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Find a Lindamood-Bell Learning Center near you. We have 50 Learning Centers and several Seasonal Intensive Learning Clinic locations throughout the US, UK, and Australia.
An accurate Learning Ability Evaluation is the first step in teaching children or adults to learn to their potential. Our standardized battery of tests can pinpoint each individual's specific strengths and weaknesses.
Our sensory-cognitive instruction has proven effective for children, Pre-K through 12th grade. We have various types of instruction available to ensure that we meet the specific learning needs of every child, at any age.
Come to an Open House or Coffee Hour to learn more about our programs and instruction. We also sponsor and participate in various off-site events such as conferences and fundraisers.
Children and adults come to our Learning Centers reporting difficulties with reading, comprehension, math, following directions, retaining information, expressing ideas, and more.
Our sensory-cognitive instruction has proven effective for adults over the age of 18. Whether experiencing difficulties in college, in the workplace, or at home, we have various types of instruction to ensure that we meet the specific needs of every adult, at any age.
With specials such as testing discounts, early enrollment savings, reduced-rate instructional programs, and more, Lindamood-Bell offers various ways to save throughout the year.
Lindamood-Bell Learning Centers can help individuals of all ages improve the underlying sensory-cognitive processes needed to become confident, self-correcting, independent learners - both in and out of the classroom.
Because our process-based instruction focuses on each individual's learning needs, our programs are effective for all students, including those previously diagnosed with dyslexia, hyperlexia, ADHD, CAPD, and ASD.
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Our Professional Development and School Partnership models address the underlying skills needed for success with Common Core Standards.
Find guidance on how and when to register for our Professional Development Workshops, as well as information pertaining to credit options, refunds, and cancellations.
We have established a comprehensive and customized professional development plan for the key instructional leaders at our School Partnerships.
Lindamood-Bell Workshops present research-validated programs that develop the underlying skills for reading, spelling, language comprehension, critical thinking, and math. Our workshops are appropriate for educators, administrators, researchers, and parents.
Stay up to date on the latest news from all of the Lindamood-Bell Professional Development projects and School Partnerships around the world.
Our model of high-quality instruction, rigorous professional development, and comprehensive program monitoring and evaluation ensures that student academic performance is improved and sustained on a large scale.
As a Turnaround provider, Lindamood-Bell is poised to assist low-performing schools to dramatically improve academic performance.
Find a Lindamood-Bell Professional Development Workshop near you.
Seeing Stars® and Visualizing and Verbalizing® programs officially endorsed by CASE.
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Nanci Bell and Patricia Lindamood co-founded Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes in 1986.
We believe, passionately, that children and adults can be taught to read and comprehend.
Founded in 1986, we have since surpassed a number of exciting milestones in our continuous drive to improve on the quality and scope of our instructional programs, as well as the numbers and types of students we are able to reach.
Our research-validated instruction is constantly improving. Through continuous analysis and extensive training, we make sure to deliver the most effective, reliable, and consistent instruction to meet each individual's specific learning needs.
Read about the experience of Lindamood-Bell instruction from real students, parents, and teachers.
Our corporate headquarters, our Learning Centers, and our School Partnerships are active members of a large variety of communities, all over the world. And, we do our best to help make each and every one of them a better place.
Lindamood-Bell® research-validated programs.
View Lindamood-Bell® stories and testimonials.
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Each year, we publish a report containing the averaged results of the thousands of students who receive instruction at our permanent Learning Centers and Seasonal Intensive Learning Clinics.
A large variety of researchers, educational and developmental institutions, and scientific publications have analyzed and written about the effectiveness and application of our instructional philosophy and programs.
Every year, we present our instructional programs and philosophy in countless educational, developmental, and research-oriented events ranging from small, local panels to large, international conferences.
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Learn about our last International Conference here.
Lindamood-Bell in the News.
We are constantly participating in Learning Center events, school partnerships, research projects, conferences, and more. To keep the local communities involved and informed, we announce all of these events to the press and post the announcements here.
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On Cloud Nine®
Visualizing
and Verbalizing® for Math
Problem
Nicole is struggling with math. She has difficulties learning and using math concepts, and she struggles with basic computation. As a result, she has been labeled with dyscalculia, which is a math-specific learning disorder. Despite seeing a few math tutors for help, and trying a few math programs specifically designed for kids with learning disorders, Nicole is still struggling to process math concepts, remember math facts, and solve word problems. She is frustrated, and is beginning to believe that she really has a learning disability.
Cause
Nicole's math difficulties are very common. Many kids and adults experience problems when learning and using math facts and concepts. These kinds of math difficulties are not disabilities – they are symptoms. And, the root cause of these symptoms is often a weakness in either symbol imagery, concept imagery, or both.
Symbol imagery or, Numeral Imagery, is the ability to visualize the identity and sequence of numerals and other symbols in math problems. Many kids and adults who are thought to have math-specific learning disabilities are able to perform functions, such as addition and subtraction. However, like Nicole, these individuals struggle with difficulties in recognizing the written symbols. For example, Nicole knows, “two minus one is one," but when she sees the math problem written-out as "2-1=__," she may not recognize what the '2' means, or that the '-' is a minus sign; and, if she does recognize the meaning of the symbols, she may still struggle with their order (i.e., which number is being subtracted from which).
Concept imagery is the ability to visualize the gestalt, or the whole, of a math concept. It is the underlying skill needed for critical thinking, which is necessary for applying known concepts to new situations. Many kids and adults who are thought to have math-specific learning disabilities are able to process the parts, but struggle to see the big picture. In other words, they experience difficulties connecting the overall concept - the gestalt - to individual math problems. For example, they might be able to solve for "1+1," but they cannot solve for "1+2," because they do not comprehend the gestalt of addition - they simply memorized the math fact "1+1=2."
Math-related weaknesses in symbol/numeral imagery, concept imagery, or both, often manifest through the following symptoms:
- Difficulty learning math facts, such as multiplication tables
- Difficulty grasping mathematical relationships
- Difficulty with general computations
- Difficulty solving word problems
- Difficulty with higher math
Solution
The On Cloud Nine® (OCN™) Math program, created by Kimberly Tuley and Nanci Bell, helps kids and adults develop the underlying sensory-cognitive functions needed for math processing. Unlike most math programs, OCN instruction directly applies concept and symbol imagery to learning and retaining math facts, solving word problems, and increasing the speed and stability of math computation. Students in the On Cloud Nine Math program move through a series of steps - from imaging numerals to solving word problems and working with fractions/decimals - to develop the imagery-language connection for competency in math.
It is common for children and adults to gain years of math proficiency in just weeks of intensive instruction. Developing concept and symbol imagery is necessary to becoming independently successful with math, which is an essential aspect of everyday life. And, the process-based instruction provided by the On Cloud Nine Math program has proven successful for individuals exhibiting symptoms of dyslexia, ADHD, ASD, CAPD, and other learning difficulties.
Lindamood-Bell Learning Process is not affiliated with any third parties.
We are the only provider endorsed and licensed by the authors of the Lindamood-Bell® programs.
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