This document discusses two cognitive skills development programs, BrainWare SAFARI and SkateKids/Ramps To Reading. BrainWare SAFARI develops 41 cognitive skills over 12 weeks, improving cognitive ability by 4 years on average. It engages students with video game technology. SkateKids/Ramps To Reading integrates cognitive process development with literacy skills recommended by the National Reading Panel, developing reading comprehension through visualization and executive functions training. Both programs are supported by peer-reviewed research showing academic gains. The document also notes that economically disadvantaged students, English language learners, and students with IEPs often have weaker cognitive skills that can be addressed by these programs to close achievement gaps.

1. The leading cognitive
skills development
program in
education
Cognitively based
reading programs
focused on
comprehension
Applying neuroscience to
teaching – brain-
compatible professional
development
BrainWare SAFARI:
•••• Multidisciplinary approach
built on 40 years of clinical
best practices
•••• Develops 41 cognitive skills in
a comprehensive and
integrated manner.
•••• Improves cognitive ability by an
average of 4 years in just 12
weeks and academic
skills by almost 2 years.
•••• Supported by published peer-
reviewed research.
•••• Engages students with the
best practices of video-game
technology.
•••• Students who use BrainWare
SAFARI
•••• Have improved attention
span and focus.
•••• Grasp concepts more
quickly.
•••• Experience less frustration.
•••• Are better able to follow
instructions.
•••• Accelerate academic gains
across the curriculum
SkateKids / Ramps To Reading:
•••• Based on the work of Dr. Jack
Naglieri
•••• Integrates the development of
essential cognitive processes
with the literacy skills
recommended by the National
Reading Panel.
•••• Develops reading
comprehension through
training visualization and
executive functions.
•••• Supported by published peer-
reviewed research.
•••• Provides an immersive and
engaging digital-game based
experience.
•••• Students who use SkateKids
and Ramps To Reading
•••• Progress from “learning to
read” to “reading to learn”.
•••• Internalize learning
strategies to derive meaning
from text.
•••• Experience increased self-
confidence with reading
tasks.
Professional development programs
train educators in brain-compatible
practices, and are delivered in a brain-
compatible way, designed to change
practice and learning outcomes.
Closing the
gaps for
historically
low-
performing
students

2. Cognitive Processes Critical in
the Classroom (and in Life)
Economically Disadvantaged Students
Research has shown that Low-SES students on average
have deficits compared to their more advantaged peers in
multiple areas of cognitive processing
ELL Students
Learning a second language puts demands on cognitive
skills that students may or may not have developed to the
degree necessary to accelerate language acquisition and
comprehension.
Students with IEPs
Approximately 40% of students in special education have
Specific Learning Disabilities. Many other disability
categories also manifest learning issues that can be
attributed to weak underlying cognitive skills.
Cognitive capacity lies at the core of the struggles of
many groups of historically low-performing students.
Educators have not had affordable and effective ways
to address this issue until now!
Impact of BrainWare SAFARI on Student Growth - Students with Specific Learning Disabilities*
*"Effect of Neuroscience-Based Cognitive Skill Training on Growth of Cognitive Deficits Associated with Learning Disabilities
” Sarah Abitbol Avtzon. Learning Disabilities: A Multidisciplinary Journal. 2012
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Foundational Cognitive Skills
Sustained Attention, Selective Attention, Flexible Attention, Visual
Discrimination, Spatial Relationships, Visualization, Visual Form
Consistency, Auditory Discrimination, Processing Speed, Timing and
Rhythm, Visual-Auditory Integration, Short-Term Memory,
Simultaneous and Sequential Processing
Core Executive Functions
Working Memory, Inhibitory Control,
Cognitive Flexibility
Higher Order Executive
Functions
Reasoning, Problem-Solving, Planning
Closing the
gaps for
historically
low-
performing
students