**THIS COURSE IS PENDING FOR CPE POINTS FOR ALLIED HEALTH PROFESSIONALS; SUBJECT TO APPROVAL
Overview
This course explores the sensory-cognitive processes basic to language comprehension and expression. One of the course’s primary goals is to make class members aware of Concept Imagery, a specific sensory-cognitive function necessary for oral and written language comprehension and critical thinking. Class members will learn the role of concept imagery in receptive and expressive language comprehension, and vocabulary development. Class members learn to develop concept imagery for students of all ages in one-to-one and group settings. Study and supervised practice allow class members to learn Socratic questioning and how to “respond to the response” to develop the sensory cognitive function of concept imagery and apply this to oral vocabulary development and improving receptive and expressive language. Information and techniques are gained through (1) the live Workshop course including presentation, discussion, demonstration, video, program manual, and supervised practice, and (2) Imagery-Language Connection online subscription included with Workshop registration, with access for 12 months to self-paced review modules.
Course Fees & Closing Dates
| Registration Type | Fees (S$) per pax |
|---|---|
| 1st 12 pax | 2100 |
| More than 12 pax | 2300 |
Note: Price includes a basic product kit.
Schedule
Duration : 2 Day Workshop
| Date | Time | Venue |
|---|---|---|
| 17 and 18 Aug 2026 | 8.30am – 4.30pm (Singapore Standard Time GMT+0800) |
Live Online Training |
Corporate Registration Individual Registration
Speaker
Delecia Douroxu
Delecia Douroxu has been with Lindamood-Bell for over two decades and has held a variety of roles and responsibilities. She has extensive experience with the instructional application of the programs authored by the founders of Lindamood-Bell and over 25 years’ experience evaluating, assessing, consulting, and pacing students in the sensory-cognitive functions we address: phonemic awareness, symbol imagery, and concept imagery. She is also well verse with more than 23 years’ experience mentoring instructional staff and providing professional development to educators in the use of the programs Seeing Stars, Visualizing & Verbalizing, LiPS, Talkies, and On Cloud Nine.
Course Outline
- The Gestalt: Imagery, Dual Coding Theory, and Visualizing and Verbalizing
- The Reading Paradigm and Integration of the Sensory-cognitive Functions: Phonemic Awareness, Symbol Imagery, and Concept Imagery
- Talkies Guide and overview of steps
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Introduction to and demonstration of the Talkies Program Steps:
- Sensory Language Play
- Talking Words
- Talking Sentences
- Simple Picture to Picture
- Simple Word Imaging
- Simple Sentence Imaging
- Talking Picture Stories
- Simple Sentence by Sentence
Demonstration and supervised practice of Talkies steps, as well as sample lesson plans, are done throughout the workshop.
Daily quizzes will be administered at the workshops presented in-person. Digital poll questions will be administered daily for the online workshops.
Course Objectives
- Understand the sensory-cognitive factors that underlie the development of language and literacy skills.
- Understand the gestalt of the reading process as an integration of parts, as processed through the sensory system.
- Acquisition of specific techniques to develop the imagery-language connection for oral vocabulary and basic concepts: first at the receptive level, then the expressive level, and finally, imagery practice.
- Acquisition of specific techniques to develop concept imagery and increase the complexity and length of sentences in expressive language.
- Acquisition of specific techniques to develop verbalization from a picture, to increase the length and complexity of expressive language.
- Acquisition of specific techniques to develop visualization and verbalization of a single word.
- Acquisition of specific techniques to develop visualizing and verbalizing for a single sentence.
- Acquisition of specific techniques to develop gestalt imagery from given pictures in the correct sequence of events and extend expressive language into a story summary.
- Acquisition of specific techniques to develop and verbally describe an imaged gestalt from simple, connected sentences.
Required Text and Materials
Talkies® Teachers Manual, First Edition:
Bell, Nanci and Bonetti, Christy. Talkies: Visualizing and Verbalizing for Oral Language Comprehension and Expression, San Luis Obispo, CA: Gander Publishing, 2006.
Complete Talkies® Kit
Kit components include the Teachers Manual and all the following:
- Picture-to-Picture Easel Book
- Illustrated Picture Structure Word Cards
- Large cards with Structure Word names and illustrations
- Picture Structure Word Boards
- Talking Cards Box
- Magic Door, Window, and Stones
- Toys and Magic Bag
- Colored Felts
- Word and Sentence Reference Booklet
- Picturing Vocabulary! Book
- Picturing Vocabulary! Cards Box, including over 400 cards
- Picturing Vocabulary! Tracking Charts
- Student Progress Monitoring Charts
Evaluation and Participation
Required to receive Lindamood-Bell Continuing Education Units
- Class participation: Discussions and role-playing various steps with the presenter and the whole group.
- Individual demonstration: Practicing and applying the specific teaching principles and techniques during small group or 1-on-1 breakout practice sessions.
- Understanding checks: Quizzes or poll questions, review and reflect questions throughout the workshop.
Who Can Benefit?
Professionals handling special needs students of all ages, including students with the following diagnoses: Dyslexia, Hyperlexia, Specific Language Disorder, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Auditory Processing Disorders, Working Memory Disorders.
Testimonials
- I thought the practical examples (written and videos) helped to enhance the learning experiences
- The trainer was superlative with her knowledge, patience, positivity, humour and energy. I not only learnt a lot, but enjoyed the learning as well. The delivery of the package was much appreciated, as well as the brief pre-workshop session.
