TALI Train uses iPads to improve focus at Eltham North Primary School

Many parents try to limit their kids’ screen time, but one Eltham North school is using a homegrown iPad app to train students with ADHD and learning disorders to focus.

Eltham North Primary School student Sam uses the TALI Train program. Picture: Hamish Blair

WORLD-leading technology is helping Eltham North Primary School tap into positive screen time and improve their focus in the classroom.

Children participating in the program, named TALI Train, play learning-based games on an iPad for 25 minutes a day to improve their concentration.

It’s targeted at children with learning difficulties such as autism and ADHD, and designed by Monsh University neuroscience researchers.

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School assistant principal Stephen Hayes said using screen time in the program was a key feature to keep students’ attention.

“We find these days young children find it a little bit harder to focus in the classroom, some have had an exposure to technology in the past where you can just push a button and get a result instead of focusing,” Mr Hayes said.

“We understand technology is here to stay and it’s important but we try to make sure our kids have access to programs and apps that will help their learning.”

TALI Health chief executive Glenn Smith said the research undertaken by the university had refined the program to adapt to its users.

Mr Hayes said results had been positive since the school began using the technology in July.

“We did have one teacher comment about one child who had just completed the program and had made significant gains in their reading level,” he said.

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