{"id":2324,"date":"2009-05-05T15:16:27","date_gmt":"2009-05-05T19:16:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?p=2324"},"modified":"2019-07-18T10:55:40","modified_gmt":"2019-07-18T14:55:40","slug":"breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/","title":{"rendered":"Breakthrough Brain Development Center Opens in Orlando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A unique program designed to significantly improve a person\u2019s ability to learn by exercising the areas of the brain responsible for learning, celebrated the Grand Opening of its first Brain Development Center in Orlando in March 2009. Located in Southwest Orlando, the program assesses cognitive skills and sensory motor integration and identifies the underlying cause of a child\u2019s learning difficulties.Most importantly, the program provides a set of physical and computer-based exercises to improve the areas of the brain that are underdeveloped.<\/p>\n<p>Nationally renowned psychologist, Jim Fadigan, Ph.D. founded Learn To Learn knowing that his brain development program could help thousands of adults and children suffering from ADD, ADHD, memory problems or other learning \u201cdisabilities.\u201d According to a recent article published by the Wall Street Journal in March 2009, brain development\/stimulation has become a growing industry for not only children, but adults too. Learn To Learn\u2019s program can even help slow the effects of dementia in the growing senior population.<\/p>\n<p>The same concepts from neuroscience that enable stroke survivors with brain damage to build new pathways are applied to overcoming learning difficulties. Research has found that intelligence is not fixed and can be improved with targeted training of the areas of the brain responsible for learning.<\/p>\n<p>According to Dr. Fadigan, \u201cThis breakthrough program addresses learning difficulties in an entirely new way which does not involve medications or discipline. Unlike tutoring and other familiar programs that address only the symptoms of learning difficulties, Learn To Learn precisely identifies and targets the underlying cause of these symptoms, at the brain level. Then, by utilizing fun, interactive exercises, permanent cognitive improvement is achieved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dean Fresonke, President of Learn To Learn of Central Florida, Inc., became involved in the program when his son Alex was labeled as ADD in 4th grade. After putting him through an early version of the program, Alex transformed himself into a straight A student. Today Alex is a junior at UCF in the Civil Engineering program.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Learn To Learn, Inc.<\/strong> is a client company of the <a href=\"https:\/\/incubator.ucf.edu\/\"><strong>UCF Business Incubation Program<\/strong><\/a> at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/downtown\/\">Downtown Orlando<\/a> facility. To learn more call 407-275-5550, email info@LearnToLearn.com, or visit www.LearnToLearn.com\/orlando.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A unique program designed to significantly improve a person\u2019s ability to learn by exercising the areas of the brain responsible for learning, celebrated the Grand Opening of its first Brain Development Center in Orlando in March 2009. Located in Southwest Orlando, the program assesses cognitive skills and sensory motor integration and identifies the underlying cause of a child\u2019s learning difficulties.Most&hellip;","protected":false},"author":144,"featured_media":2328,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"template-twocol.php","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"lazy_load_responsive_images_disabled":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":"","_wp_rev_ctl_limit":""},"categories":[24],"tags":[],"tu_author":[],"class_list":["post-2324","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-science-technology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v22.3 (Yoast SEO v27.1.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Breakthrough Brain Development Center Opens in Orlando | University of Central Florida News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"A unique program designed to significantly improve a person\u2019s ability to learn by exercising the areas of the brain responsible for learning, celebrated\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Breakthrough Brain Development Center Opens in Orlando\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"A unique program designed to significantly improve a person\u2019s ability to learn by exercising the areas of the brain responsible for learning, celebrated\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2009-05-05T19:16:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2019-07-18T14:55:40+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/05\/ltl-grand-opening-179.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"427\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Christa K. Santos\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@UCF\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Christa K. Santos\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Christa K. Santos\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3f212abc6b03104204a9ebaf0a1a2660\"},\"headline\":\"Breakthrough Brain Development Center Opens in Orlando\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-05T19:16:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-18T14:55:40+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/\"},\"wordCount\":372,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/05\/ltl-grand-opening-179.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"Science &amp; Technology\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"copyrightYear\":\"2009\",\"copyrightHolder\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/#organization\"}},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/\",\"name\":\"Breakthrough Brain Development Center Opens in Orlando | University of Central Florida News\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/05\/ltl-grand-opening-179.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2009-05-05T19:16:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2019-07-18T14:55:40+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3f212abc6b03104204a9ebaf0a1a2660\"},\"description\":\"A unique program designed to significantly improve a person\u2019s ability to learn by exercising the areas of the brain responsible for learning, celebrated\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/05\/ltl-grand-opening-179.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/05\/ltl-grand-opening-179.jpg\",\"width\":640,\"height\":427,\"caption\":\"Dignitaries from Central Florida celebrate the grand opening of Learn To Learn's first brain development center in Orlando\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Breakthrough Brain Development Center Opens in Orlando\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/\",\"name\":\"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today\",\"description\":\"Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3f212abc6b03104204a9ebaf0a1a2660\",\"name\":\"Christa K. Santos\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/485514440b95f07b4ebb4cf873ea4f8d1aa0cf55f932c525f2539141e61056b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/485514440b95f07b4ebb4cf873ea4f8d1aa0cf55f932c525f2539141e61056b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Christa K. Santos\"},\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/author\/csantos\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#local-main-organization-logo\",\"url\":\"\",\"contentUrl\":\"\",\"caption\":\"University of Central Florida\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Breakthrough Brain Development Center Opens in Orlando | University of Central Florida News","description":"A unique program designed to significantly improve a person\u2019s ability to learn by exercising the areas of the brain responsible for learning, celebrated","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Breakthrough Brain Development Center Opens in Orlando","og_description":"A unique program designed to significantly improve a person\u2019s ability to learn by exercising the areas of the brain responsible for learning, celebrated","og_url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/","og_site_name":"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/UCF","article_published_time":"2009-05-05T19:16:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2019-07-18T14:55:40+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":427,"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/05\/ltl-grand-opening-179.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Christa K. Santos","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@UCF","twitter_site":"@UCF","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Christa K. Santos","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/"},"author":{"name":"Christa K. Santos","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3f212abc6b03104204a9ebaf0a1a2660"},"headline":"Breakthrough Brain Development Center Opens in Orlando","datePublished":"2009-05-05T19:16:27+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-18T14:55:40+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/"},"wordCount":372,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/05\/ltl-grand-opening-179.jpg","articleSection":["Science &amp; Technology"],"inLanguage":"en-US","copyrightYear":"2009","copyrightHolder":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/#organization"}},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/","name":"Breakthrough Brain Development Center Opens in Orlando | University of Central Florida News","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/05\/ltl-grand-opening-179.jpg","datePublished":"2009-05-05T19:16:27+00:00","dateModified":"2019-07-18T14:55:40+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3f212abc6b03104204a9ebaf0a1a2660"},"description":"A unique program designed to significantly improve a person\u2019s ability to learn by exercising the areas of the brain responsible for learning, celebrated","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/05\/ltl-grand-opening-179.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/05\/ltl-grand-opening-179.jpg","width":640,"height":427,"caption":"Dignitaries from Central Florida celebrate the grand opening of Learn To Learn's first brain development center in Orlando"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Breakthrough Brain Development Center Opens in Orlando"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/","name":"University of Central Florida News | UCF Today","description":"Central Florida Research, Arts, Technology, Student Life and College News, Stories and More","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/3f212abc6b03104204a9ebaf0a1a2660","name":"Christa K. Santos","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/485514440b95f07b4ebb4cf873ea4f8d1aa0cf55f932c525f2539141e61056b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/485514440b95f07b4ebb4cf873ea4f8d1aa0cf55f932c525f2539141e61056b7?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Christa K. Santos"},"url":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/author\/csantos\/"},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/breakthrough-brain-development-program-opens-center-in-orlando\/#local-main-organization-logo","url":"","contentUrl":"","caption":"University of Central Florida"}]}},"thumbnail":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/wp-content\/blogs.dir\/20\/files\/2009\/05\/ltl-grand-opening-179-300x200.jpg","primary_category":24,"primary_tag":null,"author_byline":"Christa K. Santos","acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/144"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2324"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":100820,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2324\/revisions\/100820"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2328"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2324"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2324"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2324"},{"taxonomy":"tu_author","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ucf.edu\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tu_author?post=2324"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}