Program For Math

Treating The Underlying Difficulties

In most cases however, the math difficulty goes beyond a math fact issue. Is this your child having any of these difficulties with math?

• Struggling with word problems
• Inablity to retain math facts
• Difficulty sequencing
• Struggling to pick up concepts in class
• Reading, focus and/or language difficulties

Math difficulty is almost never an isolated learning issue. It most often arises first however, because it is the first real challenge to a child's learning system. It presents non concrete, theoretical concepts that require clear thinking, effective and efficient learning. Math also requires sound sequencing and memory skills.
Symptoms of math difficulty

How We Help Math

Gemm Learning is the largest North American provider of Fast ForWord software for at home use. Fast ForWord helps math skills by strengthening the cognitive skills required to listen accurately, process and understand new concepts. Fast ForWord works on these skills:

1. Learning Efficiency
   Language is the operating system of learning. Even the tiniest glitch can slow the brain computer down. In most cases these glitches do not impact expressive language or vocabulary, but this can impact thinking, and learning new concepts. Fast ForWord exercises processing speed and accuracy to remove the impediments to efficient and effective learning.


2. Working Memory
   Math facts require capturing and retaining information, so that they can be put in context and understood, making them more likely to be retained long term. Fast ForWord has specific exercises that build this essential cognitive skill.
   Improving Working Memory


3. Sequencing
   Fast ForWord has several exercises that work on sequencing skills, needed to understand math logic and for listening and reading comprehension.
   Cognitive skills training


4. Attention Stamina
   For many students, the primary math difficulty is an inability to engage, to bring enough focus to absorb new concepts. Very often, this lack of attention stamina is due to weak processing skills that makes listening comprehension exhausting and often inaccurate, therefore uninteresting. Fast ForWord has a large attention stamina theme.
   Improving attention difficulties

This is a cognitive approach to math. It uses brain fitness training to sharpen thinking and logic skills, to create the efficiencies necesssary for academic success. improvements can be achieved in just a few weeks, mainly because it works on causes, rather than working around the problem by treating symptoms.
How brain training works

Service Details

We provide Fast ForWord at home with remote tutor support to provide math help for children. The software is downloaded to your home computer, and then progress is monitored daily via Internet uploads after each session.
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Children in later grades will follow this with BrainWare Safari, another cognitive program that builds spatial and visualization skills required for higher level math.

Math fact software is offered by Gemm Learning in center only, in Old Greenwich, CT. We do, however, have recommendations for parents, according to the student need.
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