Autism - Aspergers

Autism Program

Software to help processing related to autism.

 - Adaptive exercises help language and reading.
 - At home with remote coaching. Only 30 minutes a day.

 

Study 1
Improved Language Skills by Students with Developmental Delays who used Fast ForWord

Children diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorders (PDD) made significant gains in their oral language skills after using Fast ForWord Language.

This study comprised 128 children, with one-third diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Autism and two-thirds diagnosed with Pervasive Developmental Disorder - Not Otherwise Specified. The improvements seen for the two diagnoses were similar.
 

Methodology and measures A group of children ranging in age from 5 to 13 years old had their language skills assessed with the Test of Language Development (TOLD) or the Clinical Evaluation of Language Fundamentals (CELF).

  • The CELF - a comprehensive language test widely used to measure a child's ability to understand words and sentences, follow directions, recall and formulate sentences, and understand relationships between words and categories

  • The TOLD - a comprehensive test of language skills used to assess a child's listening, organising, speaking, semantics and syntax skills.

Source Scientific Learning Corporation. (2007).Improved Language Skills by Students with Developmental Delays who used Fast ForWord Products, MAPS for Learning: Educator Reports, 11(12): 1-5.


Study 2
Biological changes in auditory function following training in children with autism spectrum disorders

Children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD) often show auditory processing deficits related to their overarching language impairment. Auditory training programs such as Fast ForWord Language may potentially alleviate these deficits through training-induced improvements in auditory processing. In this study, children with ASD showed improved brain functions after Fast ForWord training.

Methods To assess the effect of auditory training on auditory function in children with ASD, brainstem and cortical responses to speech sounds presented in quiet and noise were collected from five children with ASD who completed Fast ForWord training.

Results Relative to six control children with ASD who did not complete Fast ForWord, training-related changes were found in brainstem response timing, pitch-tracking and cortical response timing after Fast ForWord use.

Conclusions These results provide an objective indication of the benefit of training on auditory function for children with ASD.

Source Russo, N., Hornickel, J., Nicol, T., Zecker, S. & Kraus, N. (2010). Biological changes in auditory function following training in children with autism spectrum disorders. Behavioral and Brain Functions, 6:60.


Also see

Article Burns, M. (2003, March - April). Fast ForWord Products Open a Child's Window to Language. Autism Asperger's Digest. 2003 (Condensed version available here).

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