The Early Childhood Intensive Program is designed to assist children to concentrate, focus and retain information through a variety of activities. The areas which the program will focus on are as follows:
increasing focus to task for increased durations
modulating focus of attention (broadening and narrowing of focus)
zooming senses (eyes, ears, touch – in and out spontaneously)
cognitive strategies
working memory capacity/ mechanics.
reducing inattention and distractibility
tuning in and tuning out
linking phonological loop and visual spatial scratch pad for information storage.
maintaining an optimal arousal state
filtering out external environmental distraction (noise, movement, visuals)
Categorising information
Memory retrieval strategies
Our Working Memory is universally regarded as a better predictor of academic success than IQ. Development of Working Memory, at 4 years of age is critical to learning success throughout life.
