Lindamood-Bell Radio

Lori Boll is an experienced Special Education leader with a personal connection to individuals with disabilities. In 2003, Lori's son was diagnosed with autism. This milestone event changed her focus from teaching elementary students to advocating for all children and their education.

In Shanghai, Lori worked as a program director for a school focused on students with special needs and went on to co-found the first inclusive school in the city. Currently, Lori is serving as SENIA's executive director.

Lori has two graduate degrees; one in Reading Education and the other in Special Education and has been teaching for over twenty years all over the world.

Our guest panel of educators discusses the pandemic's impact on their classrooms. They share how they are adjusting instruction to meet the needs of struggling students and how they are keeping kids engaged online. They'll also reveal insights gained during hybrid-remote learning that will positively impact their teaching moving forward.

Lindamood-Bell is proud to host the Leaders in Literacy series of webinars. We feature educators sharing their insights on student achievement and successful school improvement.

Brill Rawlins, Director of International Endeavors and Laura Martinez, Student Success Center Elementary Lead, Escuela Internacional Sampedrana(EIS), San Pedro Sula, Honduras

Since 2008, Escuela Internacional Sampedrana(EIS) has partnered with Lindamood-Bell to improve English language and literacy instruction. In this video, Student Success Center Elementary Lead, Laura Martinez describes how a Multi-Tiered System of Support (MTSS) framework is implemented at her bilingual international school. She shares how they transitioned support to distance learning during school closures and their plans for virtual instruction in the coming year. Lindamood-Bell provides interactive, in-depth professional development courses for educators, in-person, or live online. Lindamood-Bell has pioneered programs to develop the imagery-language foundation that underlies reading, spelling, language comprehension, math, memory, and critical thinking. Our Global Perspectives web series features educators from around the world sharing their experience with Lindamood-Bell professional learning and increasing student literacy. This presentation is appropriate for administrators, including Heads of School, Superintendents, Board Members, as well as Curriculum and SEN Coordinators; this presentation is appropriate for addressing the needs of a wide variety of populations, including Special Education, Regular Education, and English Language Learners.

Autism mom, Shel, talks about her amazing son's gifts and struggles. He attended Lindamood-Bell to get help with comprehension and thinking skills. After all-online instruction, he made almost four years of academic gain. This is a must-listen for anyone interested in how virtual learning can be engaging and effective for students on the autism spectrum.

A parent describes how Lindamood-Bell addressed the unique learning needs of her three children. A scientist, she explains why quantifiable results were important to her and how their reading skills and confidence have soared.

Shireen obtained a B.Sc. in psychology from the University of Toronto and was a successful writer and computer programmer when she "slammed and somersaulted into the unknown life of brain injury with its paradoxes."

She has since made it her mission to change the standard medical treatment of brain injury to one based on healing the injury, restoring talents, abilities, skills, and a social life. She is an award-winning writer and has been published widely, including in Psychology Today. Shireen joins us to discuss her unique journey re-learning to read and comprehend after brain injury. Find more from Shireen at https://jeejeebhoy.ca/.

Liz, a parent of a dyslexic second-grader, details her family's experience with Lindamood-Bell Learning Center instruction, both in-person and online. This is a must-listen for parents and professionals who want to learn more about how we make intensive intervention engaging and effective for all students, no matter where they are!

The parent of a child with dyslexia describes participation in a research study conducted by the Institute for Learning & Brain Sciences at the University of Washington. The study examined growth in reading skills and white matter as a result of intensive reading intervention at Lindamood-Bell.