2011 International Research Conference

17 th Annual

Sensory-Language
The

Connection for Learning
Dyslexia ~ Hyperlexia ~ Autism

March 10-12, 2011
Anaheim, CA
A Conference for Everyone
Parents • Educators • Researchers • Policy Makers

Keynote Speakers

Nanci Bell, M.A. Allan Paivio, Ph.D. The Honorable
Co-founder of Lindamood-Bell Professor Emeritus, University Robert Pasternack, Ph.D.
Learning Processes, Author of of Western Ontario, Author Former Assistant Secretary,
“Visualizing & Verbalizing of the Dual Coding Theory US Department of Education,
for Language Comprehension Office of Special Education and
and Thinking®” Rehabilitative Services

Join us at Disney’s
Grand Californian
Hotel® & Spa
in Anaheim, CA

www.LindamoodBell.com ~ 800-233-1819

Welcome

Join us at Disneyland® to experience the Magic of Learning!

You are invited to attend the Lindamood-Bell 17th Annual
International Conference at Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel® &
Spa in Anaheim, California.

As we celebrate our 25th year we take pride in offering you a
conference that has attracted researchers who are the preeminent
minds in our field. Attend, and you’ll have the opportunity to
hear the latest information in brain research, cognition, genetics,
decoding, language comprehension, memory, dyslexia, hyperlexia,
and autism—as well as information on leadership and federal/state
policy to increase student achievement. Read more about the
range of research presentations on pages 4-9 in this brochure.

We also offer workshops in our Lindamood-Bell® programs. This
is one of the few educational conferences that combines both
research presentations and workshops. You can take more than
sound bites back to your classroom. Read more about our
workshops on pages 10-11 in this brochure.

I hope you will join us in our effort to deliver the Magic of
Learning to more and more children and adults.

We can do this. You can do this.

Sincerely, th

1986 2011
Nanci Bell
Director

“Finally we have a way to meet the needs of our students
that delivers as promised, that is completely research driven
and is implemented with all the support necessary to ensure
success.”
~Amanda, Classroom Teacher

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Conference Details
For All Attendees
All are invited to attend the morning Keynotes and lunchtime Box Lunch Sessions. Lunch
is included with all registrations!

Schedule Summary
Thursday March 10th Friday March 11th Saturday March 12th

Research Sessions Research Sessions Research Sessions
Visualizing and Verbalizing® (V/V®) Workshop Talkies®Workshop
Seeing Stars® (SI™) Workshop OCN™ Workshop
Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® (LiPS®) Workshop
Sensory-Cognitive
Assessments

Conference Venue
Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa
1600 S. Disneyland Drive in Anaheim, California
A limited number of discounted rooms ($240 per
night + tax) are available on a first-come, first-served
basis. Reservations must be made by February 5th. Call
Disney’s Grand Californian Hotel® & Spa and mention
®
the Lindamood-Bell Conference: 714-520-5005

Session Fees
All sessions include attendance at Keynote and Lunch presentations.
WORKSHOPS
Visualizing and Verbalizing® for Comprehension (V/V®), March 10-11 . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $ 639
Talkies®, March 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . $ 439
Seeing Stars® (SI™), March 10-11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .$ 639
Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® (LiPS®), March 10-12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 859
On Cloud Nine® Math (OCN™), March 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . $ 439
Sensory-Cognitive Assessments, March 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . .$ 599

RESEARCH SESSIONS
Thursday, March 10 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . $ 199
Friday, March 11 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . .. . . . . $ 199
Saturday, March 12 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . . $ 199

Conference Credit Information
Lindamood-Bell® CEUs and ASHA Certification Maintainance Hours (not ASHA CEs) for all full day sessions.
The University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) Extension post-graduate professional development credits
available for all workshops of 2 or more days.
Visit www.LindamoodBell.com/credit for more credit information.
University of Lindamood-Bell® CEUs
accepted by
California
ASHA
Los Angeles for certification
Extension Credit maintenance hours.

Lindamood-Bell has been approved as an Authorized Provider by the International Association for Continuing
Education and Training (IACET), 1760 Old Meadow Road, Suite 500, McLean,VA 22102.
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Thursday
Keynote • 8:00 - 8:50am ~ General Session - Open to all registrants

iMagery: a sensory-cognitiVe foundation for the coMponent parts
of reading
8:00 - Nanci Bell, M.A., Co-founder of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes, Author of
8:50am “Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking®”
Imagery is a sensory-cognitive function underlying the component parts of
reading—including reading comprehension and decoding. Symbol imagery—
the ability to create mental representations for sounds and letters within
words—is foundational to both phonological and orthographic processing.
The sensory input of a phonological/orthographic image underlies the whole
of the reading process.

Morning Research Session • 9:00 - 12:15pm
learning to read Words: relationship to spelling and
Vocabulary acquisition
9:00 -
10:30am Linnea Ehri, Ph.D., Distinguished Professor at the Graduate Center of the
City University of New York
Children learn to read words by forming connections between letters and
sounds in memory. This process helps them spell words and learn new
vocabulary words.

Medical conditions in asd: What’s the chicken and What’s the egg?
10:45 - Ricki Robinson, M.D., M.P.H., Descanso Medical Center for Development
& Learning
12:15pm
Children with an Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) are now known to have
many co-morbid medical disorders. This presentation will review these major
medical complications and explore whether they might be the cause or result
of having an autism spectrum disorder.

Afternoon Research Sessions • 1:30 - 4:45pm
dual coding theory: introduction and extensions to decoding in reading and
Medical education
1:30 - Mark Sadoski, Ph.D., Professor and Distinguished Research Fellow,
3:00pm Department of Teaching, Learning, and Culture,Texas A&M University
Basic principles of Dual Coding Theory are introduced and explained.
New research in decoding in reading and using mental imagery in medical
education are introduced.

gene-enVironMent interactions for early literacy constructs
3:15 - Jeannette Taylor, Associate Professor, Director of Clinical Training, Florida State
University, Department of Psychology
4:45pm
Recent findings will be presented suggesting that genetic influence on reading
constructs in the early grades may be moderated by the environment.

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March 10
Lunch • 12:30 - 1:30pm ~ General Session - Open to all registrants

nclb, response to interVention, turning around schools, and district
reforM: thirteen years of integrated research and success in a high
poVerty, high Minority colorado school district
12:15 - Gina Gallegos, Principal of Heritage Elementary School in Pueblo, CO
1:30pm &
Paul Worthington, Co-Director of Professional Development,
Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes
Pueblo City Schools and Lindamood-Bell will outline a longitudinal effort
culminating a cost effective nationally recognized professional development
and school reform model that led to unprecedented student achievement.

Workshop Sessions • 9:00 - 4:45pm
Day 1 of 2
The focus of this workshop is on techniques for stimulating concept
imagery for single words, phrases, single sentences, and sentence
9:00 - 4:45pm by sentence in paragraphs. See pages 10-11 for a more detailed
explanation, or visit our website at www.LindamoodBell.com.
1.4 Lindamood-Bell® CEUs as authorized by the IACET (International Association for Continuing
Education and Training) -or- 1.5 quarter units of post-graduate professional development credit through
the University of California Los Angeles Extension. The credit fee is $135, payable to UC Regents
at the workshop.
See page 3 for more credit information.
• The workshop fee includes the Visualizing and Verbalizing® manual (a $60 value)

Day 1 of 2
The focus of this workshop is on techniques to stimulate the ability
to create mental representations (symbol imagery) for sounds
and letters within words. See pages 10-11 for a more detailed
9:00 - 4:45pm
Education and Training) -or- 1.5 quarter units of post-graduate professional development credit through
the University of California Los Angeles Extension. The credit fee is $135, payable to UC Regents
at the workshop.
• The workshop fee includes the Seeing Stars® manual (a $60 value)

Day 1 of 3
The focus of this workshop is on techniques for stimulating awareness
of the oral-motor features of consonants and vowels, and integrating
that oral-motor-kinesthetic awareness with visual, auditory, and
9:00 - 4:45pm language processing as a base for detecting phonemes within syllables,
reading, and spelling. See pages 10-11 for a more detailed explanation,
or visit our website at www.LindamoodBell.com.
Education and Training) -or- 2 quarter units of post-graduate professional development credit through
the University of California Los Angeles Extension. The credit fee is $155, payable to UC Regents at
the workshop.
• The workshop fee includes the LiPS® manual (a $115 value)
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Friday

dual coding theory, Visualization/Verbalization, and intelligence
8:00 - Allan Paivio, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus, University of Western Ontario, Author
of the Dual Coding Theory
8:50am
Dr. Paivio will discuss aspects of Dual Coding Theory (DCT) and the
Visualizing and Verbalizing® (V/V®) practice that are crucial to intellectual
functioning but are absent from traditional psychometric (IQ) theories and
tests of intelligence. Recent brain-based theory of general intelligence that is
more fully compatible with DCT and V/V® will also be discussed.

Morning Research Sessions • 9:00 - 12:15pm
different learners: hoW nature and nurture interact to cause or
reMediate learning probleMs
9:00 - Jane M. Healy, Ph.D., Educational Psychologist, Internationally Acclaimed
10:30am Author of “Endangered Minds” and “Different Learners”
Home and school experiences alter brains and genes and today’s lifestyles
jeopardize healthy learning. Successful case studies of cognitive, emotional,
and behavioral learning problems illustrate effective intervention.

the pathWay to neW interVentions for asd: defining MechanisMs
and translation to treatMents
10:45 - Nancy J. Minshew, M.D., Professor of Psychiatry & Neurology, University
12:15pm of Pittsburgh School of Medicine; Director, University of Pittsburgh’s NIH Autism
Center of Excellence (ACE)
Autism research has linked cognitive and social behavior to cortical under-
development. Novel new behavioral and neurobiological interventions
demonstrate the power of mechanism discovery to lead to improved
interventions for individuals with ASD.

genetic and enVironMental influences on reading and related skills:
iMplications for instruction and practice
1:30 - Richard Olson, Ph.D., Professor of Psychology, P.I. of the Colorado Learning
3:00pm Disabilities Research Center and of the Colorado Longitudinal Twin Study
Studies of identical and fraternal twins and their siblings have revealed
substantial genetic influences on reading disabilities and individual differences
across the normal range. This presentation will outline the basic method of
twin studies, their major results for reading and related skills such as language
and attention, and their implications for the remediation of reading disabilities
and for improving reading in the general population.

update on eVidence-based assessMents and treatMents for autisM
spectruM disorders
3:15 - Robert Hendren, Ph.D., Professor and Vice Chair of Psychiatry, UC
4:45pm San Francisco; Former Executive Director MIND Institute; UC Davis
Our models for understanding and treating autism spectrum disorders (ASD) are
growing, leading to an at times bewildering array of assessment and treatment
options.This presentation will review the anecdotal to strong scientific evidence
for potential assessments and treatments for ASD including behavioral, medical,
pharmacologic and biomedical treatments. Parents and practitioners will
hopefully then have the necessary information to select the options that are
right for their child with autism.
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March 11

district reforM in a failing state: a research-based prototype to turn
around one of the loWest perforMing districts in california
Bob Pletka, Superintendent of El Centro, California Elementary District,
Award Winning Author of “My So Called Digital Life” and “Educating the
12:15 - NetGeneration”
1:30pm &
State efforts to win approval within the Race to the Top and other federal
initiatives have not materialized for California as it has for other states. This
presentation will feature the initial findings of a high poverty high minority
district’s efforts to reverse the failing trends associated with a district with
these demographics, and to close the achievement gap.


Day 2 of 2
The focus of this day is on techniques for stimulating concept
9:00 - 4:45pm imagery for sentence by sentence in paragraphs, then for whole
paragraphs and pages, and applying imagery to content instruction
and vocabulary development. See pages 10-11 for a more detailed
See page 5 for credit information.
• The workshop fee includes the Visualizing and Verbalizing® manual (a $60 value)

Day 2 of 2
The focus of this day is on techniques to develop symbol imagery
for sounds and letters within complex single and multisyllable
9:00 - 4:45pm words. See pages 10-11 for a more detailed explanation, or visit
our website at www.LindamoodBell.com.
• The workshop fee includes the Seeing Stars® manual (a $60 value)

Day 2 of 3
The focus of this day is on techniques for applying oral-motor-
kinesthetic awareness to detect and manipulate sounds within
9:00 - 4:45pm single syllable words as a base for decoding and spelling. See
pages 10-11 for a more detailed explanation, or visit our website
at www.LindamoodBell.com.

“The results are undeniable. Many of my intensive group
students gained several grade levels in reading in just one
semester.”
~Adam, Classroom Teacher

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Saturday

responding to instruction and interVention: What rti Means for
students With learning disabilities
8:00 - The Honorable Robert Pasternack, Ph.D., Former Assistant Secretary,
8:50am US Department of Education, Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services
Current data on the incidence/prevalence rates for students with learning
disabilities will be shared, as well as information on the fiscal, programmatic,
policy, and instructional impact of Response to Intervention (RtI) on schools
across the country. In this fiscal climate, the Return on Investment (RoI) for
implementing RtI will be explored.

Morning Research Session • 9:00 - 12:15pm
deVelopMent of MeMory systeMs in the child’s brain
9:00 - John D.E. Gabrieli, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Psychology and
Neuroscience Program, and by courtesy, Department of Radiology, Stanford University
10:30am
The ability to learn grows from childhood through adulthood. Neuroimaging
reveals that different aspects of learning depend upon distinct neural systems
with variable developmental trajectories.

Methodological issues in neuroiMaging studies of skilled reading
and reading disability: establishing brain/behaVior links
10:45 - Kenneth Pugh, President and Director of Research, Senior Scientist, Haskins
12:15pm Laboratories; Professor, Dept. of Psychology, University of Connecticut
In a large developmental study of children at different ages and reading levels
brain/behavior analyses revealed that the development of reading fluency is
strongly associated with the development of the left hemisphere posterior
reading system. A recently completed intervention study examined the
influence of intensive phonological remediation in reading disabled children,
revealing substantial gains in both reading performance and a corresponding
development of the left hemisphere posterior reading system for children
afforded this treatment.We also consider how these neurobiological techniques
might be used in helping us to identify those children, at earlier stages of
development, at high risk for later reading difficulties.

idea 2004, rti, and the priVate sector: at a cross-roads
1:30 - Dr. Elena L. Grigorenko, Associate Professor, Child Study Center, Department
of Psychology, Department of Epidemiology and Public Health at Yale University
3:00pm
Dr. Grigorenko will share her thoughts and experiences regarding the Yale
Academic Skills Clinic’s implementation of IDEA 2004 in the “RtI-only” state
of Connecticut.

instructional influences on groWth of literacy: the proMise of
indiVidualization
3:15 - Dr. Fred Morrison, Research Professor, the Center for Human Growth and
4:45pm Development; Professor of Psychology and Professor of Education, Combined Program
in Education and Psychology at the University of Michigan
Studies have revealed that the most effective instruction depends on the initial skill
levels of children. These results imply that individualizing instruction based on
children’s skill levels would be highly effective. Further, the closer the instruction
delivered matched recommended levels,the greater were children’s gains.Implications
for understanding literacy growth and its improvement will be explored.
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March 12

turning around schools, and district reforM - What does it take? a research-based
prototype to turn around one of the loWest perforMing schools in colorado

Lori Cooper, Assistant Superintendent of Center School District in Center, CO
12:15 -
1:30pm &
Federal and state driven initiatives to turn around chronically low performing
schools is well under way. This presentation will feature the initial findings of a
district in rural Colorado to immediately address the Race to the Top initiative.

Day 1 of 1
The focus of this workshop is on techniques for stimulating mental imagery
9:00 - 4:45pm
as a base for language comprehension for use with students with weak
oral vocabulary and expressive language skills. See pages 10-11 for a more
detailed explanation, or visit our website at www.LindamoodBell.com.
Education and Training).
• The workshop fee includes the Talkies® manual (a $55 value)

Day 1 of 1
The focus of this one day workshop is to prepare you to teach
students to integrate math experiences with imagery for application to
computation. See pages 10-11 for a more detailed explanation, or visit
9:00 - 4:45pm
our website at www.LindamoodBell.com.
• The workshop fee includes the On Cloud Nine® Math manual (a $55 value)

Day 3 of 3
The focus of this day is on techniques for extending phoneme
awareness to multisyllable decoding and spelling, and reading and
9:00 - 4:45pm spelling in context.

Sensory-Cognitive Day 1 of 1
Assessments LAC-3 Test
The focus of this portion of the workshop is on the administration of the
LAC-3 Test & LAC-3 Test, which is acclaimed as one of the most sensitive measures of
Symbol Imagery™ Test phonemic awareness today. The LAC-3 Test administration will be modeled
and practiced. Relationships to other measures will also be discussed.
9:00 - 4:45pm • The workshop fee includes the LAC-3 Test kit (a $213 value)
Symbol Imagery™ Test
The Symbol Imagery™ Test is a sensitive measure of the ability to
visualize the identity, number, and sequence of letters in single and
multisyllable words. Data indicates the test is highly correlated with
phoneme awareness (as measured by the LAC-3 Test), word attack, word
recognition, spelling, and paragraph decoding (reading rate and accuracy
combined).
• The workshop fee includes the NEW Symbol Imagery™ Test Kit (a $150 value)
See page 3 for credit information. 9

Lindamood-BellmoreWorkshops
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®
workshop details.

Visualizing and Verbalizing® Workshop
Thursday, March 10 - Friday, March 11, 9am-4:45pm
The Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking® (V/V®)
Program, by Nanci Bell, develops concept imagery for both oral and written
language. Through a series of steps, students learn to create an imaged gestalt
and integrate that imagery with language as a basis for language comprehension
and thinking.

Learn Steps to Develop:
• Reading comprehension • Oral language comprehension
Workshop fee: $639 • Oral language expression • Written language expression
Includes manual, • Following directions • Vocabulary
a $60 value

Talkies® Workshop
Saturday, March 12, 9am-4:45pm
The Talkies® Program by Nanci Bell and Christy Bonetti, is the primer to the
Visualizing and Verbalizing® (V/V®) program for students who need simpler, smaller
steps of instruction to establish the imagery-language connection. The goal of Talkies®
instruction is to develop mental imagery as a base for language comprehension and
expression. Talkies® instruction may benefit students with prior third-party diagnoses
of expressive language delays or autism spectrum disorders.

Learn Steps to:
Workshop fee: $439 • Bring nonverbal imagery to consciousness
Includes manual, • Establish the imagery-language connection
a $55 value • Increase oral vocabulary
• Improve language comprehension and expression

Seeing Stars® Workshop
Thursday, March 10 - Friday, March 11, 9am-4:45pm
The Seeing Stars® Program, by Nanci Bell, develops symbol imagery: the
ability to visualize sounds and letters in words for both phonological and
orthographic processing. Students move through a series of steps—from single
consonants/vowels to multisyllabic and contextual reading—to develop the
imagery-language connection for competency in written language.

• Phonics / Phoneme Awareness • Word attack
Workshop fee: $639 • Orthographic awareness • Word recognition
Includes manual, • Reading fluency • Spelling
a $60 value

Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® Workshop
Thursday, March 10 - Saturday, March 12, 9am-4:45pm
The Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® (LiPS®) Program, by Patricia C. Lindamood
and Phyllis D. Lindamood, develops phoneme awareness. Students learn to
recognize how their mouths produce the sounds of language. This kinesthetic
feedback enables them to verify sounds within words and to become self-
correcting in reading, spelling, and speech.

• Phoneme awareness • Word attack
Workshop fee: $859 • Phonics • Pronunciation
Includes manual,
a $115 value
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Lindamood-Bell® Workshops Provide:
Instruction in program steps modeled by a Lindamood-Bell® Professional Development Presenter
Videos of student-instructor interaction Guided practice sessions Immediate feedback Workshop Mentor Support

On Cloud Nine® Math Workshop
The On Cloud Nine® Math Program, by Nanci Bell and Kimberly Tuley, stimulates
the ability to image and verbalize the concepts and processes of math. Concept
imagery and numeral imagery are integrated with language to improve math
computation and problem solving.

• Math facts • Mathematical concepts
• Word-problem solving • Improved math test scores
Workshop fee: $439
Includes manual,
a $55 value

Sensory-Cognitive Assessments: LAC-3 Test & Symbol Imagery™ Test
The Lindamood®Auditory ConceptualizationTest-3 (LAC-3) is a sensitive measure
Sensory-Cognitive of phoneme awareness and is valuable in diagnosing dyslexia. Designed to
Assessments
be used with children and adults, the test enables professionals to determine
LAC-3 Test & an individual’s need for and progress in phoneme awareness development.
Symbol Imagery™ Test
The Symbol Imagery™ Test is a sensitive measure of the ability to visualize
the identity, number, and sequence of letters in single and multisyllable
Workshop fee: $599 words. Data indicates the test is highly correlated with phoneme
Includes LAC-3 Test kit, awareness (as measured by the LAC-3 Test), word attack, word recognition,
a $213 value spelling, and paragraph decoding (reading rate and accuracy combined).
and NEW Symbol
Imagery™ Test Kit,
a $150 value

Registration Deadline
Registration can be made via mail, phone, or fax. Within two weeks of the start of the workshop you may only
register via phone and fax, using a credit card or purchase order.

Refunds and Cancellations
You will receive a full refund if you cancel 30 days or more before the start date of the workshop. You will receive
a full refund minus a $40 service charge if you cancel within 30 days of the workshop. You will not receive a refund
if you cancel after the start of the workshop.

Attendance at one or more of our workshops does not create an express or implied license to train others to
conduct clinics or workshops in our proprietary educational programs, or to certify any individual in the use or
administration of our programs. Lindamood-Bell® workshop materials are proprietary and cannot be duplicated,
copied, or distributed without the express, prior written consent of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes, a California
corporation. Please contact us at any time if you have any questions concerning the use or implementation of
our programs by third parties.
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A Conference for Everyone: Lindamood-Bell
Parents • Educators • Researchers • Policy Makers

17 th Annual

The Sensory-Language Connection for Learning
Dyslexia ~ Hyperlexia ~ Autism

March 10-12, 2011
Join us at Disney’s
Grand Californian
Hotel® & Spa
in Anaheim, CA

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