Hi
I am looking for information/experience with Lindamood- Bell Learning Centers for my 5th grade daughter. We do have one in our city so travel would not be a problem. I am leary about centers that have their own program so to speak and whether or not their program can be transferred to learning occurring in the classroom setting. My daughter has a central auditory processing disorder and is significantly struggling in math and is marginal in reading. Does the Lindamood Bell System teach the children strategies that they can use for academic success? Any feedback would be appreciated.
We did 4 weeks of 4 hours a day with my son a few years ago. It really made a big difference. The biggest disadvantage of LMB is that it is very expensive. They don’t teach strategies but rather the foundational skills kids are lacking.
They have good testing which may be helpful for you.
What we did was do Phonographix prior to doing LMB. My son then was able to go straight into Seeing Stars rather than doing the LIPS program for reading. The LIPS program uses sensory system (how you are forming sounds) to give more information to kids. Some kids need this information; most do not. Janis has posted on teaching BB about a program she likes better than PG that may also be helpful to you
LMB has a specific program that works on math deficits. But they would want you to do LIPS, Seeing Stars, Verbalizing and Visualizing first, I think (or to indicate on their testing that reading is not an issue. In this case, you would do some V and V and then the math program). V and V is a comprehension program that teaches visualizing. The math program (which I can’t think of the name of right now) builds on the visualizing that V and V teaches.
One thing to think about is why is your daughter having math problems. Does she not know her math facts or does she not understand math? Kids with auditory processing disorders often have significant difficulty memorizing their multiplication facts. This can cause problems even if they actually understand math. LMB works on the level of kids who do not understand math because they do not visualize it.
It took my son a year of daily work. His ability to do math soared after that because he could spend more time figuring out what to do and not so much energy on simple computation.
Beth