Lindamood Bell

[Anonymous]

I'm the other poster whose 9 year old was just diagnosed with dyslexia and dysgraphia. I'm also looking at another program our neurospych recommended but Lindamood Bell was an option (she said the other program might be better for DD because it's not as "boring"). I saw something about 4 hours per day. Is that right? How would your child do that with school? Also, how on earth would a child with ADHD and dyslexia focus on reading for a 4 hour stretch? Did I misunderstand?

[Anonymous]

OP there are lots of LMB related threads on here - if you run a search you may get some of your questions answered.

That said, we seriously considered their summer program a few years ago for my now 11 yr old DS - his DX is ADHD/Inattentive, exec functioning.

They use a few different methods for teaching when it comes to reading, each has a slightly different focus and targeted age group. I could have my facts wrong so don't quote me on that.

We decided against it because the program was/is VERY expensive. I discussed it with DS's spec ed team at school and they all agreed that while the program was "good", it was not $12K good, which is what the summer program would have run us a few years ago.

I suggest you hire a private tutor that specializes in teaching children with your child's specific LDs. Lots of them have LMB training and or experience.

HTH

[Anonymous]

My speech therapist has the training and used it with my son. While not inexpensive, it was much less than the formal program.

[Anonymous]

Thanks! I will search, but it's a good tip that there are those out there with the experience that are not affiliated with the formal program (so perhaps cheaper).

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:My speech therapist has the training and used it with my son. While not inexpensive, it was much less than the formal program.

Do you mind sharing the name of your speech therapist?

[Anonymous]

LMB is a scam.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:LMB is a scam.

+1 million

[Anonymous]

The speech therapist is Linda Ifft Jordan. She works a lot on reading issues. She is in College Park, so depending on your location that might or might not work.

According to her, a lot (maybe most) of the Lindamood Center technicians/tutors ( not sure of the right word) do not actually have training in relevant fields (e.g., LD) so their knowledge is very superficial, limited to the specific Lindamood training. Anyway, my son made a lot of progress with her. Lindamood is only one of her techniques, so don't know if that was actually what helped him.

[Anonymous]

You can buy the workbooks and do them with your child. Visualizing and Verbalizing workbooks by Gander Publishing (for LMB) are cheap. I don't know how much of the in-house LMB program uses them but I imagine it's a fair amount. I did them with my son and though they can get tedious I thought they were great and served a number of uses. He actually didn't have reading difficulties so we used them for other purposes so I can't claim that they help with learning to read, but I do believe that visualizing can be a challenge for many kids and they help work on that.

[Anonymous]

I disagree. My DS was using Lindamood Bell with his speech therapist and they suggested he could benefit from a more intensive course. LMB usually recommends six weeks, but we did three weeks, four hours a day. It was the breakthrough we needed and DS went into 4th grade finally being able to read and was at grade level

I met another family there with a 12 y.o. sixth grader who stopped school to do 12 weeks - four hours a day. The mother was very pleased when he left the program reading at grade level.

It is expensive, but after 4 years of formal reading instruction and growing frustration of my child, this was well worth the money. It is my understanding that Acelin Learning Solutions in Bethesda uses the LMB techniques, but it is less expensive.

LMB may not work so dramatically for everyone, but it was a major turning point emotionally and academically for my child.

[Anonymous]

14:35 here. I forgot to mention the stories in the workbooks are engaging and the work can be done orally as well as in writing. The format is that for every short vignette the exercises ask the child what they visualize for each phrase in each sentence and then at the end there are some comprehension and sequencing questions. They are for grades 1-6. I only had my son do half of the exercises because they got a little tedious. We also worked on handwriting and description with these workbooks.

[Anonymous]

OP,

LMB is evidence based, but so are other programs like Orton-Gillingham. More than likely any good tutor certified in a recognized program will be able to help your DD.

ASDEC might also be a possibility: http://asdec.org/

We did LMB one summer through the main center and it was effective but was ridiculously expensive. They wanted us to continue with 6 hours a week during the school year and would budge on the hours. It was too much, so we dropped it.

[Anonymous]

LMB only certifies those who work through their centers, so it is difficult, but not impossible, to find someone who is trained with LMB. As the above poster said, ASDEC.org is a good start. The ASDEC curriculum uses a lot of LMB techniques. Also check out interdys.org. The criteria to be listed on this website is not super high, so ask for references & certifications. LMB uses a lot of good techniques but the price and commitment are both very high. The quality of people who work with kids at the centers can vary.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I disagree. My DS was using Lindamood Bell with his speech therapist and they suggested he could benefit from a more intensive course. LMB usually recommends six weeks, but we did three weeks, four hours a day. It was the breakthrough we needed and DS went into 4th grade finally being able to read and was at grade level

I met another family there with a 12 y.o. sixth grader who stopped school to do 12 weeks - four hours a day. The mother was very pleased when he left the program reading at grade level.

It is expensive, but after 4 years of formal reading instruction and growing frustration of my child, this was well worth the money. It is my understanding that Acelin Learning Solutions in Bethesda uses the LMB techniques, but it is less expensive.

LMB may not work so dramatically for everyone, but it was a major turning point emotionally and academically for my child.

Agree. We are only on our 3rd session and I've seen improvement. If you have a properly diagnosed child, it's worth the $$$.

[Anonymous]

Parents can take the training too. It costs less than $700 I think and you get the teacher handbook with it. Worth considering.