Alicia Anfossi's dreams of making learning easier for children with cognitive disabilities has taken a definite shape.

The Coral Springs resident opened LearningRx in West Boca Raton. The center helps children overcome their learning struggles and improve their self-confidence,

“LearningRx is an international program created by Dr. Ken Gibson. This is the first center in South Florida,” Anfossi said. “We work with children having a variety of cognitive deficiencies like attention deficit disorder, ADHD, autism and reading problems. We help students performing poorly in schools. We also work with gifted students.”

The program has been effective with autistic children and those who are mentally challenged, Anfossi said.

“Cognitive skills are trainable. Here, we train the brain," she said. "Studies have found that there is a 10 to 15 percent improvement in such children. For a normal child, the average gain is about 20 percent. We work with children from age 4 up to the college level.”

Call the Boca Raton LearningRx Learning Center at 561-488-6188.