Lindamood-Bell Radio

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A parent describes her bright, energetic daughter's reading struggles. At school, she was avoiding reading at all costs, causing her to fall further and further behind. Now at Lindamood-Bell Academy, she is finally getting the reading intervention she needs, while progressing in a challenging school curriculum.

Patrick Donnelly received his B.A. in Child Development from Tufts University, focusing on dyslexia and the reading brain in the lab of Dr. Maryanne Wolf at the Center for Reading and Language Research. He discusses current projects at the lab focused on how targeted reading intervention prompts changes in the brains of children with dyslexia.

Kelly and Dan describe their son's learning and the experience of having him participate in a University of Washington research study on dyslexia.

Tarra talks about how her 9-year-old's self-esteem began to plummet as a result of his struggle with math. A learning ability evaluation revealed an underlying comprehension weakness was the root cause of the math difficulty. She talks about their experience at the Lindamood-Bell Learning Center in Sydney, Australia and the effect of On Cloud Nine math instruction on her son's ability and confidence.

Mr. Kosko discusses Rock Hill's experience implementing Lindamood-Bell professional development for all Special Education teachers across an 18,000 student district. He describes the lessons learned during roll-out, and how the implementation is changing in response to state dyslexia legislation.

A college-bound student describes his own learning journey. He talks about how he overcame struggles with learning and motivation; and what it's like to go to high school, and prepare for college, at Lindamood-Bell Academy.

Robert Cardiff draws a direct line between the reading breakthroughs that he experienced with Lindamood-Bell instruction in childhood, and his current success as a technology executive. Acting on his ever-present "attitude of gratitude" for what he describes as Lindamood-Bell's "life-changing" results, Cardiff has launched a fund-raising initiative for kids who currently struggle with learning.

Lindamood-Bell's Director of Research & Development, Paul Worthington discusses how the latest diagnostic and intervention studies and instruction results are offering major hope for addressing the needs of individuals diagnosed with dyslexia.