Lindamood-Bell continued

This is a follow-up post to my first Lindamood-Bell (LMB) post.  I recently had a request to provide more information on my son's response to LMB.  I thought I would post it for others to view, just in case someone else may need it too.


As far as, how did my son feel about being uprooted from his normal day-to-day activities at 13 yrs. old and having to basically move almost 2 hours from home and attend what we referred to as 'another type of school'.
I believe that my son was so unhappy in his regular school surroundings, that he was more than happy to go to LMB.   We even did the intensive 6 hours/day, 5 days/week program.

He is a VERY resilient child and always has been.  So much so, that at times I've been in such awe of him!  I don't know where he gets that from! It sure didn't come from me!  Lol!
He's an amazing kid and not just because he's 'my kid' either!

We went to Lindamood-Bell (LMB) in Oct. of his 6th grade year (he had also just turned 13 yrs old that Aug.), he was reading at about a 2nd grade reading level.   When we left LMB at the end of Nov., he was reading at a freshman college level!   I was SO PROUD (and still am) of him!  He really worked his butt off.

LMB basically had to re-teach him how to read by using multi-sensory techniques.  That is the easiest way that I have found to explain to others whenever they ask me "what did LMB do for him?".   He had to learn how to count out how many syllables a word has and know how to sound out those syllables, he had to learn about the words roots and what those meant,. He had to learn how to decode words.  And no, I had no idea what "decode" even meant before we went to LMB.

Today, at age 15 and nearing the end of his 8th grade year, my son reads at about an 11th or 12th High School grade level.
 
The best part of a program like LMB is that ALL children can learn to read with their program(s).
People with dyslexia and/or reading/learning disorders must "learn"  to read differently. 
I believe it's imperative that multi-sensory reading programs, such as, LMB, should be implemented in ALL schools, nationwide, from the very start of a child's education.  LMB should be your child's 1st reading program!

Our school district has been using the LMB program in their Middle School as their Response to Intervention (RTI) solution and they have seen significant results in almost all of the students grades!
Ideally though LMB should be implemented in 1st grade when a student is just learning to read. 
However, our middle school has had very poor student test scores over the last few years.  Therefore, a supplemental reading instructional program had to be implemented per the Dept. of Educ.
The previous sentence may not be 100% correct, but it's pretty darn close.

Wouldn't it be so awesome if NO child EVER again had to feel 'dumb, stupid, behind, or slow'? 
Especially if that child was your child(s) or your grandchild?       

In addition to the double-deficit dyslexia, my son also has dysgraphia, several different types of visual problems and has been diagnosed with Attention Deficit disorder-inattentive type.  He was also recently diagnosed with depression too.

Please overlook any errors in this post, as I have tried to proof read it as best as I can. 
LMB has NOT compensated me in anyway for writing this post.  I've written this post based upon our own experiences with LMB.

As always, if anyone would like more information, please email me at the email address located just below or beside my signature.