Carol T. Brown
Equipping Minds, USA
Biography:
Carol Brown Ed.D., is in expert in the field of clinically applied neuroscience. She developed the Equipping Minds Cognitive Development Curriculum which is used in educational, home, clinical, and vocational settings with individuals of all ages with neurodevelopmental disorders. She has seen increases in verbal and nonverbal abilities, working memory, processing, fluid reasoning, language, academics, and intelligence quotients. The Brown 9 n-back uses letters, numbers, colors, sounds, images, and directions to strengthen neuropathways to build cognitive functions.
Abstract:
The Equipping Minds Cognitive Development Curriculum (EMCDC), a holistic cognitive intervention program, is based on the theory of Structural Cognitive Modifiability (SCL) and Mediated Learning Experience (MLE) of Reuven Feuerstein. EMCDC has been applied with learners of all ages with learning and neurodevelopmental disabilities in the United States and internationally. Five case studies of learners with a neurodevelopmental disorder are presented. Brown utilized the following data collection techniques: clinical observations of the leaners, examining and analyzing the psychological and educational documents, and interviewing the parents, the leaners, and teachers. Cognitive and academic gains were demonstrated in all of the case studies. The results are consistent with the results of Brown’s doctoral research with learners with a Specific Learning Disorder and the four -year case study with Marie who had Down syndrome. Family members, therapists, and teachers were included in the therapy sessions and instructed how to interact and instruct using mediated learning. This suggests that a comprehensive intervention program which addresses numerous cognitive functions and includes parents and other professionals in the learner’s life allows more opportunities for modification. J Altern Med Res 2018;10(2) 171-193