We Address

19 Cognitive Functions

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“Please don’t erase that blackboard yet.”

Messy handwriting, miscopying, misreading, irregular spelling, speech rambling, careless written errors in mathematics, and poor written performance.

“I just don’t get it.”

Difficulty with reading comprehension, trouble with mathematical reasoning, trouble with logical reasoning, difficulty reading an analog clock, problem understanding cause and effect, reversals of ‘b’ – ‘d’; ‘p’ – ‘q’ (younger students and in more severe cases).

“I have a memory like a sieve.”

Trouble remembering oral instructions, difficulty following lectures or extended conversations, problem acquiring general information through listening.

“My words don’t always come out in the right order.”

Problem putting information into one’s own words, speaking in incomplete sentences, difficulty using internal speech to work out consequences, trouble following long sentences, breakdown of steps in mathematical procedures.

“People say I mumble.”

Mispronouncing words, avoiding using words because of uncertainty of pronunciation, limited ability to learn and use phonics, difficulty learning foreign languages, difficulty thinking and talking at the same time, flat and monotone speech with lack of rhythm and intonation.

“I’m sorry. Could you repeat that?”

Mishearing words and thus misinterpreting information, difficulty understanding someone with an accent, extra effort required to listen to speech.

“Planning was never my strong suit.”

Problem being self-directed and self-organized in learning, limited mental initiative, difficulty keeping attention relevantly oriented to the demands of a task necessary for completion, difficulty thinking, planning, problem solving, trouble seeing the main point.

“I was never a great reader.”

Poor word recognition, slow reading, difficulty with spelling, trouble remembering symbol patterns such as mathematical or chemical equations.

“I’m not good at remembering the names of things.”

Problem with associative memory, trouble following auditory information, trouble learning names of things such as animals, places, people, colours, days of the week.

“I am such a klutz.”

Awkward body movements, bumping into objects due to not knowing where body is in space relative to objects, uneven handwriting with variable pressure.

“I slur my words sometimes.”

Lack of a clear articulation of speech, some speech slurring.

“I’m just not good at reading people.”

Problem interpreting non-verbal information such as body language, facial expression and voice tone, weak social skills, difficulty perceiving and interpreting one’s own emotions, difficulty thinking, planning, problem solving non-verbally.

“My eyes hurt when I read.”

Slow, jerky reading with errors, eyes fatigue when reading, problem navigating in the dark.

“Have we met?”

Trouble finding objects, problem remembering visual cues such as landmarks, difficulty remembering faces and recalling the visual details of pictures.

“I am forever getting lost.”

Frequently getting lost, losing objects, messy and disorganized workspace, trouble constructing geometric figures.

“I’m not handy.”

Difficulty understanding the mechanical properties of objects, problems constructing or repairing machinery such as taking apart and putting together a bicycle or repairing a car.

“I can’t program the TV remote to save my life.”

Trouble understanding the proper sequence of steps in a task such as sewing, cooking or computer programming.

“My reaction time is a bit slow.”

Poor muscle tone, which results in some degree of awkwardness and slowness of body movement.

“I’m not a numbers person.”

Finger counting, trouble retaining numbers in one’s head, difficulty making change, problem learning math facts, difficulty with budgeting, poor sense of time management, difficulty with time signature in music.

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