Firstly, please also look at the "not recommended" reviews by people on this listing. They are legitimate, useful reviews and I'm not sure why Yelp is hiding them.
Secondly, I highly recommend Lyon Learning Center for students and adults. I'm 38, and have struggled with numbers, spelling, and auditory memory retention my whole life. For as far as I can remember, couldn't do much adding in my head beyond double digits and would mix up numbers all the time. I would struggle with spelling complex words, often with French origins. If you told me something and I didn't write it down, I would forget we had the conversation entirely.
My struggles with numbers and spelling I could hide with technology. But the blatant and repeated forgetfulness was really starting to impact my relationships both professionally and personally.
On some level, I've always understood that I was perhaps living with diagnosed dyslexia. But throughout my life I figured out ways to compensate. However, once I met Clarise Lyon and learned about the wonderful things she was doing for children that I knew, I asked if they could help me.
I was skeptical at first, but after about three months of sessions three times a week, combined with the sound therapy she offers for home use, I started to see results. I could add three and four digit numbers in my head easier. If you gave me a phone number once, I could remember the last four digits. My boyfriend would ask me to do a favor for him, and I would remember to do it! Suddenly, I could spell entrepreneur without spell check!
Now six months into the sessions, I can look up an address once, and 30 minutes later recall the numbers and street name. Instead of interrupting my boyfriend so I can tell him something before I forget it, I'm able to be more patient and wait until the right time to share it with him, and I remember it! Professionally, I'm able to recall interesting facts and tidbits more regularly and use them during networking or new business conversations, impressing people and positioning myself as more of an expert.
So, how do they do it? I'm not the expert, of course, but as I understand it, Lyon Learning Center's staff are able to evaluate how your brain has developed over your life and pin point places where the brain connections need to be stronger or reprogrammed to work in a optimal fashion to meet the results you are looking for; be it better test scores, social skills, memory or other things. Then, through a variety of tools, exercises and systems (all which have their own scientific basis and third-party validation) they can reprogram your brain.
Since the brain is a muscle, it can be strengthened over time. As these new connections grow stronger the tangible results in one's life begin to show themselves. I like this path to change, because it really addresses the root of the issue and strengthens the foundation for all cognitive activity.
The services of Lyon Learning are great if you really want a systematic and lasting change in how your brain functions. It requires putting the time with Clarise's team and at home, sometimes adjusting your diet to remove foods that impair brain function, as well as the patience to wait for a few months as the brain develops the new connections. If you follow their advice, you will see results and they will stick. Brain training is just like losing weight. You have to be willing to do the work and listen to the expert advice.
Thank you Clarise and team for the new me! read more
