fast forword: how does it change the brain?
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Fast ForWord software was created by a team of linguists and neuroscientists at the Scientific Learning Company. Research on brain plasticity has proven that repetition and intensive practice produce remarkable changes in the brain. Fast ForWord products develop the cognitive skills essential for learning and reading success. On average, participants can gain one to two years of reading skills in 4 to 12 weeks of regular, consistent use. The products help bring participants to proficiency quickly by simultaneously building the cognitive skills of memory, attention, processing rate, and sequencing, along with the foundational reading skills of phonemic awareness, phonics, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension. The secret to Fast ForWord's success is that the auditory signal is slowed down. The consonants and vowels are presented at a rate that is much slower than normal. We can't do this with our human voice. It can only be done with computer technology. Once the person is successful, the rate is increased slightly, so that the person gradually works toward a normal auditory signal. Fast ForWord is unique in offering this powerful intervention. The software is not for sale in stores. It requires the supervision of a trained professional such as a speech-language pathologist, psychologist or reading specialist. Anna Krueger at Neuroplan Treatment Services is one of the few online professionals offering a package of services which includes assessment, treatment and consultation, all from the convenience of your own home. Check out Anna's website at www.neuroplan.caTRANSCRIPT
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Fast ForWordHow Does it Change the Brain?
Anna E. Krueger, Certified Speech-Language Pathologist
Director of Neuroplan Treatment Services
www.neuroplan.ca
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Fast ForWord is software that changes the brain.
It strengthens the brain skills needed for listening, speaking,
reading and writing.
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Who needs Fast ForWord?
Fast ForWord can help people who…• Misunderstand what they hear• Request that information be repeated• Give slow or delayed responses• Use only a few descriptive words when
speaking• Seem reluctant to engage in conversations• Have difficulty reconstructing events in the
appropriate order
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Who needs Fast ForWord?
Fast ForWord can help people who…• Have difficulty remembering/following oral
instructions• Have difficulty with ambiguous language or
idioms• Have difficulty with spelling and writing in
English• Have difficulty passing SAT exams• Have difficulty finding employment because
of limited English-language skills
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We inherit a wiring diagram for our brain. Some brains are less efficient at learning.
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Events that Damage the Brain can also make the Brain Less Efficient at Learning
• During Pregnancy– Drugs, smoking,
toxemia, diseases– Exposure to
radiation, toxins– Prematurity– Complicated
delivery
• After Birth– Brain injury– Toxins from the
environment or the intestinal process
– Ear infections– Poor nutrition– Allergies– Stroke, Neurological
Disease
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We know that
people who can process speech sounds quickly can learn quickly and easily.
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Some People Can’t Process Sounds Quickly
• Can’t process the sounds of language well• Confusion between similar sounds: “shoe,
chew, Sue, zoo, two, do”• Poor ability to understand directions and
sustain attention• Poor ability to link sounds to letters,
resulting in reading impairments
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Categorization of Speech Sounds Starts During Infancy and Results in a Brain Map
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Acquired and Inherited Problems Interfere with Auditory Mapping in the Brain
• Genetics: Inherited “wiring diagram” is disorganized.
• Transient hearing loss because of allergies and congestion makes it hard to analyze and remember sounds.
• Neuro-immune disorders result in reduced blood flow to the temporal lobe.
• Toxins, injuries, diseases and aging impair brain function.
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The Result
The brain map for the
sounds of the language is
disorganized and inefficient.
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Research has shown us that the brain can repair and improve.
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Fast ForWord starts with English-language listening games that are similar to the listening that a healthy
infant does in learning a first language.
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Children using Fast ForWord may need an adult facilitator to
help them get started.
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Children Quickly Become Independent
in Using Fast ForWord
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How does Fast ForWord Change the Brain?
By repairing brain-based perceptual deficits,
Fast ForWord treatment results in an organized, efficient brain map for the speech sounds of language.
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In research studies, children with poor auditory processing couldn’t hear the
difference between BA and DA.
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Normal speech is too fast for some people. The consonants are only 40 msec.
Consonants
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Researchers discovered that stretching the consonants to 80 msec...
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...Resulted in Success!
• Children with poor auditory processing could discriminate speech sounds successfully when computer technology was used to slow down the consonants.
• We can’t do this with the human voice.
• Fast ForWord is the only software that offers this powerful intervention.
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Fast ForWord uses Slow Sounds that are Easier to Detect
Natural soundscan be confused
Computer technology was used to create distinct sounds that can’t be confused.
ba da
ba da
ba da
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Learners succeed with Slow Sounds and then succeed with Faster Sounds
and progress toward more natural language.
Fast ForWord clients begin with stretched
out sounds
ba da
ba da
ba da
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Processing Rate ImprovesThe games all move from a slow rate to a
natural speech rate
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Memory ImprovesWhich acorn said BA? Which one said DA?
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Discrimination of Words Improvesthey – day shack - tack
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Sequencing of Sounds ImprovesWhat did you hear first? Next?
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The ability to hear syllable stress improves.
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Did you notice that the meaning changes when you change the intonation?
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Social Skills Improve
After treatment with Fast ForWord, it is easier to understand jokes, sarcasm and double meanings.
These improvements often result in better peer relationships.
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Attention ImprovesSwing the paddle when you hear the word.
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Fast ForWord Creates Improvements in Memory, Attention, Processing Rate and
Sequencing
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Proven “Brain Fitness” tool• Effective – This software has positively impacted the
lives of over 2 million learners worldwide.
• Efficient - Using Fast ForWord, participants from K to post-secondary levels have realized achievement gains of one to two years in as little as 4-12 weeks.
• Enduring - Evidence of improved and sustained learning outcomes following the application of neuroscience theories may be found in the 200+ studies that have evaluated the effectiveness of Fast ForWord programs.
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Fit Brains and the OptimalLearning Equation
Intensive treatment can take various forms. Most participants can finish one program in 30 hours.
• 12 weeks, five times a week for 30 min
• 12 weeks, three times a week for 50 min
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Thank you for watching! Please contact me if you have any questions.
Use my website to book a phone call or free consult.
www.neuroplan.ca
Anna KruegerDirector of Neuroplan Treatment ServicesCertified Speech-Language Pathologist