FAQs - Who Can Benefit from Fast ForWord?
Fast ForWord can help children and adults
Fast ForWord can help students
Who should use Fast ForWord programs?
What kind of results have students had with Fast ForWord?
How Do I Know if Fast ForWord will Help My Child?
Fast ForWord can help children and adults who have:
Fast ForWord can help students who are ready to:
- Make the connection between oral and written language
- Take the next step towards learning to read or towards reading more effectively
We know that children's reading problems appear early in their school years. These problems do not diminish over time, but persist into adulthood.
Children who fall behind in 'pre-reading skills' in Kindergarten and Year One tend to fall further behind in later grades.
The result is that about 40 percent of adults have reading problems severe enough to hinder their enjoyment of reading, according to the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development: ( '30 Years of Research: What We Now Know About How Children Learn to Read').
Who should use Fast ForWord programs?
Fast ForWord programs are for students who are struggling with reading and need to develop the pre-reading and language skills for successful learning.
What kind of results have students had with Fast ForWord?
Studies have shown that Fast ForWord programs can quickly move students ahead in essential reading skills, helping them achieve gains in as little as 4 - 12 weeks. Students who use Fast ForWord programs have shown significant improvements relative to comparison groups. See our Results for success stories.
How Do I Know if Fast ForWord will Help My Child?
An authorised Fast ForWord Provider can tell you if a Fast ForWord program will help.