The Arrowsmith Program
Head of Arrowsmith
WAYNE STAGG
Head of the Arrowsmith Program
Research Update
Dr. Rachel Weber from the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, is currently studying the Impact of the Arrowsmith Program on Working Memory.
Dr. Weber and her research team have completed the first of two steps toward evaluating the executive functioning outcomes associated with participation in the Arrowsmith Program. They hope to present these findings in early 2019 and submit them for publication later that year.
They are working on publishing a paper evaluating the cognitive outcomes of Arrowsmith participation, including longitudinally collected cognitive testing and neuroimaging data. They hope to submit this paper for publication in mid 2018 and to follow this paper with an evaluation of the academic and socio-emotional outcomes, also from this dataset.
Rachel plans to submit a symposium proposal (composed of 3-4 papers) for the annual meeting of the International Neuropsychological Society, held in February 2019 in New York City. This symposium will present unpublished neuroimaging and neurocognitive findings related to Arrowsmith participation and will hopefully expose more researchers and practitioners to this program and its benefits.
Dr. Greg Rose, Director at Center for Integrated Research in Cognitive & Neural Sciences at Southern Illinois University, currently has three Arrowsmith Program research studies underway:
Longitudinal Study Looking At Brain Change Through Structural And Functional Imaging, As Well As Behavioural And Achievement Changes Through Cognitive And Academic Testing
An additional eight subjects were recruited in the latter half of 2017. This is in addition to the 40 subjects already recruited. A 'typically developing' control group will be recruited in March. Dr. Rose is aiming to recruit up to 30 new subjects so he can cover the broad age range of subjects in the study.
Study On The Effects Of Arrowsmith’s Cognitive Intensive Program On Participants Aged 11-19
This study has 16 subjects. Dr. Rose is looking to see whether there are changes in brain networks that correlate with the degree of improvement in performance in the cognitive task. He expects to commence writing a paper describing the results of the study at the beginning of March.
Effects Of The Arrowsmith Program On Students Enrolled In The Full-Time Program
11 subjects have been scanned and received a range of cognitive and academic assessments.
This study will help understand the brain changes that take place for subjects exposed to the full spectrum of Arrowsmith training."