FastForword

[Guest guest]

Hi,

My grandson who lives with us has been in the FastForword program. It

is not for children with expressive difficulties. We found that our

grandson was sitting at the the computer for 4 or five 20 minutes

session a day was very stressful indeed. This program was not for

him. In fact, he did not want to go back to school the following

September because of this program.

He is in the S.P.I.R.E reading program which originates from New

Brunswick< Maine. It is a combination of the Orton-Gillingham,

and other programs. We found that Ramsey learns best if he can chunks

of words rather the individual letters. Chunk of words meaning like

at, ap,am. Using the short vowel sounds that way and then placing

single letters in front has help him tremendously.

Ramsey is an 8 year-old who has repeated the first grade and now into

second.

FastForward is not the program for him and many other kids who has an

expressive problem.

This program is worth checking out.

Lucy. grandmother of two LD children

[Guest guest]

Hi Lynn,

My son is 7 years and 5 months, and he has been with Dr. G almost 4 (!)

years. He, too, has made BIG gains with Dr. G, but has the same 'deficits'

as your son. He is much more a & Floortime kid than DAN/ABA.

This summer he is doing LIFT, which is a listening fitness program. We have

seen some pretty significant gains. His language has quadrupled, for one.

His receptive language seems like that of a typical kid. He is being social

with other kids, kids he has never even met before. He has had a couple of

successful play dates with a boy who was in his class last year, and I

didn't have to do a thing except visit with the boy's mom. We have one more

week left, then he starts 2nd grade, which is when we'll really know some of

the things that he may have also benefitted from. Lift is supposed to help

with attention and focus, which are some of his big challenges. Overall,

though, I am VERY excited that we got to do LIFT this summer for the

language gains. We did it through the place where I take him for private ST

and OT.

Here is the website: http://www.listeningfitness.com/

I'm wondering what negatives you heard about FastforWord? I have heard that

there are different listening programs for different auditory issues, and

that it's very important to get the right one.

Kristy

From: [mailto: ] On Behalf Of Lynn

Capone

Sent: Thursday, July 16, 2009 7:08 PM

Subject: FastforWord

Hi.

I was wondering if anyone has used FastForWord and what they thought of the

results.

I have started it with my son and I have recently read some negative

postings on the internet that have made me feel unsure. Before starting, my

son has made huge improvements over the years under Doctor Goldberg's care

and his advice(among others, see Dr. Fosnot and Dr. Silton), but I had been

seeing a sort of stall in academic development. He definitely has attention

and processing issues that carry over to reading, other academics, and also

being able to hold many turns in a conversation. We have also been working

on Floortime at home.

If FastForword did not help, could you please mention what did? At 10 years

old, I am still not sure if this is going to be enough. Like everyone else

in this group, my goal is a happy, independent life, friends, (someday?)and

hopefully either college or technical school.

Thanks in advance.

Lynn