--- title: Fast ForWord Boosted Ryan's Reading & Confidence - plus Spelling Help description: John struggled with reading & spelling. But his mother saw how the Fast ForWord program transformed his reading and gave him spelling help. image: https://www.learnfasthq.com/hubfs/social-suggested-images/banner%20cdn2.hubspot.nethubfs363641Stock%20imagesYoung%20boy%20concentrating%20on%20his%20schoolwork%20sitting%20at%20his%20desk%20in%20the%20classroom%20with%20his%20head%20in%20his%20hands.jpeg --- - [Blog](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog) - [Newsletter](https://www.learningbrainnews.com) - [Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/6bLMNOdd8r3x9Onx9gSubb) - [Free Resources](https://www.learnfasthq.com/free-learning-resources) - [Shop](https://learnfast-products.myshopify.com/) [![LearnFast](https://www.learnfasthq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/images/LearnFast_logo.png?width=150&height=77&name=LearnFast_logo.png "LearnFast")](https://www.learnfasthq.com) - [Programs](https://www.learnfasthq.com/programs) - Results - [The Science](https://www.learnfasthq.com/science) - [The Research](https://www.learnfasthq.com/research) - [Success Stories](https://www.learnfasthq.com/success-stories) - Who we help - [Teacher](https://www.learnfasthq.com/teacher) - [Parent](https://www.learnfasthq.com/parent) - [Business](https://www.learnfasthq.com/business) - [How we help](https://www.learnfasthq.com/how-we-help) - [Connect](https://www.learnfasthq.com/connect) - [Blog](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog) - [Newsletter](https://www.learningbrainnews.com) - [Podcast](https://open.spotify.com/show/6bLMNOdd8r3x9Onx9gSubb) - [Free Resources](https://www.learnfasthq.com/free-learning-resources) - [Shop](https://learnfast-products.myshopify.com/) # Fast ForWord Boosted Ryan's Reading & Confidence - plus Spelling Help [Share this blog post on Twitter](https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?text=I+found+this+interesting+blog+post&url=https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/fast-forword-boosted-ryans-reading-confidence-plus-spelling-help) [Share this blog post on Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/share.php?u=https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/fast-forword-boosted-ryans-reading-confidence-plus-spelling-help) [Share this blog post on LinkedIn](http://www.linkedin.com/shareArticle?mini=true&url=https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/fast-forword-boosted-ryans-reading-confidence-plus-spelling-help) ![Picture of Peter Barnes](https://www.learnfasthq.com/hs-fs/hub/363641/file-691639901.jpg) [Peter Barnes](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/author/peter-barnes) [Reading](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/reading), [Fast ForWord](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/fast-forword), [Spelling](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/spelling), [Learning Capacity Success Stories](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/learning-capacity-success-stories) “It would really pain me when I used to listen to my son read and he’d look at a word and couldn’t for the life of him try and sound it out. He just couldn’t do it”. This is how \*Alice described her 12 year old son’s reading before he did the [Fast ForWord program](https://www.learnfasthq.com/programs). Her son \*Ryan was able to go from a reluctant struggling reader, to a determined flourishing student using the [neuroscience based exercises](https://www.learnfasthq.com/programs) in the program. Alice used to watch on helplessly as Ryan would struggle with reading and spelling. But she saw how the program took Ryan from frustration to fluency. **Feedback from Parents & Teachers** We often hear feedback from teachers and parents about the successes their students and children have had with Fast ForWord, and Ryan’s story is a great example of these. Alice explained, “Matching letters with their corresponding sounds was just too difficult for Ryan and he would just stop, simply unable to continue reading when he encountered a tricky word or sound combination”. Ryan was having tutoring in English and reading and was getting spelling help as well. “Tutoring is basically just putting a Band-Aid on the problem, but not fixing the foundation,” Alice said. So she turned to neuroscience for an answer. At first it was a struggle to motivate and encourage Ryan to do the neuroscience exercises because he had “learned failure” from his prior unsuccessful attempts to improve his reading. He was reluctant but Alice knew she had to make sure he gave Fast ForWord a chance. So she supported and encouraged him through the reluctant times at the beginning.  Then, a short time after he started she noticed his reluctant attitude drop away. As Ryan worked his way through the initial part of the program, his [reading](https://www.learnfasthq.com/how-we-help), listening and processing skills began to improve and the exercises seemed less difficult for him.  More than this, his confidence increased as he achieved success in the exercises which had seemed, at first, impossible. But he learnt that they weren’t! Ryan started to understand the program and gained a strong sense of determination from the continual rewards for success that the program gave him. He was driven to continue to complete the program because he understood that it was helping him. **Training his language and cognitive skills** Reading became easier because the Fast ForWord exercises were simultaneously training all the language and thinking skills necessary for competent reading.  These include language skills like phonological awareness, auditory processing and listening comprehension as well as his memory, attention, processing speed and his ability to sequence sounds, words and ideas. Now Ryan and his mum are keen to get the results from his school exams, English especially. They want to see how much difference his hard work and perseverance with Fast ForWord has made to his academic performance. They both know that his self-confidence has improved along with his reading skills. Ryan is now ready to look to his academic future with optimism, knowing that he has the skills he needs to tackle all areas of schooling. And Alice is very happy! ## Related Posts [![](https://www.learnfasthq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/we-all-make-grammar-mistakes-238251-edited.jpeg?height=200&name=we-all-make-grammar-mistakes-238251-edited.jpeg)](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/fast-forword-helped-mac-with-auditory-processing-writing-spelling) [Auditory Processing Disorder](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/auditory-processing-disorder), [Fast ForWord](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/fast-forword), [Spelling](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/spelling), [Learning Capacity Success Stories](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/learning-capacity-success-stories), [Podcasts](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/podcasts) ### [Fast ForWord Helped Mac with Auditory Processing, Writing & Spelling](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/fast-forword-helped-mac-with-auditory-processing-writing-spelling) Sally Wilcox noticed that her son Mac was becoming increasingly frustrated with writing and spelling when he was in grade 5.  In Mac’s words, it was very simple - he hated writing. Thinking back, Sally recalled that the early [Read More](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/fast-forword-helped-mac-with-auditory-processing-writing-spelling) [![](https://www.learnfasthq.com/hs-fs/hubfs/banner%20learn-ga9a09e839_1920%20(1).jpeg?height=200&name=banner%20learn-ga9a09e839_1920%20(1).jpeg)](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/why-some-kids-cant-spell-is-there-a-better-way-to-teach-spelling) [Spelling](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/topic/spelling) ### [Why Some Kids Can't Spell - Is There a Better Way to Teach Spelling?](https://www.learnfasthq.com/blog/why-some-kids-cant-spell-is-there-a-better-way-to-teach-spelling) Does your primary school child come home on Monday with a spelling list to be done each night and taken back to school on Friday? Have they been instructed to “look, cover, say, write & check” each word? 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