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Lorie M. Overland, M.A., B.S.N.
Educational Specialist for Learning Disorders
Educational Planning
Cogmed™ Working Memory Training Practitioner
Family Learning Strategies and Lorie Overland are dedicated to identifying an individual’s strengths and abilities to help overcome difficulties with children, adolescents, and adults. It is with compassion and understanding that guidence is given to help each individual obtain a higher potential of learning – which helps to lead to success and resilience in life. Academic skills can be improved upon with identifying executive functions and especially working memory. When struggling with learning disorders, attention difficulties, focusing problems, and problem solving skills, there are answers and help through our programs for children, adolescents and adults.
Find the Answers
- Training Leading to Significant Improvements
- Family Relationships
- Cogmed Working Memory Training
- Remember to Remember, Learn to learn
- Develop study skills to improve school
- Learn problem-solving skills
- Increase self-esteem, self-confidence, increase motivation
- Learn to live Resilient Lifestyles
Our mission is to help a person reach their highest degree of potential. We work on building skills, creating strategies for study skills, and using very sucessful training programs, to enable one to learn independently and confidently. The results are measurable and frequently beyond expectations.
Cogmed™ Working Memory Training Program is included as part of a possible intervention strategy by improving working memory and executive functions.
Cogmed is endorsed by the American Academy of Pediatrics for improving working memory.
“High executive function abilities are actually a better predictor of academic success than IQ” By: John Medina, PhD; Brain Rules for Baby, 2010, Pear Press. (Dr. Medina is a developmental molecular biologist and research consultant.)
I have over four years experience working with the Cogmed Working Memory Training Program. Cogmed is a highly effective program designed to improve attention, increase concentration, and sharpen problem-solving skills. Cogmed is supported internationally by strong, scholarly, scientific research over a number of years. I am very excited about Cogmed and have seen very significant improvements using this program.
Family relationships are the main support system of a child or adolescent, especially the parents. The parents will always be integrated within our plans. These plans are developed to achieve success for the child or individual. Parents will be included and kept up to date with the personal andconferences of cognitive training plans of each child.
