by Tina Pickford | Dec 14, 2021 | Cogmed, Education Trends, Fast ForWord, Research, Videos
How can we enhance attention and engagement? How can we develop reading fluency? How can we improve working memory? These questions and more are being answered by neuroscience – the exciting field of science that studies how the brain works to... 
by Tina Pickford | Nov 12, 2018 | Auditory Processing Disorder, Featured
Auditory Processing Disorder (APD, also known as Central Auditory Processing Disorder or CAPD) is often hard to spot because the symptoms may be similar to other learning difficulties. So how can you tell if your child has this very common learning difficulty? What... 
by Tina Pickford | Sep 23, 2015 | Child development, Featured, Language development
Although your baby might not understand you yet, the way you speak to them in their first year can make a difference later on. It’s true that babies’ brains are like sponges. They’re ready to absorb! During their first year of life, a baby’s... 
by Tina Pickford | Jun 17, 2015 | Featured, Research
Dr Martha Burns, Neuroscientist and Speech Pathologist, reveals 4 of the latest Autism research findings for 2015. These exciting findings highlight the excellent work that is being done by scientists around the world, who continue to answer important questions about... 
by Tina Pickford | Mar 11, 2014 | Child development, Language development, Research
You’ve heard the story: the left hemisphere of your brain is logical, analytical and detail oriented; the right hemisphere is where creativity and intuition spring from. This “pop-psychology” view of the right and left hemispheres has made quite an... 