About Gemm Learning

How Our Service Works

Gemm Learning provides Fast ForWord software at home with remote educator coaching, to help K-12 children and adults with reading and learning issues.

• Proven Software. Fast ForWord software is a series of adaptive exercises that strengthen processing, focus, language and reading skills.


• With Educator Coaching & Support. Daily sessions at home are monitored and guided by our remote certified educators, who are in regular contact by phone and email. We provide weekly progress reports, online rewards and support.

To get started, we download software to your home computer and complete a student assessment. Most students are with us 3-6 months, 30 minutes a day, five days a week. The first gains typically occur 4-6 weeks into the program.

How We Are Different
This is not tutoring. Our cognitive and reading software treats the underlying causes of difficulty, aiming to rewire learning for a lifetime.

Service Features

The intensity required to make deep-seated changes in reading and learning requires powerful software AND a regular routine. We provide help and support every step of the way.

Personal Coaching & Support
Our certified educators monitor progress daily and check in with you as often as is necessary to help your child succeed. This can include remote sessions, where we log on to your computer and get on the phone while your child works on the software.

Individualized Protocol
We will customize a learning plan based on a starting assessment and behavioral survey completed by a parent. Our programs are adaptive. They quickly isolate and exercise the learning skills requiring help in an interactive way to keep your child engaged.

Cost Effective With A Guarantee
Our program aims to be a one-time intervention that resolves the underlying impediments to reading and learning once and for all, thereby saving thousands of dollars in future tutoring or special school costs. In addition, we offer financial flexibility: a two week free cancellation policy; installment plan payment options; and a guarantee that you will see results in four months of service.

Measurable Progress In Weekly Updates
We'll keep you up to date on your child's progress with weekly progress reports. Each week you'll see what skills your child has mastered, what's difficult and where work is still needed.

Industry Leading Virtual Center Support Network
Gemm Learning is the largest at home provider of Fast ForWord in North America. We have extensive online resources -- a rewards website where program participation is converted into hundreds of real and virtual prizes -- and a sophisticated online support website for parents, called My Gemm, with downloadable materials and demo videos.

Fast Results
Most students complete our programs in only 3-6 months, depending on their starting needs and your goals. The software requires 30 minutes a day, five days a week. Best of all, this is a one time program -- the gains become part of your child, lasting a lifetime.

What To Expect

How Long Does It Take?
Our programs are for K-12 children and adults. Students are with us for 2-8 months, working at least 30 minutes a day, 4-5 days a week, depending on their academic starting points and goals.

The training tends to take longer to complete for elementary age children. This is because they need to first be trained to process accurately, before learning to process efficiently and automatically. For middle and high school students, the training is a shorter, one step process, i.e., to automate a skill that is already mastered albeit inefficiently.

While there are no 100% certainties in learning, here are two typical outcome timelines, varying by age:

For children under nine years of age
Most parents notice changes in language skills in the first 4-6 weeks -- better vocabulary, an easier time following directions, more active conversational skills and more confidence -- as your child now is starting to see that his/her learning future is transforming from Mission Impossible to something much more achievable. About that time, you may also notice more willingness to sound out while reading.

Once your child has completed Fast ForWord Language or around the three month mark, most parents notice more fluency in reading and the indications that reading comprehension is starting to improve. Over the next 1-2 years, depending on how long you stay with us, changes should then come at a steady rate; better reading, improved focus, stronger performance at school and more confidence.

For older children
Our training for older children is more about making known skills automatic and so the timetable for measurable changes is generally shorter as reading comprehension, the main focus of our program, is a reliable measure of reading progress.

Our advice to parents is to be patient and observant. Children with more severe issues may take longer to see gains. On the other hand, in high functioning students, we hear about changes within a couple of weeks.

The brain is integrated, with learning ability generally only as strong as its weakest link. By making even small improvements in processing or memory skills, Fast ForWord is able to make a profound difference in a short period, a difference that is then part of your child, to help learning over a lifetime.

Fee Schedule and Payment Options

Most students spend at least three months with us. You can go month to month or take advantage of our three month prepaid specials. We also have financing options where clients can pay over 13 months. We have a program choice to meet your family's financial and scheduling needs.
Fee schedule for Fast ForWord service

Getting Started

We are able to start students in a day or two. Here is how it works:

1. A Gemm professional makes a welcome call
2. Download software to your home computer
3. The first session is an assessment
4. Daily sessions begin, following an individualized protocol

Our process starts with a phone consult. Call now to find out if our program is an appropriate choice for your child. Gemm Learning representatives are available Monday-Fridays, 9AM-6PM EST, but are also available, by appointment, outside these hours.
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