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FAST FORWORD LANGUAGE & READING 
CREATED BY RESEARCH SCIENTISTS AND NEUROSCIENTISTS

The story of Scientific Learning begins with four research scientists: Michael Merzenich, William Jenkins, Paula Tallal, and Steven Miller.

When the work of these four scientists intersected, their collaboration proved that the underlying cognitive processes that influence speech and language problems could be identified—and permanently improved.

These findings led to the development of the Fast ForWord program, a groundbreaking computer-based reading intervention. The scientists then founded Scientific Learning to bring their program out of the lab and into the lives of struggling readers.

A common misconception about this educational neuroscience program is that it’s one program. In fact, there are 11 programs in the Fast ForWord suite, covering:

  •  Language and cognitive enhancement

  • Reading development

  •  Reading fluency and comprehension

 

Fast ForWord helps struggling readers achieve their full learning potential by targeting the root causes of reading challenges and building the core cognitive skills of memory, attention, processing, and sequencing.

 

It is uniquely designed to support students with auditory processing disorder (APD), speech or language impairment, autism spectrum disorder, dyslexia, ADD/ADHD, learning disabilities, and general reading difficulties. Fast Forword brain-based approach results in strong cognitive skills that are core to reading and language, like memory, attention, processing, and sequencing.

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Improving Timing in the Brain

INTERACTIVE METRONOME

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  • Interactive metronome (IM), a treatment tool founded on neuro-sensory and neuro-motor principles, can improve motor function and cognitive function simultaneously.

  • In IM training, the individual synchronizes a range of hand and foot exercises to a precise computer-generated reference tone heard through headphones.

  • Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI)-based studies have provided sufficient evidence to suggest that such a training activates all regions of the brain and increases the processing speed of neural networks.

  • In just 15 sessions this auditory-motor therapy tool is powerful and proven to improve the brain's internal clock working on skills such as::

    • Executive Function

    • Motor coordination- 

    • Working memory

    • Attention

    • Processing

    • Reading

    • Sleeping

    • Behavior 

Inside a Dyslexic Brain

With 487 participants, the IMPACT study was the first large-scale clinical

 

trial ever to examine whether a specially designed, widely available

 

cognitive training program significantly improves cognitive abilities in

 

adults. Led by distinguished scientists from Mayo Clinic and the University

 

of Southern California, the IMPACT study proves that people can make

 

significant gains in memory if they do the right kind of scientifically

 

designed cognitive exercises.

 

BrainHQ exercises genuinely improve memory overall. The exercises don’t just teach “memory tricks” or train people to play a computer game really well; they actually generalize to improve brain function more broadly. It’s the difference between giving someone with an injured knee a crutch to compensate for his limitations and actually fixing the knee so the crutch isn’t needed.

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BrainHQ is designed to work through your brain's natural capacity to grow new neurons. Neuroplasticity—the process by which the brain physically changes through learning, experience, and training. Making these physical changes to the brain is key to improved brain performance.

 

Every BrainHQ exercise challenges the brain’s speed and accuracy of

information processing. Using smart adaptive algorithms, each exercise ensures that the challenge stays at a level just right for driving brain change—not too easy, but not too hard. The result is that BrainHQ exercises rewire the brain, improving brain activation, timing, and connectivity between different brain regions.

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                  THE LISTENING PROGRAM

THE BRAIN IS MUSICAL
Did you know that music activates every area of the brain? The Listening Program uses scientifically-designed music therapies to naturally rewire the brain’s connections, improving cognitive functions to help listeners to unlock their full potential.

The Listening Program is easily customizable to help you meet your individual goals, and is designed to work alongside other therapies or as a standalone program. With more than 20 independent studies to date, The Listening Program has been demonstrated effective for a wide range of uses in children and adults.

Evidence-based and scientifically designed program offers a natural, gentle and proven approach to developing optimal brain health and function.

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