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Latest Articles
The Reading Times has the latest news and articles on reading. In this month's edition read about "The Biology of Dyslexia", "Ten Ways to Help School-Age Children Develop a Reading Brain", look at a video on "Brain Plasticiity and Learning" and see our interactive tour of Fast ForWord.
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Ten Ways to Help School-Age Children Develop a Reading Brain
We take reading for granted, and yet numerous statistics find that too many of our children struggle with reading. Scientific research tells us that the ability to read is one of the most complex skills we can learn in our lifetime. It also shows us that the brain can change and learn at any age and, in effect, be rewired for reading.
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Asperger's Syndrome & Language Skills
How can you help your child develop a better understanding in his oral language and reading? He may have very good mechanical reading but loses out on the nuances, inferences and other aspects of comprehension. Thus they can feel awkward and excluded.
Autism. Language and Learning
A child with special learning difficulties can often have problems with his or her speech and language processing. Additionally he can have difficulties with his cognitive skills of memory, attention, processing information and sequencing.
Thus without the right intervention he can plateau and be unable to go beyond a certain stage to reach his full potential.
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Auditory Processing Deficit
Central Auditory Processing is basically the role the brain plays in the hearing process which ultimately enables us to develop learning skills. Essentially, it is our brain and not our ears that hear. The ears play the part of sending raw information on for further analysis where, all being well, it is eventually deciphered by the hearing centres in our brain. How well the raw information is interpreted by the brain depends on our level of Central Auditory Processing skills which are primarily developed during the critical periods of language learning, between the ages of 0 to 3 years. This is the period when the brain is most prepared to map information from sounds or spoken words onto its language centres.
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The importance of Memory, Attention, Processing and Sequencing in Learning
We have developed our own method Learning MAPs™: Memory, Attention, Processing and Sequencing, to improve the essential cognitive processes that a student needs for reading and learning.
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Dyslexia. “Changes in Brain Function in Children with Dyslexia after Training”.
Article in the Phonics Bulletin 2003 by Elise Temple of Cornell University.
The article shows how intensive language learning and cognitive skills development
can activate the language areas of the brain.
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Dyslexia. A Guide to Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties.
In our short course we will identify for you the KEY FACTORS in reading
and learning effectively. We will show you the latest research. You will
hear from the foremost experts in education and science. We will show you
why a holistic, comprehensive approach applied in a systematic way can work
to eradicate reading difficulties.
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Interview with Paula Tallal
A founder of Scientific Learning Inc. She is one of the leading experts in dyslexia, cognitive processing and reading difficulties. There are lots of interesting insights here into reading and learning. http://www.childrenofthecode.org/interviews/tallal.htm
Research on Reading Difficulties and Dyslexia.
Fast ForWord has been extensively researched and its results validated. Take a look at our sister site Scientific Learning Inc for a more complete listing of research on the methods, products as well as white papers, peer reviews and case studies. A few studies are highlighted below. http://www.scilearn.com/results/
Research reported in The Phonics Bulletin, (Brain Imaging Scans)
In a recent study completed in Stanford University brain imaging scans of children with dyslexia who used the Fast ForWord Language product showed normalization of activity in critical areas of the brain used for reading. See report in The Phonics Bulletin
Research on learning English as an Additional Language (EAL)
The US Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse has evaluated Scientific Learning Corporation's Fast ForWord® Language product based on a study that met its highest evaluation criteria, and has concluded that the product is in the top tier of interventions aimed at English Language Learners (ELL).
Research on Fluency
Fluency is a critical factor in reading comprehension. In a study on average, students with dyslexia made greater improvements on measures of fluency compared to a control group after using the Fast ForWord Language © product. Click here to see the results.
Research: Independent Assessment of Fast ForWord
The Education Commission of the United States reported “Studies indicate that students trained with Fast ForWord® make, an average, one to two years gains after four to eight weeks of training. See the Education Commission of the States review
News on Dyslexia and Reading Difficulties
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See what people say
Robert Winston “the human mind”
“They devised a CD ROM game for dyslexic children
called FastForward (sic) which is played (less than five hours)
each week. It trains their brains to register the quick changes
between one sound and another in normal speech.
After a four week period, exercised brains showed a leap of as
much as two years’ worth of language ability”
Published 2003 © Bantam Books Page 129
Newsweek
“Fast ForWord does something quite a bit more revolutionary than your
run-of-the-mill educational CD: it rewires brains.”
January 1st 2000 © Newsweek
Terri Spitko
"I'm incredibly impressed, overwhelmed by the results."
Terri Spitko, Speech Pathologist.
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