Lindamood Bell® Visualizing & Verbalizing®
Lindamood Bell® Visualizing and Verbalizing® (V/V) is a sequential program to help children develop picture or concept imagery as a base for language comprehension and thinking.
Some children read words accurately, but can't comprehend the content. They may have an underlying difficulty connecting to the language they read or hear. A primary cause of language comprehension problems is a difficulty creating an imaged ‘gestalt’ - a whole. This is called weak concept imagery.


Who would benefit from Visualizing & Verbalizing®?
Students who have weak concept imagery often display the following difficulties:
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Have to reread material several times and often remember only a few details (parts), rather than the "whole' picture (main idea)
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Seem shy and have difficulty organizing their language or may be talkative but use 'scattered' language, relating information out of sequence
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Connect to only part of a conversation and have difficulty responding relevantly and thinking logically
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May ask and re-ask the same question and are labelled a "poor listener"
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Writing is often described as disorganized and nonspecific
How does learning to Visualize and Verbalize help?
Once a child is able to visualize and verbalize, improvements are seen in:
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Reading Comprehension – better able to read material and understand it more than just remembering facts and details.
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Oral Language Comprehension - better able to process, organise and understand language concepts.
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Oral Language Expression - better able to process, organise and express language concepts, resulting in more succinct and fluent verbalizations.
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Written Language Expression - better able to organise and structure the content of paragraphs and reports, due to improvement in oral language expression and awareness that writing creates images for the reader.
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Critical Thinking - The techniques taught in the V/V® process help in the development of critical thinking. Once the student has developed an imaged gestalt for a concept, interpretive questions are asked regarding main idea, inference, conclusion, prediction, and evaluation.
How to get started
A comprehensive assessment of your child’s phonological awareness, symbol imagery, language and/or literacy skills will determine whether or not a Lindamood Bell® program is an appropriate option. For more information on the Visualizing & Verbalizing® program, go to the Lindamood Bell® website (click here)
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Brain & Language Connections is not affiliated with Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes® however our Principal Speech Pathologist has been specifically trained in using the Visualizing & Verbalizing® program by a qualified instructor in Anaheim, California.