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PROFESSOR IAN CREESE LECTURE TOUR, Australia and New Zealand, May 2008
In May 2008 Dr Ian Creese, Professor of Neuroscience, Rutgers University, USA visited Australia (May 5 - 9, 2008) and New Zealand (May 1 - 3, 2008) and spoke with educators, clinicians and parents about how research into brain function is helping students with reading and learning difficulties.

TRAINING DAY FOR PROFESSIONALS
Training Days for Professional Fast ForWord Providers.

EXPERT SPEAKERS AVAILABLE
Expert speakers available to present at your school - Learn about treating students with language, learning & reading difficult using the latest knowledge from neuroscience research.   Email us for details

PRESS

The Age, Melbourne
Denise Ryan, July 23, 2007
Fast Forward for Slow Learners
Can online programs really re-wire the brains of children with learning difficulties? Denise Ryan investigates.
Many students with learning difficulties are either not identified or are misdiagnosed by teachers as being lazy or having behavioural problems, according to speech pathologists and education experts. Recent brain science research shows the brain is more "plastic" and changeable than previously thought, indicating that students with learning difficulties can be helped in new ways.

Education Views, Brisbane

July 12, 2007
Reading Problems Linked to Language Skills
Historically, reading disorders have been diagnosed and treated as separate and distinct from other learning disabilities. However, researchers, educators, and therapists have long recognised the strong correlation between reading and language disorders.

Sunday Times, Perth
March 24, 2007
Fast Forward on Literacy.
A PERTH trial of the Fast ForWord program aimed at helping children with learning delays has achieved dramatic gains in literacy in just 10 weeks.
                      
Sydney Morning Herald, Sydney
July 10, 2003
Sounds Like a Way Forward for Kids.
Most children love to play word games in the car. They pester mum and dad until they agree to join them in "I Spy", or some other guessing game. But for children with an auditory processing disorder (APD), it would be so much trouble to just hear the differences between letters like B and D, or M and N, that the game would be no fun at all.   

MEDIA RELEASES

Rewiring the Brain for Academic Gain, June 7, 2007