Adult Programs

Adult Literacy

Gemm Learning has provided Fast ForWord software for adult literacy with great success.  Typically it is a two month program, worked on at home.  For more on adult literacy click here.

Brain Fitness for Adults

"Research shows it's never too late to improve your quality of life by simply improving your quality of mind.  .. the mental "machinery" of the brain can be improved dramatically at any age, a fountain of youth for your mind."

Vitality News, March 2008

Our Brain Fitness Program (Westchester Brain Fitness Program and Fairfield County Brain Fitness Program) is able to improve perception, precision, thinking speed and memory at any stage of your life. 

It was developed by a global team of 50 university based researchers, led by Posit Science and Dr. Michael Merzenich, as part of an ongoing effort to improve brain health as we age. It was featured recently on a PBS Special called "The Brain Fitness Program": Watch video.

New studies suggest it can dramatically improve side-effects from Chemobrain(from chemotherapy) and stave off Alzheimer's.

The program includes a series of scientifically based, fun and engaging exercises that you do on a computer.  These programs exercise your brain, and are designed to speed up brain processing and improve brain function. It's a 40-hour program, four times a week for 10 weeks, which takes place at our Westchester learning center (and at our Fairfield County learning center).

Why so many weeks? As with physical exercise, it is important to exercise the brain extensively in specific ways in order to see benefits. The program is self-paced and adjusts to each individual's abilities and needs. The program is easy to use. You do not need to have any experience using a computer. Classroom trainers will help you.

What Are the Benefits?

The program is designed to help people:

+ remember better
+ think and absorb information better and faster
+ understand and communicate more easily
+ feel more alert
+ be more optimistic and confident
+ have more control and independence

The program takes place at our center in the mornings in a classroom setting. It's a social environment where you can meet others or share the experience with friends. This is a natural and drug-free training program and requires no change in your diet or medications.

Our Fairfield County/Stamford & Greenwich Brain Fitness Program just opened!