(502) 419-7811Interactive Metronome
Interactive Metronome (IM) is an evidence-based training and assessment tool designed to enhance cognitive, motor, and sensory functions by improving the brain’s timing and rhythm. Utilizing a patented system that combines a musical metronome with computer-based software, IM challenges users to synchronize hand and foot exercises to precise auditory cues, providing real-time feedback measured in milliseconds. IM is beneficial for children with cognitive and physical challenges, including ADHD, autism, learning disabilities, developmental delays, and stroke. Research shows IM therapy can improve timing, rhythm, coordination, memory, attention, and motor skills, promoting overall functional improvement.
IM is used by over 45,000 clinicians, hospitals, and universities worldwide to assist individuals with various conditions, including ADHD, autism, traumatic brain injuries, strokes, and learning disabilities. The program’s versatility allows it to be integrated into therapy sessions for both pediatric and adult populations, offering benefits in academic performance, athletic enhancement, and overall wellness.
What It Is:
- A therapeutic tool used by therapists to assess and improve motor skills, attention, coordination, and cognitive function.
How It Works:
- Individuals synchronize whole-body exercises to a computer-generated beat with visual and auditory feedback.
Who It’s For:
- Children and adults with various cognitive and physical challenges, including developmental delays, learning disabilities, ADHD, autism, and stroke.
Benefits:
- IM therapy can improve timing, rhythm, coordination, attention, memory, and overall motor skills.
The Mills Academy Advantage
Mills Academy is a small transitional private school in Louisville, KY founded in 2012 for children diagnosed with ADHD and/or Anxiety with accompanying learning differences in reading, writing, or math. We provide an all-inclusive, collaborative approach to your child’s learning. Our mission is to create an environment that challenges our students academically, while continuing to meet the needs of their unique learning abilities. Mills Academy provides a nurturing and supportive environment, allowing children to work to their highest potential. Mills Academy provides intense academic and therapeutic interventions, while keeping with an advanced curriculum to enrich the more traditional learning styles. These interventions are necessary to help foster our student’s ability to be independent learners, which is the key to a successful transition into mainstream education.