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Introduces Fast ForWord

A revolutionary computer based-program to help children build the basic skills that children with language and reading problems need for listening, speaking, and learning to read.

  Does Your Child ...

• often need to have instructions repeated?
  
• struggle with a reading problem?
  
• struggle with an unexplained behavior problem?

  If you answered "yes" to any of these questions Fast ForWord may be right for your child.

What is Fast ForWord?

Learn Critical Reading Skills

Fast ForWord is a patented, highly adaptive technology-based program, available K-12, that rapidly builds oral language comprehension skills such as phonemic awareness, auditory processing speed, phonological awareness, working memory, syntax, grammar, sequencing and other critical skills necessary to learn to read or to become a better reader. On average, students with language and reading problems make 1 to 2 years gains in language skills after only 4 to 8 weeks of Fast ForWord training. Reports from teachers and parents have shown that these gains last.

How Does Fast ForWord Work?

Fast ForWord helps students improve language skills by combining progressive CD-ROM and Internet technology with breakthroughs in neuroscience. The training uses acoustically modified sounds and methods and cross-training to improve receptive and expressive oral language skills within a scientifically validated optimal learning environment. Essential elements of this are intensity, frequency, motivation and adaptivity.

Fast ForWord training moves beyond addressing the symptoms of language problems and attacks the root cause, which begins with the ability to distinguish among phonemes-the smallest unit of sound in language that can change meaning.

Fast ForWord helps students achieve gains in phonemic awareness while simultaneously integrating and cross-training other key language skills such as phonological awareness, semantics, syntax, grammar, listening , comprehension, working memory and event sequencing.

The Benefits of Fast ForWord Training

Based on observations by teachers, parents, and clinicians as well as results from National Field Trials and university-based studies, students can achieve significant gains in multiple areas, including improvements in:

Students Achieve Significant Gains

• auditory word discrimination
• the ability to follow spoken directions
• listening and speaking fundamentals
• auditory processing speed
• speech discrimination
• language processing
• grammatical comprehension
• overall language comprehension

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Parents and teachers also report that after Fast ForWord training students experience higher levels of self-esteem, have fewer behavior problems, and are more engaged in classroom activities. These results indicate an enormous potential for benefits across a broad population of children with language and reading problems.

Please call (714) 838-2853 to schedule a free consultation and/or to obtain further information.

Last Update
9/23/03

Tustin Speech & Language Center  •  661 West First Street, Suite E  •  Tustin, CA 92780  •  Phone:(714)-838-2853  •  Fax:(714)-838-4533
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