COGNITIVE TRAINING PLANS FOR ADHD

Making ADHD your Superpower

We have developed three Cognitive Training Plans in which we have grouped a set of exercises, mainly based on the chessboard, its pieces and its rules, specifically oriented towards training, improving and rehabilitating cognitive abilities, as well as the generation of a sustained work habit for those who need it.

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Cognitive Training Plans for ADHD

Making ADHD your Superpower

We know that some of the main problems of people diagnosed with ADHD are:

  • Difficulty keeping attention on a continuous basis

  • Predominance of impulsive processing over reflective processing

  • Difficulties in organizing information

  • Lack of problem-solving strategies

  • Disorganization and lack of autonomy

Working with these Cognitive Training Plans is an ideal setting to help people diagnosed with ADHD, as well as others who may have special learning difficulties.

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The three Training Plans are progressive, with the main objective of generating an autonomous working context for the student, adapted to his concrete conditions, age, working rhythm and his possibilities.

With any of these Training Plans we work, based mainly on chess, with a methodology which allows the student to make clear progress in four specific areas:

  • Improve and rehabilitate basic cognitive abilities

  • Increase attention and concentration capacity

  • Generate a habit of sustained work

  • Develop skills that will allow to progress in chess practice

These Training Plans are mainly organized according to the student’s time availability, and can work on them autonomously and without the need for a presential monitoring by their parents, tutors, teachers, etc. In every Training Plan, the student’s activity remains registered.

Of course, and especially when it comes to the generation of habit and discipline of sustained work, which is so necessary and recommended in some cases, a certain frequent dedication is preferable, as the benefits and progress will be appreciated much more quickly.

Although most of the developed Applications use chess as the principal support, it is not necessary to have any previous chess knowledge, beyond a simple understanding of how the pieces move and the main game rules.

The students who have no prior chess knowledge and are starting from scratch can access to basic reading of the pieces’ movements and the chess main rules at Learning chess from scratch.

“SQUIRREL”, “MONKEY”, “ELEPHANT” TRAINING PLANS

In order to adapt as best as possible to all needs, we propose three complete Cognitive Training Plans (“Squirrel” Training Plan, “Monkey” Training Plan and “Elephant” Training Plan) differentiated by:

  • The necessary dedication time

  • The variety of exercises available in each of them

Each plan includes certain functionalities and types of exercises, as well as a greater number of exercises available in each case. The objective is to be able to offer the plan that best adapts to each student’s possibilities.

The Cognitive Training Plans, aimed at people of all ages, are the following:

Training Plan Recommended for…
“Squirrel” Plan Recommended for students with very limited time available throughout the week. Very occasional dedication time for the realization of some exercises in a punctual way.

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“Monkey” Plan Recommended for those who may consider it important to generate a sustained work habit. More continuous and frequent time dedication, therefore, will allow the realization of a greater number of exercises and a greater variety.

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“Elephant” Plan Recommended for those who must have an even greater impact on the habit and work discipline, which will also allow them to perform, in an unlimited way, a greater number of exercises with a wider variety. It requires the highest dedication commitment.

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The student may begin with a Training Plan and subscribe on a superior plan whenever it is wished.

If you believe that a daily or almost daily dedication is possible, our general recommendation is the “Monkey” Training Plan or the “Elephant” Training Plan, since with them a work discipline is acquired quicker and a greater number of exercises can be completed, therefore, a wider range of abilities.

Which training plan you should choose?

Making ADHD your Superpower

Our recommendation is to select the plan that best suits the student’s time availability and the main objectives to be pursued, regarding:

  • Working habit: The discipline of frequently completing exercises in a paused and concentrated way, combined with progress, will help establishing a work routine.

  • Cognitive abilities improvement: Attention, memory, perception, visualization and calculation are some of the abilities will be reinforced with practice.

  • Chess level improvement: By basing most exercises on the chess game, the student will make progress into many of the resources needed to play chess more effectively, almost without realizing it.

In the following table we provide, as an example, an approximate orientation of the time dedication and commitment:

Training Plan Approximate dedication time…
“Squirrel” Plan Less than 1 hour per week, distributed into 2 or 3 sessions.
“Monkey” Plan Between 1 and 3 hours a week. We recommend a minimum of 25 to 30 minutes session per day, for 3 – 4- 5 days per week.
“Elephant” Plan From 3 hours a week. We recommend a minimum of 30 to 40 minutes session per day, for 6-7 days per week.

It is important to know that, regardless of the previous time spent working on the platform, the practical development of a concrete plan will depend on each student’s individual conditions. Specially their age, their rhythm completing the exercises and their own possibilities that, in turn, will be evolving progressively when using the platform.

We believe that most of the time the “Monkey” Training Plan or the “Elephant” will surely be appropriate, not only because they’re prepared for completing a greater number of exercises, but also by dedicating more time, there is a greater exercise variety and therefore a greater work range. However, in some cases perhaps the most appropriated is the “Squirrel” Training Plan, when the student has very limited time, and the most important is to consolidate a habit gradually.

It is best to try to select the plan based on the combination of the time availability criteria, the objectives to be pursued with the training and the functionality range you would like to work with.

In any case, if you have doubts about the Plan that best fits, we are at your disposal to help you and recommend the Training Plan that best suits your specific case.

Chess practice can reinforce self-esteem, by helping create an advancing environment for the individual diagnosed with ADHD. An environment where he/she will feel safe and confident, which also has great positive connotation in the most emotional part, because the student will experience progress and will feel proud to do so.

Choose a Plan that’s Right for You

Use the comparison table below to learn more about Training Plans we offer, and select the one most appropriate for your needs.

In most cases, our awarded “Monkey” Training Plan may be the most recommended to start, with a good balance between the commitment of dedication and the generation of habit and work discipline, that allows a faster progress.

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Train your memory and concentration capacity by visualizing the position of all the chess pieces on the board, reconstructing the positions that are presented with different difficulty levels, both in terms of the number of pieces and structure.

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75 150 unlimited
Train your concentration, attention capacity and detail perception by visualizing the Chessboard and position schemes with different pieces number and structure, discovering the differences between one position and another.

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75 150 unlimited
Exercise your attention and visualization capacity in chess to discover the dangers in a particular position, identifying all the pieces that may be attacked by others, in different complexity positions. Undoubtedly the basis of chess training to not forget any material threat.

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75 150 unlimited
Train your abstract reasoning, spatial visualization and learn to perfectly master the horse movements in chess, calculating the best paths to move the horse along the board, learning to optimize movements and drawing strategic plans to carry them out.

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75 150 unlimited
Develop your spatial visualization and optimize decisions to find the best locations of the different chess pieces along the board, by training a key tactical resource al all chess levels, such as the generation of double attacks and skewers to win chess material.

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Increase and improve your mathematical mental calculation skills, developing mathematical thinking and grouping strategies, and exercising your short-term memory while automating the learning of the absolute value of chess pieces.

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Increase and improve your mental mathematical calculation capacity, developing thought strategies and exercising your short-term memory, mentally performing mathematical operations for all levels, which will help you get your mental activity up and running, especially at the beginning of your training sessions.

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Train your spatial vision and your memory, by improving your mental and geometric chessboard visualization, through the coordinates of their squared and the basic movements of the chess pieces along the board.

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Train your abstract reasoning and develop creative thinking strategies to solve chess problems from all categories, while increasing your tactical capacity in chess.  Undoubtedly the resource that will make you quickly improve your playing level and the essential tool to develop combinations in chess.

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Develop your spatial visualization and your memory capacity, as well as your mastery of the chessboard geometry, through the movements of the horse and its jumps on the board, which are progressively automated until you reach mastery, regardless of your game level, so that you can  implement it almost without noticing it during your games.

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Exercise your concentration and memory, and develop strategies for problem solving and decision making in each position of a real chess game, using chess game models plays by the best players of all time, in which you will find the simplest moves, but also those that are only reachable by the best players in history.

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Train your memory, your visualization and pattern or position schemes recognition capacity to the maximum. These will help you identify and apply game plans, as well as the development of basic strategies in different chess game openings, in order to successfully make the transition to the half game.

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This very well-known exercise is possibly one of the best and most complete trainings for your mind, combining abstract reasoning, memory, attention, spatial visualization, precision in calculation and creativity, together with tactical training in chess, by simulating the real way of thinking of high-level chess players.

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If you have any questions or require assistance, please do not hesitate to contact us!

Working with our Methodology

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Working methodology proposed in every Training Plan is specifically designed to achieve the following objectives, which are particularly interesting an applicable in most cases for people diagnosed with ADHD:

  • To increase attention and concentration capacity, since the proposed exercises in every plan require a quiet, serene and concentrated dedication on the activity being completed, as well as a high attention level for the exercise details.

  • Progressively develop other specific cognitive skills, such as memory, attention, detail perception, abstract reasoning, spatial visualization, calculation, decision making and time management. All of this with increasing difficulty levels that allow each student to gradually adjust to their actual abilities, regardless the contracted Plan.

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  • To influence positively and directly on the student’s ability to play chess. The same way as in any sport activity training, the athletes repeat the same exercises thousands of times until reaching a great mastery and automating the necessary movements, the exercises proposed in our methodology are specially designed to automate certain mental processes, which will help improve the game level, and will enhance abstract vision and reasoning required for the chess practice.

  • To generate a working habit among students, since benefits obtained are higher when they rely on continuity and acquire a certain discipline in their implementation.

Once the Training Plan that best suits the student’s needs and objectives has been contracted, the student will be able to access the Online Campus platform to begin completing the exercises.

With the appropriate modulo, the student’s parents, teachers or tutors will also be able to access the Online Campus to track, schedule activity control alerts and perform other monitoring tasks.

Working methodology is common in all Training Plans. In all of them, using internet connection, the student accesses the Online Campus platform where he or she can complete the different exercises in an autonomous way, at home, at any time during the day, and without the need for presential monitoring by his or her parents, teachers, tutors or other specialists.

WITHIN THE ONLINE CAMPUS

  • Depending on the student’s profile, and based above all on their time availability, knowledge, age, skills and preferences, we will establish an indicative and recommended working plan to facilitate their progress and to achieve their objectives.

  • The student will be able to complete different exercise typologies proposed within the contracted Training plan. These exercises are configured with multiple difficulty levels, which will progressively increase, as the students becomes familiar with the platform and makes progress or improvements.

  • The Online Campus registers all the student’s activity, so that both student and parents, teachers, tutors can easily consult their time dedication, analyze their progress curves and establish objective assessments about their progress. In addition, with the appropriate module, parents, specialists or tutors are also provided with adequate alert systems for monitoring the student’s activity, comparative data for statistical purposes that may be useful in making decisions and evaluating progress and improvement.

You can check the main exercises included in the different Training Plans and get a detailed description of each one of them.

Frequently Asked Questions

To assist you in the ordering process, we have compiled a list of purchase related FAQs.

Purchase FAQs

If you require assistance on a new purchase, or renewal/upgrade costs, please contact us or chat with us online Monday – Friday between 10:00 AM – 17:00 PM CET.

Multi – User Discounts

Each user must get an individual account to use the any of the Training Plans.

However, we offer tiered discounts for families, groups, schools, etc.

If you require more than one account, please contact us or chat with us online Monday – Friday between 10:00 AM – 17:00 PM CET.

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