Fast ForWord Service
While Fast ForWord is very much software based, it requires a qualified and trained professional to administer and monitor progress.
Sharon Pollack has been administering the Fast Forword Product Series® since their inception in 1997. She is proud to be the only approved provider of Fast ForWord in East Tennessee and the surrounding area.
Working directly with Fast ForWord she is pioneering the use of the tool for a number of indications including Brain Injury rehabilitation.
Cognitive Bridges Executive Director/Founder and Certified Brain Injury Specialist Trainer; Certified Speech Language Pathologist, Sharon was trained intensively by the neuroscientists who developed this program and has been a provider for 21 years. By attending Scientific Learning’s Visionary Conferences and independently studying the effects of plasticity on the brain, she has been at the forefront of the latest developments in this area and has been extremely successful implementing the program. She has received awards from Scientific Learning for Leadership and has previously been named Provider of the Year. Sharon has presented at several of their conferences.
At Cognitive Bridges office in Memphis, TN Sharon has drafted and implemented strategies for success which have been adopted by Scientific Learning. Not only is Sharon highly experienced in administration and coaching, she is an expert in blending products to maximize the benefits of the programs per individual participant to keep interest and to challenge the students. She will provide expert guidance to teachers and/or facilitators to individualize strategies for monitoring students based on over 20 years of experience working with a wide variety of children and adolescents (i.e. learning disabilities, auditory processing deficits, emotional and behavioral problems, ADD and ADHD, Dyslexia, etc.).