TAMPA PROFESSIONALS TO OFFER NATIONALLY ACCLAIMED
FAST FORWORD ® PRODUCTS DESIGNED TO BUILD
LANGUAGE AND READING SKILLS

Scientifically Proven Computer-Based Products to be Offered
In Tampa beginning this summer!

 

TAMPA, FLORIDA – BRAIN WORKS, a certified licensed provider of the Fast ForWord today announced that they will offer a the Fast ForWord family of products geared to students who need to quickly build the skills critical to language and reading considered for academic success in school.

The Fast ForWord family of products, developed by Scientific Learning, (OTCBB: SCIL) helps learners of all ages rapidly improve language and reading skills in just weeks instead of years. The computer-based products combine research on how the brain learns with the latest technology to develop the skills needed to become a good reader. The products and the science behind them have been the subject of numerous national news articles including features in Time and Newsweek magazines, and The Wall Street Journal.

Following an intense, engaging, and individualized protocol, students using Fast ForWord products make gains in the skills critical to language and reading. On average, students make gains of 1-2 years in just 4-8 weeks. According to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) 40% of the 53 million school children in America need to learn to become better readers.

"If students cannot follow directions or clearly understand what is being said to them in the classroom – an oral based learning environment – then they may find learning and the classroom experience challenging. They also may become bored, distracted and display disruptive classroom behavior," said Dr. Steve Miller, Senior Vice President for Research at Scientific Learning. "Fast ForWord products address those language issues and establishes firmly the language-link that has been found to be fundamental to becoming a good reader and learner."

 

In addition to gains in language and reading skills, parents and teachers report positive changes in the classroom behavior of their students using Fast ForWord products, including participating in class discussions more actively, a higher sense of self-esteem, increased enthusiasm for learning and better social interaction with their peers. To date, more than 170,000 individuals in the U.S. and Canada have worked on the products with measurable results.

Fast ForWord Language software, Fast ForWord Language to Reading software, Fast ForWord Reading software and Fast ForWord Middle & High School software are used for students in K-12. The products feature interactive, animated exercises and use patented technologies to adapt to each student's skill level.

Students work on Fast ForWord products 90 to 100 minutes a day, five days a week for four to eight weeks. Each day's results are transmitted via the Internet to Scientific Learning which produces reports that on-site professionals can use to guide a student’s progress.

The Fast ForWord products are based on more than 30 years of brain research by world-renowned scientists Dr. Michael Merzenich of the University of California at San Francisco and member of the National Academy of Sciences, and Dr. Paula Tallal of Rutgers University. Fast ForWord software has also been featured nationally in Science, the Washington Post, The New York Times, the Boston Globe, USA Today and ABC’s Nightline.

Scientific Learning produces the Fast ForWord® family of products, which develop critical language and reading skills for learners of all ages, and is based on years of neuroscientific and cognitive research.

Parents who are interested in learning more about Fast ForWord products in the Tampa Bay area can contact Brain Works at (813) 258-8585 or online at www.brainworksfl.com.