Fast ForWord
The Fast ForWord programs are comprehensive, research-based intervention software products that strengthen brain processing and literacy skills to increase reading proficiency in students of all ages.
The Fast ForWord programs develop and strengthen memory, attention, processing rate, and sequencing—the cognitive skills essential for reading success. Strengthening these skills results in a wide range of improved critical language and reading skills such as phonological awareness, phonemic awareness, fluency, vocabulary, comprehension, decoding, working memory, syntax, grammar, and other skills necessary to learn how to read or to become a better reader.
Four key components in the Fast ForWord programs work together to create the dramatic changes in brain function required to achieve universal literacy:
- Frequency and Intensity—Neuroscience research demonstrates that completing a set of learning tasks in a frequent, intense timeframe accelerates learning
- Adaptivity—Exercises adapt with each student response to individual skill levels and responses, keeping students continuously challenged but not frustrated
- Simultaneous Development—Exercises develop major cognitive and reading skills simultaneously to produce lasting improvements in learning
- Timely Motivation—Tiered rewards are designed to maximize motivation from start to finish.
The Reading Brain
