Who To Use: Gemm or a Clinician?

Your Fast ForWord Home Service Choices

Many parents first hear about Fast ForWord through a clinician -- a Speech & Language Pathologist (SLP) or Neurologist -- after an evaluation or through a friend who used Fast ForWord through a clinician. For the last decade, in areas where it is not in the schools, using a clinician has been the only way for families to benefit from this amazing program.

Gemm Learning is dedicated to providing Fast ForWord to families at home with a focus on service, convenience and affordability for the parent, and fun, rewards and recognition for the student.

This commitment to developing a whole-family service approach for Fast ForWord and cognitive software as it comes along goes far beyond the role that Fast ForWord plays in most clinician offices. From a client perspective, the key differences between Gemm and most clinicians are:

Gemm Is Much More Affordable

For a traditional 4-6 month program, Gemm is typically thousands of dollars cheaper than most clinicians. As a specialist provider, Gemm has lower software costs than most clinicians, and while we use teaching professionals to manage the individualized student programs our staff charge-out rate is lower.

We Motivate Students

Outcomes depend on student compliance. We have developed a virtual rewards site at Gemm City (www.gemmcity.com) where our students have the ability to cash in rewards for their effort -- gift certificates, sweepstakes, virtual rooms or merchandise sent by mail. This is way beyond what your local clinician can provide.
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Gemm Service Is Sophisticated and Responsive

You will see the difference right at the outset. We do the install for you using remote computer access. Both the high-touch service and the technology of this start is far beyond the scope of clinicians.

We serve families at home all day. If the phone rings we answer it. If you send an email we reply right away. This is one of our core values that we believe takes Fast ForWord home service to a whole new level. In addition we have My Gemm, an online parent resource, we have handy help videos on all aspects of the program, and all kinds of other resources developed to help the parent experience.

Everything Is Included

Gemm parents are charged a monthly fee for our service. There are no added fees for the regular assessments, student prizes, etc.

Strong Participation

Because of our student incentives and our service level, Gemm student compliance (attendance and effort) is well above the national average for Fast ForWord students, and above that achieved in the research studies. There is a strong correlation between student effort and outcomes.