Special Education Students Benefit From Unique Literacy Intervention Model

Press Release
Wednesday February 1, 12:54 pm ET

SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., Feb. 1 /PRNewswire/ -- The Southwest Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA) is working with Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes for a second year to address the literacy development needs of students. SELPA services twelve area school districts and over 13,000 students on Individual Education Plans (IEP) in Los Angeles County. Last year, the success of Lindamood-Bell's unique Center in a School™ CIS™ program led to a dramatic increase in the reading and language comprehension skills of students. The program's small group intervention, customized to meet the needs of each child, enabled many students to increase their reading skills by one or more grade levels in only eight weeks of instruction.

"Working in collaboration with districts, we identified the pupils that were a perfect fit with the Center in a School™ program. Our results were very positive," said Bob Farran, director of Southwest SELPA.
Students with learning disabilities drop out of high school at twice the rate of their non-disabled peers. SELPA works to maintain special education programs and services for these at-risk students. By implementing Lindamood-Bell's CIS™, Southwest SELPA is able to provide students with 120 hours of intensive intervention delivered by Lindamood-Bell staff.

"The students receiving comprehension instruction last year had impressive results," said Tom Mendoza, Director of Lindamood-Bell's Center in a School™. "They improved reading comprehension from well below the normal range to above average."

Lindamood-Bell is an internationally recognized leader in education, owing to its scientifically based reading research and instructional work. With 40 private Learning Centers and over 100 projects in schools, Lindamood-Bell has worked for nearly 30 years with students including those previously diagnosed with dyslexia, hyperlexia, ADD/ADHD and autism. Lindamood-Bell student success stories have received national attention in U.S. News & World Report, Newsweek, Time, the neuroscience journal, Neuron, and on CNN.

For additional information about Lindamood-Bell's Center in a School™ or School Services division please call (800) 233-1819 or visit them on-line at www.lindamoodbell.com.

Source: Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes

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