Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes reviews

Too much structure. Teaching process allowed for very little flexibility. Management seems to be under the impression that you need to squeeze every possible second out of the schedule - leaves very little room to breathe (which I found not helpful for students and clinicians alike) Clinician salary is a little absurd given how much they charge parents for their services Pre/post testing is very not scientific (since it can't be blind)

During my time at Lindamood-Bell, the bad outweighed the good (by a lot). The bad included: -Gross power dynamics within and between the different employees (consultants, ACD, CD, etc). You won't build friendships with those above you; they make it known that they are superior to you and hardly ever talk to clinicians. They follow a strict pyramid-like structure when it comes to those in power. -Poor treatment of clinicians. They will treat you like you are easily replaceable, never acknowledging the mental and emotional labor that goes into being with kids for 8+ hours/day. When you do something right, it will not be acknowledged. When you do something wrong (no matter how small), it will always be acknowledged. -Overall unorganized. You will hardly ever have the supposed "weekly" meetings (that take up 30 minutes of your allotted one-hour lunch break), yet still be expected to be in the loop of all that is happening, whether it be child-specific, family-specific, etc. You get less breaks than stated during the training, and you will often get asked to stay later or come in earlier than your assigned shift completely last-minute. -Needless day-to-day drama. There is dramatization of very minuscule problems. These problems are addressed by those in power, and then fixed by those beneath. -Lack of cleanliness within the session rooms. None of the resources ever get cleaned, so when kids get sick, clinicians will often get sick as well.