![]() I was a Consultant managing 13 kids in my own with no support. Coworkers are usually cordial to friendly, but we are all pressured to put on a happy face day to day, and rarely get any chance to address or resolve ongoing issues, and it's clear the company doesn't intend to address them either, as all they seem to prioritize is the money they're making from the students. Management can vary wildly, and often is a revolving door as well. The only thing good about working here is getting to know the students, otherwise I wouldn't recommend. ![]() However, once you become trained in every program along with testing, they suddenly flip the script and need you to take on everyone's responsibility, once again, with no benefits, and only more stress on your plate. The job can be extremely emotionally draining, but the company doesn't seem to care, as they can always find someone else to fill your position. Student behavior is handled extremely poorly and we get no training in how to deal with it effectively, so often clinicians are forced into uncomfortable and stressful situations with unruly students multiple times throughout the week, and since the company doesn't want to lose students, there's not much done to support the employees. There is a revolving door of new employees, and so anyone who lasts longer than 6 months is pressured to take on more responsibility, with minimal incentive to do so. You don't stand to gain much by bending over backwards for this company outside of hearing a few kind words every so often, bonuses don't really exist here. There is a lot of clear favoritism for certain employees based on who is friends with management at the time, and those people tend to get a lot more lenience with mistakes and accomodations (aka hours, time off, etc). When I first started, after the summer period ended, the hours were extremely inconsistent. Poor management can make or break your experience here. I've been working here for 4 years now, and I've perhaps only truly enjoyed one of those years. "What" is an example of a sight word, because if you tried to sound out every letter in the word "what," you would come up with the nonsense word "whhat." Once children have a bountiful supply of sight words that they can identify instantly, reading becomes significantly less labored.Emotionally draining work with minimal support Working at Lindamood Bell is probably the most unique position I've ever held, and that's not necessarily a good thing. Sight words are words that "do not play fair" - that is, they do not follow the rules of the English language. Children also learn to identify "sight words" during the Seeing Stars program. ![]() LMB's "Seeing Stars" program is designed to improve word attack skills. In English, "o-i" makes the sound "oy," and "ou" makes the sound "ow." Imagine trying to read without knowing the difference! Lindamood-Bell tutoring sessions aim to make reading words automatic by practicing word attack in a very specific way. In order to successfully read words, children must be able to distinguish between s-p-o-i-l and s-p-o-u-t, for example. Word attack is another way to talk about sounding out words. The first aspect of reading that is taught to children is word attack. There are a few key elements of reading that are critical to success, so if only one part of the equation is present, reading will be a struggle.
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