Myles Cooley, Ph.D. is a Board Certified, Licensed Psychologist and author who has evaluated and treated thousands of children, adolescents and adults.  My current practice consists of 50% adults and 50% children/adolescents.  Some of my services include:

• Psychotherapy/counseling for adults, adolescents and children for many behavioral, psychological, and emotional problems.  Therapeutic orientation is cognitive-behavioral
• Parent counseling for effective child behavior management strategies
• Evaluations for adults, adolescents, and children for ADHD, dyslexia, learning disabilities, early childhood developmental delays, austism and Asperger’s Syndrome
• Gifted testing
• Computerized memory training programs for working memory & attentional deficits (Cogmed Working Memory Training)
• Evaluations for educational accommodations on SAT, ACT, GRE, LSAT, MCAT, GMAT as well as for accommodations in school, college/university, graduate school
• Local and national speaking engagements for parents, educators, and health professionals
• Pre-employment/pre-academy psychological evaluations for law enforcement applicants

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Cogmed Working Memory Training

What is working memory?

Working memory is the ability to keep information in mind for short periods of time while you focus on a task and remember what to do next. People with attention deficits frequently have weaknesses in working memory. What appears to be inattention may actually be a loss of information from memory needed to guide an ongoing activity  This causes some of the following problems in school and everyday life:

• Remembering instructions and following directions
• Completing tasks
• Distractibility
• Remembering what you’ve just read
• Remembering all the ideas you want to write about in a paper
• Remembering what you went into the next room to get
• Other examples of working memory in daily life

How important is working memory in school?

Many scientists believe that working memory may be more predictive of academic success than IQ.

Working Memory can be strengthened and attention improved

Just like muscles can be strengthened with exercise, research at multiple sites around the world has shown that attention can be improved by rigorous training that strengthens working memory.  Many scientists believe that if people continue to use their strengthened working memory, it will remain stronger indefinitely – just like if you strengthen a muscle and continue to use the muscle to its maximum capacity, it will remain strong.

How Does Cogmed Working Memory Training Do This?

Researchers in Sweden developed the Cogmed Working Memory Training program consisting of an intensive 5-week computer-based training program.  This training is available only through qualified practices which have been screened and trained by Cogmed personnel.  Dr. Cooley is one of only about 125 practices in North America qualified to provide this training.  He is the “coach” who supervises and monitors each user’s training.

Sample a working memory exercise

Learn more about the specifics of the training procedure

View a demonstration of the training programs for children & adults

Frequently Asked Questions: (Most of everything you may want to know about the training.)

How successful is this training?

Research shows that 80% of individuals completing the training show working memory improvements continuing six months after training.  Other clinical reports suggest that improvements continue well beyond one year.  Additional improvements have been found in attention, problem solving, planning, and improved academic skills.

Who can benefit from training?

Children and adults with working memory or attention problems can benefit.  This includes individuals with Attention Deficit Disorder, learning disabilities, victims of stroke or traumatic brain injury or older individuals experiencing age-appropriate memory decline.  The American Academy of Pediatrics has endorsed working memory training as a research supported treatment of ADHD.

What is the cost of Cogmed Working Memory training?

Please call Dr. Cooley’s office at 561-694-0001 to learn the cost of training.  Training is not considered a medical or therapeutic intervention and is not covered by insurance.

For more information…………

Sign up for a 30 minute live Cogmed Webinar on your computer to hear about and see the program.  You’ll be able ask questions over the phone.  Webinars are scheduled at different times during the week.