by Geoff Nixon | Mar 17, 2022 | Fast ForWord, Reading
A Program for the Most Common Impediment to Reading A child’s difficulty with phonics can be puzzling to parents.It’s tough not knowing what to do to help your child when they’re facing difficulties with reading. No parent wants to see their child... 
by Geoff Nixon | Aug 27, 2021 | Fast ForWord
Upgrades to Accelerate the Pace of Student Gains Since Adobe’s announcement in 2017 that it would no longer support its Flash Media Player after 2020, designers and web-based program coders have been working overtime to move programs and websites to HTML5 format. ... 
by Geoff Nixon | May 26, 2020 | Fast ForWord, Learning Science
Brain training: we’ve been doing it for decades Do brain-training apps – also known as cognitive training – work? Or are our brains fixed and unable to be changed? For specific functions such as overcoming learning difficulties, the answer is yes, and... 
by Michelle Reynard | Dec 15, 2016 | Auditory Processing, Fast ForWord, Gemm Success Stories, Learning Issues, Uncategorized
Academic Challenges and Concerns As parents, we all hope our children will be able to avoid too many academic challenges. Georgia’s mom began having concerns when her daughter was around 4 ½ years old. As she worked to help prepare Georgia for school, she noticed her... 
by Michelle Reynard | Oct 12, 2016 | ADHD, Dyslexia, Fast ForWord, Gemm Success Stories, Uncategorized
Samuel Struggled to Read and Write Samuel is an extremely bright young man, who had always been a struggling reader. He has an excellent memory. If his teacher asked him a question, and he could respond orally, he exceeded expectations. But, if he had to read the... 
by Tina Liberatore | Jul 11, 2016 | Fast ForWord, Neuroplasticity
Co-founder of Fast ForWord Honored For Work on Neuroplasticity Michael Merzenich, co-founder of Fast ForWord, has won the $1 million Kavli Prize in Neuroscience. The Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, which administers the prize, announced earlier this month... 