Audiblox?

I love Audiblox!!!

While it didn’t really help my dd because she was too unstable to benefit from it, they have been great for my ds, who loves working patterns. I’m also using them with a student I tutor and am seeing slow improvement with him.

The book is definitely interesting reading on learning.

Are ;you just interested in the materials, or further support services from the company?

I haven’t used it yet… I’m just considering having my schools purchase it but wanted some feedback from other people who might have had some first hand experience.

I work in two teaching situations. Part of the week I teach K/1 and the other part of the week, I work with 16-18 year olds who have either never learned to read at all or have very poor reading skills.

I’m thinking that it may be of value in both situations but one question I do have is regarding the use of it in the classroom. From the website, it would seem that at least 30 minutes a day or session is recommended. This isn’t probably something that I can provide to students on a consistent basis at either job because of the number of students I see. In such a situation, is it possible that a shorter session would be of value? I don’t quite understand what it is or really how it works. I was just intrigued by what I read.

I’d be grateful for any feedback?

Kerry

There was a very long post here a while ago (last year?) from a parent who had great success with Audiblox. She explained that steady practice is a *must* irregular or short practice just will not do the trick. I am reporting this second-hand and do not know the program myself, but from what I can glean second-hand, it is a memory and visualization training program, and all such things require very steady practice (like learning piano).

Teaching older non-readers — one of my jobs too. Email me for my collected internet works/book in progress. I am six weeks overdue on sending out due to little things like a house move and a car fire, but will do them very shortly.
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Audiblox is done in two different ways — individually one-on-one or in a classroom setting. To do it in a classroom setting, the company requires you to get trained. Individual kits for one-on-one work are sold at the website.

It sounds as if Audiblox would not be helpful in your situation unless you would be able to get trained and use it in the classroom for a minimum of 1/2 hour per day for a whole school year. Progress working one-on-one is typically much more efficient for the child, but even working one-on-one you would expect to put in 40 training hours or so before seeing results (and it would take many more training hours to achieve optimal gains).

I haven’t explored the website recently, so don’t know how much information they post about the classroom version.