Specific Learning Disability – Comprehension
Reading Difficulties
On average, students with a prior SLD diagnosis who received Visualizing and Verbalizing instruction achieved significant improvements in reading. They made large (statistically significant) standard score changes on two of the three measures. Additionally, the 17-point percentile increase in reading Comprehension put these students within the normal range (25th–75th percentile).
Students With a Prior Specific Learning Disability (SLD) Diagnosis Who Received Comprehension Instruction Only
Years: 2008-2019
Number of Students: 343
Average Age: 13.9
Average Hours of Instruction: 111.7
Lindamood-Bell Instruction Implemented: Visualizing and Verbalizing