visualizing and verbalizing question

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My son started the visualizing and verbalizing program with a tutor this summer, going just once a week. I was wondering if anybody has tried the CD-ROM you can order from Lindamood Bell that work on the visualizing and verbalizing. I’d like have him do some extra V&V work during the week, maybe just once or twice a week, when he didn’t have much homework. He likes working on the computer and thought this might be a way to get some extra practice in. Has anybody had any experience with this? Thanks!

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/14/2002 - 3:23 AM

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I’ve used it. As a matter of fact, I got a lot more progress with the CD and the books over about 4 months or so, than I did with the 6 week Washington D.C Lindamood Authorized Center, summer LB course aimed at V&V that immediately followed it. It is straightforward and good. But get the book as well and sit next to him so you can talk him through it as if you were his instructor.

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/14/2002 - 11:52 AM

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Hi Susan, I plan to use the CD in my reading class this year. I am using a number of programs to see how far I can raise the decoding, comprehension and writing levels in my LD reading class. I will let you know what I think of it. I have used V/V for a long time. I also plan on using On Cloud Nine, for number imagery. I also have used this for quite a while but never in a classroom situation.

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/14/2002 - 1:24 PM

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I’ve been looking at the V & V CD for a reading lab situation. I had planned to directly instruct and then use the computer for extra practice. All the decoding kids get to use Lexia or LiPS or both. The comp kids don’t have something as fun.

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/14/2002 - 4:08 PM

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I use the CD-ROM along my own books and stories for V&V. I’ve found that the CD-ROM is limited in nature because rather than encouraging students to form their own mental images, the CD-ROM version, out of necessity, works multiple choice style by giving the student 3 choices to choose from. It’s OK as long as it’s not the sole method used. Because the computer version supplies images, it’s a little less than ideal.

My kids like it and I often use it when they need a break from the intense work of conjuring up their own images which is sometimes fatiguing. When I sense their attention dwindling, we switch to the CD-ROM. At that point, I can emphasize the process a little more than their own images.

I’ve also used it in the beginning with kids who really, really struggle creating their own images. They find it less stressful to respond to the 3 images suggested in the program than to create their own. So using the CD-ROM is a good way to slowly build up their responses till they’re doing it on their own.

So my recommendation is to use the CD-ROM along with the V&V book and your own materials. It’s also really important to work the students, esp. the older ones, into their academic studies as soon as possible. I frequently use any of their reading homework (social studies is great for V&V) and math word problems as V&V practice. In order to be motivated, they need to see how V&V will help them in a practical way.

Submitted by Anonymous on Sat, 09/14/2002 - 4:13 PM

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…that the CD-ROM is really intended for young kids up to about 3rd. grade. I tell my 3rd graders before beginning that program for the first time that it’s silly and they have my permission to laugh outright at how childish it can be.

The oldest I’ve used the computer version with was a 7th grade boy. I just let him know right away that it was silly but had some redeeming values and I perfectly understood that he might think it was talking down to him. He enjoyed ridiculing the talking cat. Interestingly, despite himself, he really liked the program and made some good progress with it.

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