Computer Programs
Captain's Log Personal Trainer
Captain's Log Personal Trainer
Captain's Log Personal Trainer trains auditory discrimination, auditory attention and memory. The program is designed for individuals from age 4 through adult who have difficulty processing information due to brain injuries, ADHD, auditory processing disorders, learning disabilities or cognitive deficits.
Diphonics
Diphonics (formerly called CAPD Therapy) is a computer-driven self-paced dichotic phonic tutorial for CAPD and dyslexia which is published by Sonido, Inc. The program is available as a school-based version and a version for parents. The program was created by Leslie W. Dalton, Jr. PhD, CCC-SLP/A .
Earobics
- Earobics Step 1 teaches phonemic awareness and auditory processing skills. Recommended for developmental ages four through seven.
- Earobics Step 2 teaches listening, phonological awareness, phonics, and language comprehension skills. For developmental ages seven through ten.
- Earobics 1 for Adolescents & Adults
develops auditory processing, phonological awareness and spoken
language processing skills. For ages ten through adult.
Home versions of the Earobics programs may be ordered directly from Cognitive Concepts. Online ordering is available.
Fast ForWord
- Away We Go develops skills including phonological awareness, rhyming, letter - name association, relational differences, following directions, working memory, and mouse-motor skills. The program is intended for children between the developmental ages of four through seven. Parents may buy the program directly from the Scientific Learning Company.
- Fast ForWord is a set of of CD-ROM exercises for language-learning impaired children ages four through twelve. The progam works on auditory processing speed, working memory, serial order processing, phonological awareness, listening comprehension, syntax, and morphology.
- Step ForWord (formerly known as Fast ForWord 2) is available to children who have completed the first Fast ForWord program.
- 4WD is a training program for adolescents and adults. The program works on phonological awareness, language and listening comprehension, working memory, syntax, grammar and sequencing skills, and sustained and focused attention.
The FastForWord programs are available only through professionals who have been trained and certified to use the program. The site provides a growing list of Certified Providers. Professionals interested in becoming certified to use Fast ForWord can check the Calendar of Training Seminars.
Fast ForWord: A Viewpoint by Theresa Brassard, Audiologist. The author, who is a certified FastForWord provider, offers her opinion on which children might, and might not benefit from the program.
Laureate Special Needs Software
Laureate Special Needs Software sells:
- Nouns and Sounds
- The Following Directions Series includes:
- Following Directions: One and Two-Level Commands
- Following Directions: Left and Right
- Following Directions: One and Two-Level Commands
Lindamood Bell
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes sells programs which include:
- Visualizing/Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking
- Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing (LiPS) Formerly called Auditory Discrimination in Depth ("ADD").
Other CAPD Remediation Programs
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This page was last updated on 10/19/00
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