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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Where did you do Fast Forward therapy? [/quote]

We did at Metropolitan Speech in NW DC:

http://www.metspeech.com/

My information is a bit dated, but when we did it you could do the first couple of sessions and the company would determine if the child was likely to benefit based on preliminary results.  As I recall, you could get an almost full refund if the child was not deemed qualified.

Metropolitan ran intensive sessions in the summer done with a group of kids.  We did the first part one summer and the second part the next summer.  The second had okay results but nothing to compare to the first session, for which the results were stellar.

I believe you can now do this at home with your child, but that wouldn't have worked for us as I work full time and have relatively frequent travel.  While the Metropolitan session was run with groups, each kid spent most of his time working alone with headphones.  But they could socialize during breaks, which it made it a little more fun for them.[/quote]

How is that really therapy if kids work alone on computers/tablet with headphones?  [/quote]

It is a computer based program where the kids learn to identify how various phonemes sound through games that increase in difficulty. Each day's results are uploaded to the company, which then downloads the appropriate games and levels for the next day.

Fast Forward improves auditory processing, deficiencies in which can greatly affect receptive language.  It is also used to improve reading.  Strangely, however, my DS had no problem learning to read.  The SLP told me that just reading his language test scores she would have predicted a 99% probability he could not read.  That he could she attributed to the teaching skills of his very experienced first grade teacher.[/quote]

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