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'''Fast ForWord''' is a software-based, intensive language and reading intervention program marketed as a tool for strengthening the language, reading and learning skills of children. It is produced by the Scientific Learning Corporation.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.scilearn.com/products/fast-forword|title=The Ideal Reading and Language Intervention Program for Struggling Readers and English Language Learners|last=|first=|date=|website=Scientific Learning Corporation|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=March 14, 2018}}</ref><ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Begley | first1 = S. | last2 = Check | first2 = E. | title = Rewiring your gray matter | journal=Newsweek | page=63 | date=1 Jan 2000 | url = http://www.newsweek.com/id/98387}}</ref> '''Fast ForWord''' is a family of ] software products marketed as a tool for strengthening the learning skills of children by Scientific Learning Corporation.<ref>{{Cite journal | last1 = Begley | first1 = S. | last2 = Check | first2 = E. | title = Rewiring your gray matter | journal=Newsweek | page=63 | date=1 Jan 2000 | url = http://www.newsweek.com/id/98387}}</ref>


There is no evidence that Fast ForWord is effective in treating children's reading or oral learning challenges.<ref name=Simons2016rev/><ref name=Strong2011rev>{{cite journal |vauthors=Strong GK, Torgerson CJ, Torgerson D, Hulme C |title=A systematic meta-analytic review of evidence for the effectiveness of the 'Fast ForWord' language intervention program |journal=J Child Psychol Psychiatry |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=224–35 |date=March 2011 |pmid=20950285 |pmc=3061204 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02329.x |url=}}</ref> There is no evidence that Fast ForWord is effective in treating children's reading or oral learning challenges.<ref name=Simons2016rev/><ref name=Strong2011rev>{{cite journal |vauthors=Strong GK, Torgerson CJ, Torgerson D, Hulme C |title=A systematic meta-analytic review of evidence for the effectiveness of the 'Fast ForWord' language intervention program |journal=J Child Psychol Psychiatry |volume=52 |issue=3 |pages=224–35 |date=March 2011 |pmid=20950285 |pmc=3061204 |doi=10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02329.x |url=}}</ref>

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Fast ForWord is a family of cognitive training software products marketed as a tool for strengthening the learning skills of children by Scientific Learning Corporation.

There is no evidence that Fast ForWord is effective in treating children's reading or oral learning challenges.

The Fast ForWord products evolved from the work of a number of scientists, including Michael Merzenich and Bill Jenkins at the University of California, San Francisco, and Paula Tallal and Steven Miller at Rutgers University. This team started the company in 1996 based on a theory that some children who have language and literacy learning difficulties may have problems rapidly processing sounds, a following theory that cognitive training can improve auditory processing, and the final following theory that this training will generalize to improve learning skills beyond those in the training tasks.

References

  1. Begley, S.; Check, E. (1 Jan 2000). "Rewiring your gray matter". Newsweek: 63.
  2. ^ Simons, DJ; Boot, WR; Charness, N; Gathercole, SE; Chabris, CF; Hambrick, DZ; Stine-Morrow, EA (October 2016). "Do "Brain-Training" Programs Work?" (PDF). Psychological science in the public interest. 17 (3). American Psychological Society: 103–86. doi:10.1177/1529100616661983. PMID 27697851.
  3. ^ Strong GK, Torgerson CJ, Torgerson D, Hulme C (March 2011). "A systematic meta-analytic review of evidence for the effectiveness of the 'Fast ForWord' language intervention program". J Child Psychol Psychiatry. 52 (3): 224–35. doi:10.1111/j.1469-7610.2010.02329.x. PMC 3061204. PMID 20950285.

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