Scientific Learning Corporation Building learning capacity of students

Scientific Learning Corporation Building learning capacity of students through cognitive skills development with significant gains and lasting results • Evolved from the work of noted research scientists • Currently serving over 700, 000 students • Serving over 4, 000 schools & 2, 500 Speech & Language Therapists • Supplemental Reading Intervention Products • Gifted Children and ESL Students also • Available in over 29 countries • Independently published results

Neuroscience Designed… • Based on over 30 years of foundational research in neuroscience • Scientific Learning holds over 65 patents • These proprietary rights reflect the strength and uniqueness of our technology approach

…Curriculum Aligned • Correlated to Reading Standards • Focus on the 5 skills to become an effective reader • Builds Processing Speed • Builds to high level comprehension skills

Independent Published Results • Stanford University Study, PNAS, 2003 • Brain activity associated with reading skills increases as a result of using Fast For. Word

Increased Brain Activity Average Reader Dyslexic, before Fast For. Word Dyslexic, after Fast For. Word Left Difference between activity before and after Fast For. Word Adapted from Temple et al. , Proceedings of the National Academy of the Sciences, 2003

The Benefits of Neuroscience Improved Cognitive Skills of. . . Memory Attention Processing Sequencing We refer to these as LEARNING MAPS

Faster Auditory Processing 100 Percent Correct 95 90 85 80 2 -Tone Sequence Task 75 Normals 70 Language Delayed 65 60 40 55 50 8 15 30 60 150 350 428 947 1466 1985 3543 3023 4062 ISI in msec Faster Slower Tallal, P & Piercy, M (1973) Nature, 241

Small Changes in Timing. . . Big Changes in Meaning Amplitude “say” “stay” 100 ms Time (milliseconds)

Memory Improves Comprehensive Test of Phonological Processing

Attention Increases ADHD Rating Scale- IV

Processing Improves Goldman-Fristoe-Woodcock Test of Auditory Discrimination

Sequencing Improves TAPS-R (auditory sentence memory subtest)�

Cognitive Skills: The Foundation to Reading Memory Attention Processing Sequencing LEARNING MAPS

How We Do It: FAST Frequency and intensity Adaptivity Simultaneous development Timely motivation

Student Populations Gifted Learning Disabled 5% 20% 40% 20% Will read irrespective Of teaching quality Will read but needs some reading support Mixture of reading difficulties and reading disabilities 10% Ages: 6 to 16 years Learning & Reading disabilities

More Intense than any other Program ____________________________ Frequency and Intensity Adaptivity Simultaneous Development Timely Motivation

Benefits of Repetition Learning Trials Fast For. Word Literacy 45, 000 trials Fast For. Word Language 35, 000 trials Other Software 6, 000 trials Number of 50 -minute Sessions

Discriminating Neural Activity Organization of Content Moves from simple to more complex, low to higher memory load, building knowledge to analysis and synthesis. ____________________________ Frequency and Intensity Adaptivity Simultaneous Development Timely Motivation

High Frequency Experience Competition for Neural Space- Example High Frequency Experience ____________________________ Frequency and Intensity Adaptivity Simultaneous Development Timely Motivation

Highly Motivational Rewarded Neural Activity- Example Markers of Advancement Beginning. Pipes Advance to Girders ____________________________ Frequency and Intensity Adaptivity Simultaneous Development Timely Motivation

Motivations - Random Rewards Rewarded Neural Activity- Example Random Rewards Low frequency correct response rewards “surprises” ____________________________ Frequency and Intensity Adaptivity Simultaneous Development Timely Motivation

Discriminating Neural Activity - Organization of Content Moves from simple to more complex, low to higher memory load, building knowledge to analysis and synthesis. ____________________________ Frequency and Intensity Adaptivity Simultaneous Development Timely Motivation

Fast For. Word® software is an exclusive patented technology used in a computer-based series of exercises that expands reading skills. Enables students to develop the critical cognitive skills they need for academic success Memory Attention Processing Sequencing

The Power of Progress Tracker • • Provides administrative reports Tracks daily performance Creates learner profile Tracks student errors Aligns to basal reading programs Correlates to school standards Emails student progress Prints student reports

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What Fast For. Word Does • Slows down speech sounds to give the brain more time to discriminate between them • Uses modified speech sounds giving children a “clearer signal” to use • Provides thousands of precise repetitions • Trains the brain to process at faster rates until it has created the neural pathways necessary to process the natural, rapid sounds of speech

Learning MAPs Support All Reading Skills Comprehension Vocabulary Fluency Phonics Phonemic Awareness Memory Attention Processing Sequencing

What We Do Through our diagnostic approach, we deliver the 5 best practices steps for successful implementation Step 1 Set the Individual Plan Step 2 Develop Language and Cognitive Skills Step 3 Daily monitoring and feedback Step 4 Teacher Supervision & Intervention Step 5 See the Gains

“Neuron Learning has changed all our lives! … The improvements in his writing and reading skills are overwhelming. ” Parent Cork. “He loves it I cannot believe the improvement in his listening skills” Parent Dublin “I loved it…it has helped me to read those books an awful lot faster. It has helped me to do my homework quicker. Student ( 12 years) Cork “I am now going to college…The programme is my miracle, it is unbelievable. ” Adult Student Cork “My two children have attended Neuron for the last 10 weeks and the improvement which I and their teachers have witnessed in both their reading and mental arithmetic has been outstanding” Parent Cork

Fast Up to two years gains in reading skills in just 8 -12 weeks. Effective we have over 80 research results that prove our success. Enduring strengthens cognitive abilities for lasting results.