Fast ForWord is an intensive computer based regimen, developed by Scientific Learning Corporation (
www.scientificlearning.com),
designed to train the brain in the specific skills that are essential for success in educational and reading performance. This
program is scheduled five days per week, two hours per day, and may be completed by the child in four to eight weeks.
Skills which Fast ForWord addresses include: recognizing, decoding, sequencing , processing and recalling auditory or
printed information more accurately and efficiently.
These programs:
Train the brain to process better and faster based on over 25 years of research on how the brain learns
Begin by training basic sound
processing, eventually moving students through advanced reading skills
Provide intense, frequent and adaptive training
Can build 1-3
year gains in language and reading skills in just two months and create the solid foundation that makes every other reading program
work better and every other learning skill easier to acquire
Trouble understanding/comprehending what others are saying
Difficulty understanding more abstract language, idioms, and homonyms
Slowed
or delayed responses to questions
Difficulty retelling a story
Uses few descriptive words
Uses imprecise words and /or phrases
Difficulty
finding the right word
Difficulty understanding and using humor
Attention problems
Difficulty with phonics
Difficulty reading and/or spelling
