Does your student, for whatever reason, ever get anxious about his or her math abilities? Maybe you remember feeling nervous about math when you were in high school. In an effor to always equip you and your student with every tool available to get the most out of a high school educational experience, we would like to pass along the following resource:
This is an evidence-based practice; HeartMath techniques and emWave technology not only engage young people and affect their ability to be academically successful, but also improve their interactions with others. HeartMath helps students to reduce anxiety and self-regulate their emotional state to improve their ability to enhance the ability to focus and to perform more effectively when taking tests. The protocol has been shown to be helpful with test anxiety and subject-specific anxiety, and with students who have ADD/ADHD. One study has shown that math performance was enhanced by 35 percent, and reading comprehension by 14 percent.
Mind Body Institute in Athens is offering this new Saturday program (the first of the two scheduled this fall begins Sept. 17).
Attached is a press release for a summary overview and the final version of the article that appeared in the Mind Body Institute newsletter for September. This new program is offered at a reduced cost to make it more affordable for parents. This is a link to the national study of HeartMath's efficacy: http://www.heartmath.org/research/research-publications/testedge-national-demonstration-study.html
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