Released on: September 15, 2008, 10:27 am

Press Release Author: Total Learning Centers

Industry: Education

Press Release Summary: Convenient at-home, on-location courses will train working
memory, attention, focus



Press Release Body: Total Learning Centers (TLC) is enhancing its adult curriculum
and offering four new programs. Wexford-based TLC, an academic, brain-based learning
facility, has always served age 5 through adult, but with an increased demand and
research showing the success of adult programs, TLC is gearing up for additional
adult students.

TLC’s new programs are designed for working adults with convenient evening hours and
at-home courses. Each course focuses on improving different executive functioning
skills — such as processing speed, attention, working memory, and auditory
processing.

“These skills are essential to our everyday lives. Executives, sales people,
teachers, even stay-at-home parents can benefit from improved memory and auditory
processing,” said Executive Director Dr. Carol Utay, “and often adults don’t know
where to turn or what options exist to help them improve.

As with all of TLC’s programs, an initial consultation is recommended to determine
what program best fits students’ needs. Instead of on-site testing TLC offers for
younger students, the center is offering a 45-minute phone consultation for adults
to determine the most appropriate program match.

Three of the new programs are Web-based and offered at home. The program offered
on-site is one of TLC’s most popular programs for children, now offered in an adult
class. PACE, taught by master instructor Sandy Tommarello, M.Ed., CCC/SLP, targets
processing and cognitive enhancement. In only eight weeks, Adult PACE improves five
areas of the brain’s executive function necessary for learning: attention, working
memory, processing speed, visual processing and auditory processing. Classes are
held two times a week at TLC’s Wexford and Fox Chapel locations.

Other programs include: Brain Fitness, designed for auditory processing training and
improving the quality and quantity of the information the brain absorbs from the
ears; InSight, a visual processing training program that works to improve the
quality and quantity of the information the brain absorbs from the eyes; and Cogmed,
a renowned, evidence-based program for helping adults improve attention by training
working memory. TLC is currently the only certified provider in Pennsylvania of the
Cogmed program. Cogmed Working Memory Training was developed in Sweden at one of
Europe’s leading medical institutes. To become a certified provider, individuals
must go through special training, and only a physician or psychologist can oversee
of the program.

For more information about any of the programs, call (724) 940-1090.


About Total Learning Centers LLC
Total Learning Centers, based in Pine Township in Wexford, is a locally owned and
operated academic brain-based learning facility. With additional locations in Fox
Chapel, Murrysville and the South Hills, TLC offers one-on-one tutoring and other
individualized services in an open, child-friendly environment for clients ages 5
through adult. Founded in 1999, by Drs. Joe and Carol Utay, TLC prepares students
today for success tomorrow through direct, intensive, research-based methods to
ensure significant gains in reading, writing, math, attention, processing, memory
and more. For more information, call (724) 940-1090 or visit
www.TotalLearningCenters.com.

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Contact:
Dr. Carol Utay
Executive Director
Total Learning Centers
(724) 940-1090
Carol@TotalLearningCenters.com




Web Site: http://www.totalleanringcenters.com

Contact Details: 12045 Perry Highway
Pittsburgh, PA 15090
Phone: 724-940-1086
Fax: 724-940-1030