10 May
Best Practices, IM Blog

How To Use Difficulty Settings With IM Training

From time to time, we get questions on how to use IM with specific populations, how to work with the equipment and anything else that is causing our Providers headaches. Amy Vega, a fabulous SLP and our Clinical Education Director, is here to answer those questions in a weekly series. Each week, we will address one topic in-depth that has plagued our Providers. So, be sure to check back here for all the answers to your questions. While you’re at it, send in a question that has been on your mind. You never know who else it may help.

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17 Apr
IM Blog, Science

Heavy Metal, Rock and Your Health

Nutrition is serious business; in fact, it is a multi-billion dollar business. Everyone is trying to cash in on the health craze with one fad diet after the other. One week it is bad to eat carbohydrates, the next week juice cleanses are all the rage, and before you know it someone is advocating eating like a caveman. With all the competing information out there, what does your body really need? Well, we are no nutrition experts, but here are a few essential minerals to consider in the third part of our brain food series, You Are What You Eat.

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17 Apr
ADD /ADHD, IM Blog

Video Games May Help Your Child

Gamification. Surely, some out there have heard this new buzz word, but what is it all about? Well, maybe you hadn’t noticed, but everything around you has become a game. Your cell phone is pre-loaded with several games. Perhaps Angry Birds or Candy Crush Saga sound familiar? Your children have probably been trying to convince you to buy the newest Playstation, Xbox or Nintendo. Even shopping has become a game with apps like ShopKick. So what does all this mean for your child’s brain? Is the bombardment of flashing screens doing more harm than good? Read more to find out.

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26 Mar
Academic Improvement, IM Blog

Not Just Brain Training

Brain health and neuroplasticity have become all the rage. Lumosity commercials are a mainstay on cable television, often interrupting tv shows like Brain Games. There is no end to the options when it comes to brain training, but do any of these programs work? Scientist say yes, but there could be a catch. Read more to find out how IM’s unique and patented system challenges thinking and movement simultaneously, leading to long lasting improvements in functional brain networks.

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06 Mar
IM Blog, Pediatric

World Down Syndrome Day

Developmental disabilities affect nearly 14% of the population, and that is a big deal to us here at Interactive Metronome ® (IM). We want everyone to reach their fullest potential, whether it is in the classroom, board room or on the field. It’s that TIME of the year. Get moving this spring with IM.

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