Fast ForWord

Results are seen in reading and learning. Fast ForWord strengthens both cognitive and fundamental reading and language skills.

Cognitive skills strengthened by Fast ForWord:

1. Memory – working, short-term and long-term memory are essential for word recognition, comprehension and remembering instructions
2. Attention – the ability to focus on information and tasks and ignore distractions
3. Processing Speed – the rate at which we are able to process incoming information. For reading, this is how quickly one can distinguish speech sounds and identify letters and words to create meaning
4. Sequencing – the ability to determine the order of letters within words or words within sentences

Fast ForWord is based on neuroscience research which tells us:

1. Brains can be trained to re-structure (re-wire)
2. "Brain Plasticity" is the ability of the brain to change through experience and learning
3. For the brain to "re-wire", certain conditions must be met, these conditions or "learning principles" have been identified as repetition, adapting to a person’s skill level, motivation and immediate feedback
4. The brain of a struggling reader differs from the brain of a good reader – this has nothing to do with one’s intelligence
5. Brain imaging studies show which areas of the brain activate in normal and struggling readers
6. In struggling readers, critical areas of the brain used for reading are not activated as they are with good readers

Fast ForWord Features:

1. Intensive – 5 days/week (until completion)
2. Continually adapts to each individual student’s learning needs
3. Integrates learning with fun, interactive computer games
4. Quick, lasting learning gains

Fast ForWord is recommended by speech and language therapists, education psychologists, teachers, medical practitioners, parents, university researchers, neuroscientists, and audiologists.