Visual and Auditory Processing Therapy & Fast Forward

I hope it’s ok to post links here. I have a ton of them on FFW although we have not done it. We are testing my dd tomorrow and Thursday with a private SLP who uses the program. Her thoughts so far are that she will not be able to handle the program and her primary problem is language, which needs to be addressed. She has a difficult time comprehending language and following directions and also strategizing, so she would not be successful at FFW, but hopefully somewhere down the line. I have read article after article with positive things about the program. It sounds miraculous, even from all the outside research not done by the company. Here are a few links….
http://query.nytimes.com/gst/fullpage.html?res=9502E7D81539F937A25752C1A963958260&sec=&spon=&pagewanted=1

http://www.hyperlexia.org/aha_fast_forword.html

http://www.speechville.com/diagnosis-destinations/specific-language-impairment/ffw-vs-earobics.html

and there are many more. Go to google and put in fast forword and any other keywords that relate to your child’s auditory processing issue and you will read lots of good things. Unfortunately I do not know anyone who has used the program. Let us know how it goes though.

Kathryn

Hi Josy,
I would suggest asking your therapist to define precisely how F/F will help your daughter? Why it is suitable for her?
F/F is rather contraversial, given its claims.
CAPD has a range of sub-types, where for some people F/F has been of great help.
But for some others, it has been unhelpful.
One problem that has been mentioned by some people, is that after doing F/F, they found that they had lost the natural coping strategies that they had developed, to cope with their CAPD. Which they then had to try and relearn.
F/F may in fact be very suitable for your daughter, but I would just suggest asking your therapist to justify why it would be suitable for your daughter?
Given that therapists make a large commission on recommending F/F. Perhaps the therapist could offer to refund their commission as a guarantee? If it doesn’t help?
Geoff,

That’s a good question to find out how FF will really help and apply to our situation. I know I have asked something along those lines, it’s hard to keep it all straight. It’s alot of information. Thanks. The SLP did say my child was not ready for FF right now, that is why we are going through the steps of visual and auditory processing therapy first and then FF. I’m only taking a leap of faith, because I have a good friend with a child with similiar issues and has been doing the therapy with success. I know all kids with auditory processing are different it varies so much. I will keep you posted on our success.

Hi Josy,

I am brand new to this forum. I have an 8 year old son who is my pride and joy. He had a very significant language delay with auditory processing issues stimming and attention problems. He is very bright (performance IQ 131) He started receiving extensive intervention at around 2 1/2. He was diagnosed borderline PDD at that time. He has come leaps and bounds. John did the fast forword program 2 years ago (the summer between Kindergarten and 1st grade). I never know if the interventions actually do anything but I have your attitude. If it doesn’t hurt give it a shot. Well I recently was sharing Johns evaluations with a parent at my son’s Karate school (special ed teacher in another school district) and she was very impressed with his working memory. She said that she would expect him to have a very poor working memory. She credited the Fastforward program.
So perhaps it did work :)