tim focus brochure

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Tim-Focus

A Product of Timocco

1. What is the Tim-Focus package?

The Tim-Focus package is a series of games produced by Timocco Ltd., for practicing and

improving attention skills. The games in this series use a virtual reality platform and a USB camera.

Timocco’s Tim-Focus package was developed to help enhance concentration and attention skills.

The games in the package require the player to filter distractions and restrain impulsive reactions.

The player must complete tasks that demand the ability to differentiate between items of primary

and secondary importance and to respond to certain stimuli while ignoring others. Through the

process of engagement in the game, the player learns to focus on a task and to remain persistent

in the pursuit of a goal, all while improving his or her self-regulation abilities.

The games in the package can be tailored to address the needs and the level of the individual

player.

2. For whom is the Tim-Focus package intended?

The Tim-Focus package is intended for children (from age 4), adolescents and adults

who have been

Diagnosed as having ADD/ADHD as a primary disorder

Diagnosed as having ADD/ADHD as a secondary disorder concomitant with

another primary disorder, such as PDD, CP, DCD, developmental delays or

other syndromes.

3. What is the expected effect of using the Tim-Focus package?

The games in this package teach the player to adapt him-or-herself to the

requirements of the task, restrain impulsive reactions and inhibit response. In this

manner the player learns that motor and behavioral regulation lead to more

rewarding outcomes, attained by successfully completing a task. Understanding and

internalizing this concept through physical movements and the overall experience

related to play help the user apply the learned skills of self-organization and self-

regulation when approaching other tasks.



4. How is Tim-Focus different from other game packs?

It should be emphasized that Tim-Focus is a therapeutic tool and not a computer

game intended for entertainment. While a regular computer game is meant to

provide a fun pastime, the Tim-Focus package aims to help the player become more

focused, self-collected and organized, so that he or she can then exercise these new

abilities effectively when facing other challenges outside the virtual reality

environment. That is the reason that it is recommended to restrict Tim-Focus playing

time to 10 or 15 minutes at a time. This time period is sufficient to attain the

organization and focus levels required for the tasks of the game, without letting the

player lose him-or-herself in the virtual world. The ability to remain connected to the

real world helps the player cope with challenges encountered outside the virtual

platform.

5. Can the Tim-Focus pack replace the use of Ritalin™ (or other prescribed

reuptake inhibitors)?

No. The Tim-Focus pack cannot be used instead of medicinal or para-medicinal treatments. It is to

be used as an additional therapeutic tool intended to help the player improve his or her functioning

in activities such as homework preparation, which require a high degree of concentration and

organization.

6. How can the Tim-Focus package help improve an individual’s functioning

in life?

As stated, the Tim-Focus package is a tool used in order to increase a person’s

attention and concentration abilities when performing daily tasks which the player

finds difficult to complete. An example of a task requiring persistence is homework

preparation, or any other structured task. It is recommended that the time playing

with Tim-Focus should be limited to short periods and used as an introductory

activity, to help the player become attentive and organized before pursuing an

activity that demands persistent focus and concentration. The learning that takes

place while playing Tim-Focus is accompanied by the use of the body’s motor skills.



The game provides immediate feedback as well as a pleasant and empowering

experience. As a result of the combination of sensation, experience, and learning,

the player has a better chance of internalizing the concepts underlying the activity,

for example, the rewards that accompany reduced and restrained impulsivity, the

motor regulation and behavior regulation that come with an awareness of the body’s

limits, and the ability to successfully complete a task.

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