Our Approach
Help the children in your practice LEARN.
Lindamood-Bell programs are unique. Traditional reading help and tutoring focuses on content instruction.
Lindamood-Bell programs focus on the sensory-cognitive processing that underlies reading and comprehension.
Our instruction is based on
an individual’s learning needs.
We work with thousands of individuals.
Sitting with a child or an adult who struggles to read a word or comprehend a paragraph provides unique insight into the learning process.
success
A snapshot of
student success
Imagery and the Language Processing Spectrum
Can’t read words but can comprehend -- weak symbol imagery
Symptoms of symbol imagery weakness
- Weak word attack skills
- Weak word recognition skills
- Difficulty learning and retaining sight words
- Weak phonological spelling skills
(optnrty for opportunity) - Weak orthographic spelling skills (opertunity for opportunity)
- Difficulty reading fluently in context
- Difficulty monitoring and self-correcting reading and spelling errors
- Slow and laborious decoding skills
- May be labeled dyslexic
Can’t comprehend but can read words -- weak concept imagery
Symptoms of concept imagery weakness
- Weak reading comprehension
- Weak listening comprehension
- Difficulty with critical thinking and problem solving
- Difficulty following directions
- Difficulty expressing language orally
- Weak written expression
- Difficulty grasping humor
- Difficulty interpreting social situations
- Difficulty with cause and effect
- Weak attention and focus
- Difficulty with mental mapping
- Difficulty responding to a communicating world
Our Instructional Approach
Understanding Reading and Comprehension Weaknesses
Our Programs
Lindamood-Bell® programs are unique.
Traditional reading and tutoring programs focus on content instruction.
Lindamood-Bell programs focus on the processing necessary for reading and comprehension.
- Seeing Stars®: Symbol Imagery for Phonological and Orthographic Processing in Reading and Spelling (SI)
- Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking® (V/V®)
- Talkies®: Visualizing and Verbalizing for Oral Language Comprehension and Expression (Talkies®)
- Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® Program for Reading, Spelling, and Speech (LiPS®)
- On Cloud Nine® Math (OCN™)
The Lindamood-Bell Difference
Our instruction can change learning for life
Our research-Validated Programs
One-to-One Student/Instructor Ratio
Daily Instruction
Our Instruction Team Focused on Each Student
A Warm, Comfortable Learning Environment
