The Group issued their report on July, 16, 2008.

“The group learnt about a number of programmes and interventions which had clearly benefited those trying to cope with dyslexia and recommends that an independent research project should be commissioned to evaluate them. In particular, the group recommends that the Government commissions a pilot study of Fast ForWord®.”

"The Dyslexia Rapporteur Group was particularly impressed by the Fast ForWord® computer based products and the experience of these products in the Everett Public Schools for the following reasons:…….. "The key features of Fast ForWord were highlighted in the report: scalability, replication, teacher efficiency, adaptability, engagement for students

"The Rapporteur Group were impressed by the Fast ForWord® Progress Tracker which is an online data analysis and reporting tool that enables teachers to monitor individual, classroom and school performance of students working with Fast ForWord® products."

We are taking on another group of practitioners. Training starts in September. If you wish to become an authorised provider of Fast ForWord programmes please contact me for further details. John Kerins email john@neuron-learning.co.uk Tel UK 0785 332 5870 / Ireland 086 063 2914

Great insights from Mike on autism...

"I have earlier argued that the probable basis of autism is the inheritance of genetic faults potentially exacerbated by environmental factors that add to processing “noise” in the developing brain. Several hundred genetic faults affecting the maturation of inhibitory or excitatory processes in the brain, or affecting processes crucial to the brain’s experience-driven maturation could be expected to contribute additively to “brain noise” genesis.

As noted earlier, we have studied three environmental factors that meet the above three criteria:"

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