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Roanoke/Salem, VA 540.389.ABCD
Roanoke/Salem, VA 540.389.ABCD
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Our Reading Academy Provides:
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Our Reading Academy Provides:
Our Tutoring Clinic Offers:
All Subjects
All Levels
All Learner Types
All Ages
Our Tutoring Clinic Offers:
All Subjects
All Levels
All Learner Types
All Ages
Our One-on-One PACE Program Develops:
Learners complete a Cognitive Skills Assessment to identify any underlying cognitive skills that may be impacting learning. Our certified Cognitive Skills Trainers target weaker skills through
Our One-on-One PACE Program Develops:
Learners complete a Cognitive Skills Assessment to identify any underlying cognitive skills that may be impacting learning. Our certified Cognitive Skills Trainers target weaker skills through intensive mental exercises.
Our learners show great improvement, and we frequently hear students, parents, and teachers say they see a difference after PACE training!
**PACE can be done at any time; however, many students like to do this in the summer when they have more time to do the practice assignments.
We are now registering for summer!
We provide homeschooling for students with and without specialized learning needs.
Our homeschooling op
We provide homeschooling for students with and without specialized learning needs.
Our homeschooling option can benefit any of these learners:
*Offered On-Site or Via Referral
Our owner, Wendy Wall, has always been committed to learning and utilizing the best possible teaching techniques to benefit students. She was educated by several world-renowned experts in the field of learning disabilities, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, educational assessment, speech/language, and attention disorders.
Wendy has a
Our owner, Wendy Wall, has always been committed to learning and utilizing the best possible teaching techniques to benefit students. She was educated by several world-renowned experts in the field of learning disabilities, dyslexia, dysgraphia, dyscalculia, educational assessment, speech/language, and attention disorders.
Wendy has a bachelor's degree and a master's degree in learning disabilities. Her elite, selective, and rigorous master's program was designed by Dr. Sam Kirk, who coined the term "Learning Disability" and is known as "The Father of Learning Disabilities." Wendy was one of few students who attended with all expenses paid and no strings attached. Unlike most master's programs in learning disabilities, Wendy's program involved large cores of courses from the reading specialist program, the speech language pathology program, and the learning disabilities program, allowing her to provide a deep, comprehensive approach to intervention.
Wendy also extensively studied bilingual/multicultural special education and cognitive and academic assessment, which is extremely rare for a learning disabilitiies specialist and enables her to test and treat students with these learning needs..
Throughout her career, she has incorporated the most innovative and effective instructional methods and programs, Exposure to and implementation of many well-regarded methods and materials provides a large, powerful toolbox for reaching all students.
Wendy is one of the few Certified Structured Literacy/Dyslexia Specialist approved by the International Dyslexia Association's Center for Effective Reading Instruction in Western VA. The rigors of training and expertise required for this designation are extensive.
Wendy owns Reading Science Experts, which trains teachers in structured literacy/dyslexia intervention and the Science of Reading. Public school divisions and private schools in Virginia and Tennessee have hired Wendy and her team to educate and mentor teachers in best practices. She holds a Trainer of Teachers certificate. This expertise allows her to train tutors and specialists in our clinic in best practices.
Wendy has served on the Board of the Virginia Branch of the International Dyslexia Association.
She recently served as the Executive Director of the IMSLEC accredited Simultaneous Multisensory Institute of Language Arts.
Wendy is certified in Processing and Cognitive Enhancement (PACE) and Feuerstein Instrumental Enrichment (FIE). She will soon complete her Dyscalculia Specialist certification.
Throughout her career, Wendy has guest lectured at colleges and universities, reviewed journal articles and textbooks prior to publication, and has contributed pieces to text books on written langauge disorders and dyslexia assessment and remediation. She has also written a soon-to-be-published spelling curriculum and other instructionl materials, which are utilized in our clinic.
Wendy stays abreast of current research on best practices and attends conferences to continue learning from the best and the brightest in the field, so our students can make the greatest possible gains,
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Our excellent strategies and techniques benefit ALL learners, not just those with learning differences.
Let us consult with you and complete an assessment to determine learning needs.
We can help your learner be a successful, more effective student.
We will accurately pinpoint the skills that need development and target them with direct, explicit, intensive, and impactful instruction.
We utilize evidence-based practices, high-leverage meth
Let us consult with you and complete an assessment to determine learning needs.
We can help your learner be a successful, more effective student.
We will accurately pinpoint the skills that need development and target them with direct, explicit, intensive, and impactful instruction.
We utilize evidence-based practices, high-leverage methodologies, and well-respected teaching materials.
We are unlike most tutoring services. We know our discipline well, have a passion for helping learners grow, and have an unmatched range of methods and materials available.
We are excited to help you and know you'll be glad you found us!
Everyone is nice here. It is fun learning here, and I have made new friends.
Rhett, Age 14
It is better than public school. It feels much better, and I don't feel like I am having a heart attack anymore. It feels like home here. It is peaceful, and I've learned much more than in public school.
Emmy, Age 9
I love being here more than school because I learn more and am not rushed. The teachers are nicer here. I have felt my skills grow more over the time I've been here.
Grace, Age 12
I cannot thank you enough for the amazing work you have done with my child. I am so excited about her test scores, and her self esteem has just soared. The program has worked wonders!!! Her one on one with you for tutoring has done more than I can ever say. I am so thankful to God that he gave you the gift of teaching and the gift of pa
I cannot thank you enough for the amazing work you have done with my child. I am so excited about her test scores, and her self esteem has just soared. The program has worked wonders!!! Her one on one with you for tutoring has done more than I can ever say. I am so thankful to God that he gave you the gift of teaching and the gift of patience. You and the programs you offer have been a God send and we are so thankful for you and your work. Thank you for using the gifts God gave you because we certainly needed them. You are an amazing woman and teacher. THANK YOU from all of us. THANK YOU!!!!! We love you!!!! Mother of a 3rd grader
Before we found Learning & Behavior Specialists, my child had different tutors. He was never able to remember and make progress. Since being at the center, he now remembers things and has advanced several levels! I had tried several different reading programs with him as well and nothing worked. I was afraid he would never learn to read
Before we found Learning & Behavior Specialists, my child had different tutors. He was never able to remember and make progress. Since being at the center, he now remembers things and has advanced several levels! I had tried several different reading programs with him as well and nothing worked. I was afraid he would never learn to read until I found Learning & Behavior Specialists! This place has changed our lives! We are very blessed!!!! My son is reading now!! Thank you! Parent of a 7th grader
I would like to give a BIG shout out to Wendy Wall. My son started public school (1st grade) mid year in Jan. after being homeschooled. According to their standards he was very behind in reading and after one month decided he should be held back. We got help from Wendy, and with her help and outstanding program, my son, in only 3 months,
I would like to give a BIG shout out to Wendy Wall. My son started public school (1st grade) mid year in Jan. after being homeschooled. According to their standards he was very behind in reading and after one month decided he should be held back. We got help from Wendy, and with her help and outstanding program, my son, in only 3 months, has advanced 7 reading levels and will be promoted to 2nd grade next yr. Thank you Wendy for all your hard work. We are so ever grateful!
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Roanoke/Salem Location:
820 Apperson Drive
Salem, VA 24153
Phone: 540.389.2223
Fax: 276.209.3004
Email Director, Wendy Wall, M.A., C-SLDS
Email: learningandbehaviorspecialists@gmail.com
Nashville/Hendersonville Location:
103 Hazel Path Court,
Suite 5
Hendersonville, TN 37075
Phone: 615.590.7555
Fax: 615.590.7524
Email Assistant Director, Kristine Garcia, M.S.:
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