Fast ForWord Software Program For Home Use
Breakthrough dyslexia program used by over one million students
Hundreds of documented trial results prove effectiveness
Helps children, teens and adults with dyslexia
Home-based, avoiding need for multiple clinician or learning centre visits
Reading is Not Natural
Good readers have strong language processing skills that allow them to hear every sound in every word. They read using this language knowledge, called phonological word memory. By contrast, dyslexics typically have "muddy" phonological word memories. And so they are forced to use memorisation and other compensatory reading techniques that are at best inefficient and exhausting, and at worst ineffective.
Dyslexia symptoms
Brains Can Rewire
The brain is a self-improving organ. By improving auditory processing, our dyslexia program improves phonological word memory accuracy, enabling the brain to learn to read using its language knowledge, like good readers. Reading is easier, less exhausting and reading comprehension develops normally
Why Fast ForWord For Dyslexia?
The Fast ForWord software is a breakthrough dyslexia program that uses neuroscience-based exercises to improve the underlying language processing and memory skills required for efficient and effective reading. It takes advantage of brain plasticity, the ability of the brain to self-improve.
Dyslexia Is Not Hard-Wired
You have most probably read stories about the amazing transforming capabilities of the brain -- brain-injured soldiers nursed back to full function, brain training for seniors to restore memory, stroke victims regaining full cognitive function after losing 95% of their brain tissue. Scientists confirm that these stories
are no fluke. The brain is plastic; it can change. New neural pathways can be created to improve learning skills. Because it ends the learning-is-fixed era, Dr. Norman Doidge calls brain plasticity the most meaningful scientific discovery in the last fifty years.
And yet, you still hear dyslexia -- a cognitive disorder -- described as incurable, a life sentence. And educators love to say "we all learn differently" -- the implication being that learning is fixed and nothing can be done about underlying learning disabilities like dyslexia. Our first hand client experience confirms the science. The underlying skill gaps that cause dyslexia can in most cases be corrected with appropriate training.
Fast ForWord For Dyslexia
We provide help for dyslexia using Fast ForWord, the leading cognitive English reading software, already used by over one million students. Fast ForWord works directly on auditory processing skills, helping the brain map the sounds of the English language so that reading can be fluent and automatic. Easier. Then the next phase of the program converts these new cognitive abilities into better reading comprehension, also helping the student learn to think while reading.
This dyslexia program has the intensity required to create new neural pathways. It uses adaptive exercises that build speed and complexity in tiny, incremental steps.
Our Dyslexia Program In Detail
Service Description
For most students our dyslexia program take 3-6 months, working with our software at home for 30 minutes a day. After each session, data is uploaded to a server where it is reviewed by a Neuron Learning professional who will be your point of contact throughout the program. We develop individualised plans for each student, based on each person's unique needs and goals.
Neuron Learning is the leading at home provider of Fast ForWord. We are affordable and service-oriented -- regular reports, always available personal service, motivations for students, a proprietary parent resources site and much more.
Protocol Steps To Reading Success
There are two main phases to our dyslexia program: building cognitive skills first, then developing reading fluency and comprehension skills.
The cognitive phase varies by student depending on individual starting points and goals -- it will always include either Fast ForWord Language or followed in some cases by Language to Reading (or Literacy Advanced) and/or Reading Assistant.
Our students on a dyslexia program protocol then move to Fast ForWord Reading a series of six age-level appropriate programs that work on reading fluency mechanics -- such as vocabulary, spelling, language structure, sight word recognition -- as well as eradicating bad habits like skipping or guessing words.
The ultimate goal of our dyslexia program is sound reading comprehension. The Fast ForWord reading series is heavily focused on this skill, using missing word and categorization exercises that train the student to think while reading, a challenging but essential skill for reading comprehension.
Outcomes
Most Fast ForWord students experience 1-2 years of improvement in reading in the first few months of service. The gains typically accelerate over the following years as improved cognitive abilities promote development of higher level skills. Because improved cognitive skills are used all day, these gains are enduring. Fast ForWord has been the subject of 700+ white papers, and trials covering 30,000 students. This is an unprecedented amount of research for a dyslexia program.
Dyslexia treatment protocols and outcomes vary by age. Younger children tend to need more work on cognitive fundamentals, while older children need more help in the fluency and thinking skills required for reading comprehension.
How Fast ForWord Builds Reading Skills
Please Send Me The Report on Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties, A Guide for Parents
In this report you will learn:
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The Four Information Processing Skills Students Need to Learn Efficiently.
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Why Good Language is Essential for Reading Well.
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Why Phonics Matter AND What Other Essential Skills are Needed
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Four Proven Neuroscience Principles to develop a “Reading Brain”
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The latest research from universities such as Harvard and Stanford Universities on Poor Reading and Dyslexia.
Fast ForWord software enhances learning. The exercises are engaging and can be done at home. Our certified providers support you with expert guidance based on detailed reporting of progress.
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