My son has had some LMB, over the years. 1-1 and in a small class setting. He has not made much progress. He is a sixth grader reading at 3.0 grade level. I am now thinking about sending him to a LMB Center for intensive help 3 to 4 hours per day.I am just not sure about this though. My son had a complete reading evaluation done yesterdayat the LMB Center…. I will get the results next week.
My son’s school has just implement the Language prgram which he will do a ninety minute block every day 5 x a week.
I have also just learned about a program called Wilson Reading, which is supposed to be a great Orton Gillingham program.
My son is Dylexic, he doesn’t seem to have ADD. Which is always a question becuase of his lack of progress.
Which of the three program???? :? :?
Re: LMB......Language......Wilson
Angela is right about the competence of the teacher being key.
I did take Language! level 1 training this summer. It is an excellent program and very appropriate for your son. You would not do Language! while doing another reading program. It would be too confusing. Language! is Orton Gillingham based as is Wilson, so I’d certainly stick with Language if you can get it free at school. 90 minutes a day IS the recommended amount of time for Language!, so it sounds as though they are attempting to do it right. I will go so far as to say you cannot do it without training because it is a very comprehensive curriculum! I’d like to take the level 1 training again! So other than checking to be sure the teacher is trained and has a good attitude about the program, I’d definitely try it. You can always do some Lindamood Bell next summer to increase the gains if necessary. But you are very fortunate to have Language! offered at school. It would probably take him two or three years to go through all three levels depending on where he starts.
Janis
I am not sure
I would go the LMB route…if he doesn’t make progress with an intensive LMB program…then I would then really look at his attention and motivation.
We spent blew through thousands of dollars doing LMB programs to remediate our daughter in 5th grade, before we got a handle on the real crux of her dyslexia and learning deficits.. By the time 6th grade rolled around I had her evaluated by a university..and she was found to be ADD-Inattentive.
Once we addressed the inattentive behaviors, she was motivated and made phenomenal progress as we continued to spend thousands of dollars doing an intensive program. We brought her back into public school in 7th grade with minimal RSP and speech and language support. She is now in 9th grade, mainstreamed, and reads every single day. She still struggles with attention and some test taking skills but with the help of meds she was able to realize her full potential.
in other words don’t leave anything to chance.
All three programs are very good, so it is going to be a matter of which best suits your son’s needs. With some Lindamood (LiPS) and a 3.0 reading level, it sounds as if he has the basic sounds and now needs to move into complex sounds and multisyllable to make a jump in his reading level. Since a LiPS foundation has been laid and you are getting an eval, this might be the easiest progression, that is, continuing what he has already learned. Your school is using Language (so is our district). I have not used it or been trained, but it appears to be a well-rounded reading program that does more than decoding. It works on comprehension etc. It should be a nice compliment to the LiPS or Wilson program. I really like Wilson with its word lists, sentences, paragraphs and workbooks. Good for a classroom teacher. But the sequence of skills being presented will be different than the LiPS program, so your son will start over learning decoding a different way. Ultimately, the final consideration is how well trained is the teacher, how consistant the work, where, when, how he will receive services.