NeuroProcessing
Pathway
Suitable for ages 6 - 12 years.
Your child is listening but the words are not landing.
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Assessment-Led. Structured.​ Monitored.
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Many children process language differently. They are attentive, capable and trying hard but their brain struggles to hold, sequence and make sense of what it hears quickly enough to keep up. This is not a behaviour problem or a concentration problem. It is a processing problem.
And that means it can be addressed directly.
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​Find out if NeuroProcessing is right for your child
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The programme
Fast ForWord is a computer-based reading and language programme developed by neuroscientists at the University of California. It is built on decades of research into how the brain processes language and learns to read. Rather than targeting reading directly, it trains the four cognitive skills that all reading and language tasks depend on: memory, attention, processing speed and sequencing.
The programme uses acoustically modified speech — sounds that are stretched and amplified to help the brain distinguish between similar speech sounds more accurately and quickly. As the child improves, the programme adapts to their level automatically, keeping them challenged at the right pace.
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The programme targets
• Memory — holding and working with language in real time
• Attention — sustaining focus during listening and reading tasks • Processing speed — how quickly the brain identifies and responds to speech sounds
• Sequencing — understanding the order of sounds, words and ideas
These four skills underpin phonemic awareness, phonics, vocabulary, fluency and comprehension.
A Structured home integration 4–5 times per week.
Monthly 45-minute clinical review (parent + child).
Each month we:
• Send progress reports
• Analyse fluency shifts
• Adjust usage
• Refine targets
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Minimum commitment: 3 months.
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Research Backed Evidence
1–2 years of reading gains in 40–60 hours of use Reported across multiple studies and case reviews. Used by more than 3 million students in schools and clinics across 45 countries.
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fMRI studies show brain changes in children with dyslexia after Fast ForWord Stanford and Harvard University researchers found that children with dyslexia showed new activation in language processing regions of the brain after completing Fast ForWord — areas that had been under active before the programme.
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More than 300 research studies have been conducted using Fast ForWord. It has the most ESSA-reviewed research of any reading intervention evaluated by the What Works Clearinghouse.
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Read the research behind Fast ForWord www.scilearn.com/research
Why processing stays slow - even with support
When we hear speech, the brain must identify individual sounds, hold them in memory, sequence them into words, and connect those words to meaning — all within milliseconds. For most people this happens automatically. For some children, one or more of these steps is slower or less reliable than it needs to be.
The result is a child who misses words, needs repetition, struggles to follow instructions and tires quickly during language-heavy tasks. These are not signs of poor attention. They are signs that the auditory and language processing systems are working harder than they should to do what fluent processing does automatically.
Practising listening and reading more does not fix this. The underlying brain systems need to become more efficient first.
NeuroProcessing uses Fast ForWord to target memory, attention, processing speed and sequencing directly — the four cognitive foundations that every language task depends on.
Does this sound familiar?
Your child may:
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• Miss parts of verbal instructions, even when listening carefully
• Ask for things to be repeated frequently
• Struggle to hold a sequence of steps in mind at once
• Tire during language-heavy tasks such as literacy or maths lessons
• Read words accurately but lose the meaning of what they have read
• Appear inattentive during verbal explanations
• Take longer than expected to respond to questions or instructions
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These patterns are not caused by a lack of effort or attention. They often reflect differences in how the brain processes, holds and sequences language — the underlying cognitive systems that reading, listening and learning all depend on. When these systems are inefficient, every language-based task takes more effort than it should.
What NeuroProcessing strengthens
Rather than targeting surface-level reading practice, this pathway strengthens the cognitive and language foundations that all literacy depends on:
• Auditory processing — the brain's ability to identify and distinguish speech sounds accurately and quickly
• Verbal working memory — holding language in mind long enough to use it
• Sustained attention — maintaining focus during listening and language-heavy tasks
• Processing speed — how efficiently the brain handles incoming language
• Sequencing — understanding and remembering the order of sounds, words and instructions
• Language comprehension stability — reliably understanding what is heard or read
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When these systems become more efficient, reading, listening and learning all become less effortful.
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How NeuroProcessing Works
Assessment
A diagnostic assessment confirms that NeuroProcessing is the appropriate pathway for your child's profile. If you have already completed an assessment with This Is Dyslexia or another specialist provider, we will review the report before placement.
ONBOARDING
A 30-minute onboarding session with Laura is completed before the programme begins. We review assessment data, explain exactly how Fast ForWord works, and agree a personalised implementation schedule suited to your child's profile and your family's routine.
HOME SESSIONS
Your child completes structured Fast ForWord sessions at home — 4 to 5 times per week, approximately 30 minutes each. The programme adapts automatically to your child's performance, keeping them working at exactly the right level of challenge.
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Monthly REVIEW
Each month, Laura holds a 30-minute review with you and your child. We analyse progress data from the programme, review fluency and processing shifts, adjust usage targets, and address any barriers. You receive a written progress update after every review.
No open-ended dependency. No guesswork. Every decision is led by data.
What is included
Your monthly fee includes:
• Full access to the Fast ForWord programme
• Personalised implementation schedule agreed at onboarding
• Structured home session plan (4–5 sessions per week)
• Monthly 30-minute clinical review with Laura
• Written progress update after each monthly review
• Processing and fluency tracking throughout the programme
• Structured written progress report and data comparison at 12 weeks
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Investment:
Set-up and onboarding: £99 (one-off)
£199 per month
Minimum 3-month commitment
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Most families spend months or years receiving support that addresses the symptoms of slow processing-not the cause. NeuroProcessing targets the underlying brain systems directly, with every session monitored and every month reviewed.
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Capacity is limited to 12 families to ensure the standard of clinical oversight.
Ready to start?
Most children begin the programme within two weeks of assessment.
