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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Do you work in a clinic, travel, and or telepractice? Do you prefer one setting over another?  What did you think of the training? Did you feel prepared to work with clients independently once trained?[/quote]

The clinicians [tutors] work primarily in centers or at charter schools. In some cases lessons are given online. It’s a little tricky to learn the online systems, and technical issues can arise on the center side or on the student’s side, so most LMB staff tend to prefer in-person work to the online work. There is a lot of pressure on clinicians to complete a lesson plan no matter the distractions of the day or conditions of the lesson. LMB also charges a lot per hour, so they are very sensitive about appearing to waste time in lessons. Yet, there is very little technical support available in the learning centers, as there are no staff dedicated to it. Proficient staffers may be off-site, in meetings, or working with students when technical challenges come up.

The training is two weeks and covers the most commonly used programs, Seeing Stars and Visualizing and Verbalizing. It is really informative and offers lots of opportunities for practice (but hours long sections of it are super dull). I felt prepared to do the basics after the training, and still a little overwhelmed by the official steps. Had I been taking the training to use it for classroom use, I would have been very comfortable. There were a number of corporate particulars, such as very precise language we were required to use, ways of taking notes, and ways of managing student behavior that we had to learn in addition to the teaching methods. However, LMB has professional silos that make the work a little easier. As one example, the clicinicans giving the lessons are not responsible for assessment, planning, or parent communication. So there’s less to learn at the outset, and the job duties are relatively reasonable for entry level personnel. All of the clinicians at the company get ongoing training through frequent mentoring. Then there are chances to train in other LMB programs.[/quote]

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