How do I find a Lindamood Bell tutor in Montgomery County?

[Anonymous]

My 4th grade son has reading comprehension and writing issues and needs pretty intensive tutoring to get where he should be. He has completed an Orton Gillingham program to help with spelling and dyslexia intervention. He has ADHD and needs some executive functioning help too.

I’ve been looking at Lindamood-Bell and it seems like this program has been a gamechanger for many kids and looks like exactly what he needs. However, what I’m seeing is a full time school on Lindamood-Bell and we aren’t looking to switch school, but instead do tutoring (preferably in person but online is okay if that is all that works) near us in Montgomery County.


Can anyone help me here with recommendations or next step suggestions? I really want to get him help and it’s been really hard finding tutors.

[Anonymous]

I filled out the form on Lindamood Bell's website and talked with them. What they do is an intensive short-term program every day for 1-2 months where the kid goes there instead of their normal school - so it isn't a fully different school. Nonetheless, clearly very expensive and was not what we were looking for.

There are some private tutors who did related things. You could ask around in your area. However, I think it's the intensive and focused nature of the program that is what is supposed to work. Not really sure I understand it, but that's been my experience with them.

[Anonymous]

There is a Lindamood-Bell center on DC near American University. Things may have changed, but their program used to be primarily afterschool and summer intervention. Kids go for 1-3 hrs per day for at least three days per week.

However, you can also find tutors who have LMB training. Some will advertise on Wyzant. Lab School also used to maintain an outside service provider list that was public on their website. I seem to recall that some of those therapists were LMB trained.

Part of the trouble is that anyone who was employed at LMB is bound by a non-compete that prevents openly advertising that they offer the same interventions as the tutoring centers.