When used in further education colleges, vocational and other curriculum work may be used. The A.R.R.O.W. self voice technique can make a swift and dramatic impact on the listening, auditory processing and literacy skills of dyslexic students. This tuition time can be split up as necessary. The students are required to work a further four hours, a little at a time, on their own, in order to complete a programme. Some teachers are reporting up to two or even three years progress following a series of two or three short interventions.
Students quickly learn how to attend more effectively.
Some students with attention problems can improve their listening in background noise up to and beyond the level of an adequate listener. In addition to the literacy and listening improvements other learning skills improve. Teachers report that student's self-esteem rises as does handwriting and their general classroom performance. The Arrow programme recognises the strong need for all reading and spelling work to be set within the student's ability level. Differentiation is therefore a corner stone of the system together with the importance of the working short-term memory.