Feeling trapped in your house can make anyone go a little stir crazy, but avoid the urge to switch on the television to pass the time. If the cold weather and lack of sun saps your energy and has you climbing up the walls, take a deep breath and think about all of the resources at your fingertips. Create learning opportunities for your children with simple household items and motivate them to stay active. Pretty soon you will realize that you have always had everything you needed right there in your cabin.

Do you remember last holiday season? A bit of a blur, hmm? You remember fighting the crowds on Black Friday, your in-laws extending their trip for an extra three days (insert picture of you pulling your hair out), the gifts and all of the cleaning up after the New Year. But, do you remember Kevin's book report? The one he put off until the night before he returned to school from holiday break?! He had three weeks to finish that book report, but something just kept getting in the way. This season, help your children stay on task and focused on a successful 2014. Just because children are out of school doesn't mean they should take a vacation from learning. Here are a few tips to turn any situation into an educational opportunity, or simply add some excitement to regular schoolwork. 

Meet September's Provider of the Month:

Sherrie Hardy from Hardy Brain Training Camarillo, CA

Check out how Sherrie has been using IM therapy to help patients from ages 4 to 90 overcome ADD/ADHD, learning disabilities, anxiety, depression, autism, and many other diagnoses.  After trying IM with her own daughter, Sherrie added the therapy to her clinic's offerings.  Sherrie has worked with over 2500 clients at Hardy Brain Training, Hardy Academy, and her foundation.  Read more to hear some of Sherrie's success stories and find out how Sherrie has incorporated IM Home into her therapy.

Meet our July Provider of the Month, Kate Ortman, from Brain Training of Maryland in Ellicott City. Learn why Kate turned to Interactive Metronome, why this ADD Life Coach is so excited to have IM Universe at her facility, along with how it helps her clients get just as excited and motivated to complete IM training!

Meet Cindy Lehman & Matt Tanguay from Lehman Learning Solutions in Seattle, WA, June's providers of the month! In addition to revealing secrets of their success, learn what these educators really love about IM and how the new IM Universe fits perfectly into their training protocols. 

It’s a weekday afternoon at the Camarillo Boys & Girls Club and about a dozen children ages 5 to 8 enter the computer room. Each puts on headphones, straps a round plastic button to one hand and starts clapping.

Most of these children are struggling in school, and some have learning disabilities such as Attention Deficit Hyperactivity disorder.

They are participating in a three- to four-week pilot program called Hardy Brain Camp, a unique form of therapy designed to help the young pupils focus and succeed in school.

Meet our March Provider of the Month, Tom Burkard, founder and creator of IMprove Japan. Tom began his journey with IM in 2004 when he traveled from Japan to Hawaii with his 11 year old son who has ADHD for IM training. Find out of how IM helped Tom's son and many other lives overseas!

Meet Lisa Poe, from A Focused Brain in Mississippi, the February IM Provider of the Month. Lisa is an occupational therapist and has been an IM Provider since 2009 as well as an IM instructor since 2010. 

Find out what makes her such a great IM Provider and how she makes the most out of IM in her clinic!