Attiva-Mente Insieme! When mind and body grow together.

Intelligence and Motor Skills Develop and Grow Through Mutual Influence

Attiva-Mente Together is much more than a summer camp or an intensive course: it is a unique educational experience, born from the integration of cognitive enhancement and psychomotor development, with a strong focus on inclusion and personalized pathways.

Designed and led by Dr. Maria Signorile, M.Ed, sports educator, and cognitive enhancement specialist with over thirty years of experience between Italy and the United States, the project takes place twice a year in Naples, at Kodokan Sport Napoli.

Discover Attiva-Mente Insieme

It is a one-week intensive course (4 hours per day, Monday through Friday), designed for children and adolescents with or without neurodevelopmental vulnerabilities.

Each edition welcomes small, limited-enrollment groups, with registrations collected well in advance to allow Dr. Signorile to tailor activities to each participant’s needs, while still preserving the value of group work.

Attiva-Mente Insieme is designed for:

Attiva-Mente Insieme is designed for:

• children and adolescents with neurodevelopmental disorders (autism spectrum, ADHD, language disorders, coordination disorders, learning difficulties, hyperactivity, behavioral disorders);
• children and adolescents with typical development who would like to:
  
  • boost focus, memory, and cognitive abilities,
  • Improve academic performance, self-esteem, and self-confidence
  • strengthen emotional awareness, empathy, and relationship skills.

What We Do

The project blends science with hands-on experience:

• Boosting cognitive skills with the Feuerstein Method and mediated learning
• Executive functions
• Psychomotor education, focusing on:
  
  • developing both static and dynamic balance
  • enhancing hand–eye coordination and full-body motor control
  • developing spatial awareness and laterality skills
  • mastering speed and movement control
  • improving reaction time
  • muscle tone and modulation
  • oral–facial motor skills
  • developing fine and gross motor skills
  • building rhythm, sequencing, and the ability to anticipate movements
• strengthening graphomotor abilities and practical motor skills
• learning to manage emotions, build empathy, and strengthen relationship skills
• developing language, logical thinking, and spatial-topological concepts

Every activity takes place in a warm, playful setting, where play itself becomes a pathway to growth.

Executive functions

Executive functions are our brain’s top skills — the abilities that help us plan, manage, and adapt our behavior effectively in everyday life.

At Attiva-Mente Insieme, we boost them with engaging, targeted activities that stimulate:

• sustained and selective attention— the ability to filter what really matters
• Strengthening working memory — the ability to hold and use information in the moment
• Developing planning and organizational skills to manage tasks step by step
• Cognitive Flexibility
• Learning inhibition and self-control — the keys to managing impulses effectively
• Developing the ability to monitor progress and self-evaluate with confidence

Through brain games, integrated movement, and guided mediation, these skills are strengthened in a dynamic, motivating setting — with benefits that go beyond school learning to foster independence, emotional balance, and positive social connections.

The power of a diverse group

What makes Attiva-Mente Insieme, unique is its choice to bring together diverse groups — mixing ages, abilities, and personal strengths.

Spending time and engaging in activities within such a diverse setting gives children and teens the opportunity to:

• develop empathy and tolerance,
• practice the ability to support and stimulate one another,
• discover new strategies by observing and engaging with peers who bring different strengths and perspectives.

This approach is rooted in a key awareness: too often, children and teens with neurodevelopmental challenges find themselves in one-to-one settings with therapists or support teachers, missing the chance to share time and experiences with peers their own age.

And yet every child — without exception — has both the right and the need to be with others, regardless of labels or diagnoses. Research shows that learning, movement, and emotions work best together — and are vital for a child’s growth as a whole.

The Heart of Our Approach

The project is founded on three core principles:

1. Intelligence can be nurtured — with the right stimulation and guidance, everyone can grow and change.
2. Learning and emotion go hand in hand — there is no real learning without movement and without emotional experience. Science shows that learning, movement, and emotion are deeply interconnected, forming the very foundation of cognitive growth: every step forward in thinking is shaped by the dynamic integration of feelings, action, and higher mental skills.
3. Diversity is a gift — the real power of Attiva-Mente Insieme, lies in its diverse groups, where children grow by learning from each other.

The Results

Every edition ends with something truly meaningful and tangible:

• stronger independence and improved organizational skills
• sharper attention, stronger memory, and better concentration
• development of fine and gross motor skills
• growth in empathy, self-esteem, and self-confidence
• the ability to work as a team, respecting timing, turns, and rules

Even staff and families go home enriched — with practical tools, deeper awareness, and fresh educational perspectives.

Conclusion

Attiva-Mente Insieme, combines science, experience, and passion: a unique journey showing that mind and body grow best together — and that every child, with the right guidance, can bring out the very best in themselves.

Because real change begins with believing in someone’s potential.

Where It Happens

📍 Napoli – Piazza Carlo III

📅 Two annual editions: (Italy) June and December — (USA) February, April, June, and August (on request).

👫 Small, limited-enrollment groups with advance registration

Spots are requested well ahead of time: every seat is thoughtfully planned to create a truly personalized journey and to keep the program’s quality at its best.