But they aren't video games. It's a bridge between the monitor and the classroom,'' says Freer. Kids think it's cool to build a tower using only their mind,'' says psychologist Donna Morere, of Rockville, Md., who uses it with her patients whose concentration pup needs training. It's not a magic bullet, but it has helped. We start to see a change in a month to six weeks,'' she says.
Concentration is directed mental energy.
Our attention is where our eyes are. If our eyes are shifting, our attention will probably be scattered,'' says Horn. Train his concentration with his hands. Help Tyler develop a mental tune to drill his brain into believing it can concentrate. Have him repeat a simple phrase like ''I can concentrate like a champ'' when he doubts his ability.