Venue: Blackrock Education Centre
Date: Monday 9th June 2008 - Time: 12pm to 2:30pm
Admission: Free of Charge
Bookings email john@neuron.ie or Phone 021 455 4449

Venue: Victoria Primary School
East St, Newtownards, Co. Down
Date: Tuesday 10th June 2008 - Time: 2pm to 4pm
Admission: Free of Charge
Bookings email angelamartin3@hotmail.com or Phone 02891 818783

Venue: LB 4 Trinity College Institute of Neuroscience
Lloyd Building
Date: Wednesday 11th June 2008
Time: 1pm to 2pm
Limited Attendance

What will the presentation be about?
Attendees will have a fuller understanding of reading and learning difficulties, what to look for, the relationship to cognitive skills, understanding education psychologist reports and implementing solutions to the identified needs:

• How the brain reads and what is the latest neuroscience research
• How to develop the essential cognitive skills (Memory, Attention, Processing and Sequencing) in order to be an effective reader
• Why learning is impacted by slow processing speeds
• The oral language to reading link and how to build from the fundamentals to advanced reading comprehension
• How teachers can use computers for diagnosis, interventions, tracking progress and motivating students.

Additionally we talk about case studies of individual children and schools with published research on outcomes. We also show how we work with teachers to train them and implement Fast ForWord solutions in the classroom. We will demonstrate how Fast ForWord develops skills and provides critical feedback to teachers on the student’s progress.

Dr Bill Jenkins
William M. Jenkins, Ph.D., is Scientific Learning’s Senior Vice President of Product Development. He is an expert in learning-based brain plasticity, behavioural algorithms, and psychophysical methods, as well as an expert in multimedia and Internet technology. He is an author or co-author of more than 100 publications and holds 46 U.S. patents and 12 foreign patents.