World Autism Month | Improving Comprehension for Students with Autism
Celebrated throughout April, World Autism Month is kicked off with World Autism Day on April 2nd when Autism Speaks launches its signature Light It Up Blue campaign seeking to foster increased understanding and acceptance. Lindamood-Bell is proud to join the celebration. Improving Comprehension for Students with Autism The University of Alabama at Birmingham’s Cognition,…
London Centre to Host COBIS Webinar
The Lindamood-Bell® London Learning Centre will host a webinar for the Council of British International Schools. Our presentation, “The Imagery-Language Foundation: Teaching All Children to Read and Comprehend,” will be presented by Centre Director Valentina Nikolic and will explore the imagery-language foundation as the basis for reading and comprehension. Valentina will highlight crucial knowledge…
Everyday Tips for Parents | Better Comprehension
When a child has an identified comprehension weakness, it makes sense to pursue extra help for academics. Students can get help from tutors, learning specialists, or may have an IEP (Individualised Education Plan) in place at school. Unfortunately, language comprehension troubles can affect family life, too. This is especially difficult when weak thinking skills are…
5 Signs of Comprehension Weakness
Students with decoding issues, including dyslexia, can be easy to spot. They often miscall words (e.g. breakfast as “basket”); their oral reading is slow and “choppy;” and spelling is tough to master. It is important to identify these students who struggle, so they can get the help they need. Unfortunately, there are many students…
Visualise Better Reading Comprehension
Most reading experts agree on one thing: In order to comprehend what they read, students must have strong decoding skills and adequate oral vocabulary. In other words, a child must be able to accurately decode every word on the page, and know what each of the words mean. Unfortunately, many students who can decode…
Academic Support for College Students | Making the Most of Second Semester
“You’re not trying hard enough.” “Stop being so lazy!” Walt hears the voices of his parents and former teachers echoing in his brain as he tries to write his English paper. Though Walt has a high IQ and is bright, his grades don’t seem to reflect that. He often forgets to turn in his…
Better Comprehension | Every Day Tips for Parents
When a child has an identified comprehension weakness, it makes sense to pursue extra help for academics. Students can get help from tutors, learning specialists, or may have an IEP (Individualised Education Plan) in place at school. Unfortunately, language comprehension troubles can affect family life, too. This is especially difficult when weak thinking skills…
Is Weak Comprehension Making School Hard?
“Time’s up!” Looking around at her classmates, Lauri starts to worry—they all seem to have written more than she has. “Why do they all have highlighters out?” she wonders to herself. It’s too late to find out now, and even if there was time to ask, she’d be too embarrassed to be the…
The ABCs of Report Cards
For some students, the phrase “report card” comes with a sense of dread. As a parent, it can be hard to gauge how things are really going at school if your student is tight-lipped about his day and his report card feels like a jumble of letters or percentages. After getting straight A’s last…
Comprehension Weakness – Five Signs
Students with decoding issues, including dyslexia, can be easy to spot. They often miscall words (e.g. breakfast as “basket”); their oral reading is slow and “choppy;” and spelling is tough to master. It is important to identify these students who struggle, so they can get the help they need. Unfortunately, there are many students…