Need reading specialist and/or Lindamood-Bell trained tutor!

[Anonymous]

We are trying to find an experienced reading specialist with Lindamood-Bell training. Does anyone have any ideas or know someone locally? We have posted local adds and reached out to the Lab school. Still coming up with nothing.

[Anonymous]

Did you call ASDEC?

Also, Strixruid's practice used to have a tutor database. I'm not sure if it's still maintained online, but they may be able to point you in the right direction.

[Anonymous]

I'm OP. Thank you this is helpful. I actually called ASDEC and it was strongly recomended to me that I take a hard look at LMB and should instead consider an ASDEC academic therapist. Any thoughts or experiences with an Academic Therapist (and the ASDEC curriculum) vs. LMB? I keep coming back to the level of intensity and evidence that supports LMB.

[Anonymous]

ITS in Kensington showed having LMB certified people.

We did LMB through the center at tenley town. It was effective but hugely expensive.

ASDEC has a good rep, so as long as any tutor you have is working from an evidenced based program you should be okay:
http://www.wrightslaw.com/press/best.kept.secret.htm

[Anonymous]

"Reading Specialists" are often training in programs that are not evidence-based, so just make sure you do your homework on that.

[Anonymous]

In the mean time you can start on the LMB workbooks Visualizing and Verbalizing. As long as you keep work on them short, like 15 min, and completely fun and use some rewards after to make it fun you can begin to make headway on the types of exercises they use. I do know of people who were happy with LMB. To me it sounds more promising than a reading teacher. Visualization is a key issue associated with reading comprehension difficulties, ADHD, and autism from what I understand and worth developing skills around it.

[Anonymous]

ps. The workbooks are $15 each. Start with your child's grade level.

[Anonymous]

Look at the resource list on the Lab School website. Lots of tutors.

[Anonymous]

try partners in learning

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:In the mean time you can start on the LMB workbooks Visualizing and Verbalizing. As long as you keep work on them short, like 15 min, and completely fun and use some rewards after to make it fun you can begin to make headway on the types of exercises they use. I do know of people who were happy with LMB. To me it sounds more promising than a reading teacher. Visualization is a key issue associated with reading comprehension difficulties, ADHD, and autism from what I understand and worth developing skills around it.

+1. VV has been amazing for my child

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Look at the resource list on the Lab School website. Lots of tutors.

Good luck finding anyone on this list who is taking new students now.

[Anonymous]

I know an MCPS middle school reading specialist who is trained in Wilson, a program based on Orton-Gillingham. If you are interested in her contact info, please leave a way to email you privately.

[Anonymous]

I have found public school reading specialists to be unimpressive, but that may just be in our area.

[Anonymous]

MCPS allows the use of only four reading programs, Orton Gillingham based programs are not among them. Teachers who try to use evidence-based programs are told that if there is a lawsuit MC PS will not have their back. So, reading specialists may seem bad because they have no alternative. However, many of them are very well trained in effective, evidence-based programs that they are not allowed to use inside the school. It's a shame, but they can be very helpful to students as tutors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:MCPS allows the use of only four reading programs, Orton Gillingham based programs are not among them. Teachers who try to use evidence-based programs are told that if there is a lawsuit MC PS will not have their back. So, reading specialists may seem bad because they have no alternative. However, many of them are very well trained in effective, evidence-based programs that they are not allowed to use inside the school. It's a shame, but they can be very helpful to students as tutors.

Yes, it's lunacy.

I imagine someone in the school district gets rich ala Payola scam. Could you imagine your pediatrician saying, I can't treat you with the evidence based medicine, but here's an unproven knock off.