| Scientific Learning Corporation engages in the development and distribution of neuroscience-based software products that develop underlying cognitive skills required for reading and learning. Its products include Fast ForWord Language software for developing oral language comprehension and listening skills, including phonological awareness, listening accuracy and comprehension, working memory, and familiarity with language structures; Fast ForWord Middle and High School software for adolescents and teenagers who lack reading proficiency; Fast ForWord Language to Reading software that helps students make the link between spoken language and written language, focusing on word analysis, listening comprehension, working memory, grammar, syntax, and vocabulary; Fast ForWord to Reading, a series of products that builds essential reading skills, such as phonemic awareness, vocabulary, fluency, and comprehension; and Fast ForWord Progress Tracker, a Web-based tool that provides reports on learning results for individuals or groups of students for all exercises in each of these products. The company also sells Fast ForWord Basics, a software that prepares prereaders aged four to seven for learning and reading; Reading Edge, a reading assessment instrument for students from kindergarten to second grade; and Fast ForWord Bookshelf, an early reading kit that includes five colorful storybooks and a multimedia CD-ROM. Its services include product training, technical installation, implementation management, consulting, and professional development. The company also offers Fast ForWord Getting Started, a self-paced Web-based course that provides training on the science behind and the use of its products. It sells these products to K-12 school districts throughout the United States using a direct sales force, as well as to clinical professionals, learning centers, hospitals, and clinics. The company also sells its products through school consortiums, regional service centers, and resellers. Scientific Learning was founded by Mr. Michael M. Merzenich, Mr. William M. Jenkins, and Mr. Steven L. Miller in 1996. The company is headquartered in Oakland, California. |
