Comprehension (Listening & Reading)

Please Note: The Center does not endorse any specific program, speaker, product, or instructional material. (See bottom for full disclaimer.)

Visualizing & Verbalizing
Lindamood-Bell Products
Gander Publishing
412 Higuera St., Suite 200
San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Phone: 805-541-5523 or 800-554-1819
Fax: 805-782-0488
http://www.GanderPublishing.com
Cost: Manual $ 49.95
Also available: practice CD-ROM, stories, Kit & training tapes

Manual provides theory and specific steps to develop concept imagery - the ability to image a gestalt (whole).

Program applies concept imagery to

• reading comprehension
• oral language comprehension
• following directions
• higher order thinking skills
• expressive language and writing

Appropriate for all ages

The Colors & Shapes of Language
Neuhaus Education Center
4433 Bissonnett
Bellaire, TX 77401
Phone: (713) 664-7676 Fax: (713) 664-4744
http://www.neuhaus.org
Cost: $35

21 units with 23 stories for developing oral language and listening comprehension skills as a foundation for reading comprehension and writing composition

Activities provide practice in story retelling, summarizing content, activating prior knowledge, Grades 1-3

CD of stories included

Developing MetaCognitive Skills: Vocabulary and Reading Comprehension
Neuhaus Education Center
4433 Bissonnett
Bellaire, TX 77401
Phone: (713) 664-7676 Fax: (713) 664-4744
http://www.neuhaus.org
Cost: $90

Companion Books:
Six Way Paragraphs
Pauk, Walter
Cost: $20 each (Introductory, Middle, Advanced)

Grades 4-12 Develops strategies that help student s fully understand what they are reading Includes 3 reusable magnetic vocabulary webs and rapid word recognition charts to aid instant recognition of irregular words.

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The Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia supports efforts to provide individuals with dyslexia with appropriate instruction and to identify these individuals at an early age. The Center, however, does not endorse any specific program, speaker, product, or instructional material noting that there are a number of such which present the critical components of instruction, as defined by the Tennessee Center for the Study and Treatment of Dyslexia and the National Reading Panel.