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A Very Happy Mother Explains how Fast ForWord Helped her Children

Therese is the mother of three boys who go to Narooma Public School, on the NSW South Coast.

She recently spoke with LearnFast about how Fast ForWord helped her youngest son learn better and made his attitude to school much more positive. The results were so good she now has her middle son on the program.

Her youngest (Matt, Year 3) did Fast Fast ForWord in Terms 1 & 2 (2014), and his brother (Joe, Year 4) is doing the program in Terms 3 & 4 (2014).

Why was Matt selected to do Fast ForWord?

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Historic School Helps Students with Latest Fast ForWord Brain Science


Celebrating its 125 year anniversary this year, Narooma Public School, located on NSW’s south coast, has seen a lot of changes since the first students started in 1889. The slate boards and chalk in the classrooms of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries have been replaced by electronic whiteboards, computers and the Internet.

The current Principal and teachers at Narooma have not only kept pace with the changes, but they are leading the way by using the latest neuroscience based educational tools to help their students build their learning capacity and read better.

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Cam’s journey - A 9 year study of the benefits of Fast ForWord. Part 1, 2 & 3

Cameron didn’t like school - sound familiar?

How can you change that – especially if there is an underlying blocker to learning ?

This blog includes Part 1, 2 and 3 of Cameron’s journey from age 10 being diagnosed with Auditory Processing Disorder (APD) and how he has used Fast ForWord to help himself overcome the challenges of this disability, graduate from high school and start his TAFE studies.

Also included is his television interview from the Channel 7 Sunrise Program.

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Improving Student Learning Capacity - for better student outcomes

Today's classroom is more academically diverse than over. And even though schools offer a variety of programs and resources some learners continue to perform below grade level. So how can teachers accelerate learning for every student? It all starts with the brain.

With help, students can strengthen foundational learning pathways in the brain. Dramatically increasing their capacity to learn. That's exactly what Fast ForWord does. Quickly transforming students into better learners across all areas of study.
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