Spotlight Testimonials

Overall, all of my clients enjoy the program. It is easy to track the progress and return to where they finished during their last session. The only thing that I have found is that if a child is stuck in a particular “toy room” (ie. Basic Directions) for a long time, they tend to become bored with it since the same pictures, sizes and colors are used throughout all levels within that room. Overall, however, I am very pleased with the purchase and find that writing my progress reports based upon their performance is easy.

As an SLP in a diverse prIvate practice, have been using HearBuilder FOllowing Directions – Pro Edition for the past 2-3 weeks. I AM IN LOVE WITH THIS PRODUCT!! it is multi-leveled and progresses well, according to the client’s level of success. The theme of a Toy Factory is very motivating to children of all ages, and the speech quality is 95% excellent. The pacing is a little slow for some people, but it gives an appropriate amount of “recovery time” betwen items overall. I have a severely aphasic adult client and am adapting it for his use, too. I find that some younger children can benefit if they point to the items on the screen when they are too young to manipulate the mouse. The record-keeping is great, too, although I would like the option to highlight and select only the results I want for printing, rather than the whole progress list for each client. But this is a minor concern relative to the “big picture” of this excellent resource!

I have used the program with students from 4 to 21 years of age with a variety of language learning and social disabilities. The students like the vieo/audio components, as well as the intermittant games. I have found the program to be fatiguing for students at the higher levels. The program is a great way to teach listening strategies such as subvocalization and visualization once students are familiar with these concepts. The program has real life applications both at school and at home when teachers and parents are cued in to using key words. I am very happy with the product and would gladly recommend it to other professionals both in the schools. I also use it in my private practice to provide measurable results.

This software is eye catching and up to date and motivates students to want to use it.

My kindergartners and 1st graders love this software especially when we use it with our new Smartboard! It is extremely motivating for them and keeps their attention longer than any paper based activity I have used.

I teach a special day classroom for third through fifth graders with autism. This is a great game that focuses on emerging reading skills. We play the game together as a class on a SmartBoard, but I also use it one-on-one with students on a PC.

The HearBuilder Following Directions program is great as a supplement with therapy. The student can do the work independently while the SLP has another group of kids. I like to teach the child the strategies track data and then let them work independently. The only bad thing about this program is it doesn’t always give the child enough choices and then they do not have to actually listen to the directions, but use an educated guess to get it correct.

My 5 year old son Christopher, has sensory processing issues that have affected the area of communication. His speech therapist recommended to get this program. This program has helped him immensely! He understands more and uses what he learns appropriately. I am so glad that we decided to order this wonderful program!

My son loves working the program and I love all the levels. I feel it has been worth the money.

I ordered HearBuilder Following Directions for my grandaughter who was recently diagnosed with APD. She is a relatively bright child who reads very well, but was having difficulty in school (especially with listening, following directions and testing). Hearbuilder was one of the things recommended for her. She has been using it for two weeks now (15 minutes per day) and, surprisingly, enjoys it very much. Although we see some progress, it’s too early to tell just how helpful this will be for her. The game, as she calls it, seems to have really captured her interest. We feel that there will be some improvement in the previously mentioned areas of deficiency in the near future.