This program is for individuals who have difficulties with reading and spelling.

Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing® Program for Reading, Spelling, and Speech (LiPS®) is a school- or community-based multisensory program that is designed to teach phonological awareness, decoding, and spelling. This program specifically targets the development of reading skills to encourage fluency in readers.

Randomized controlled trials (RCTs) have been conducted on the LiPS program with children in kindergarten through 3rd grade. Significant increases in the students' phonological awareness, phonemic decoding, and word attack skills were found for participants when compared to the control group. Students who completed the LiPS program sustained the effects 2 years after the intervention. One RCT was conducted in 4th-grade students with reading difficulties. Measures were collected in the fall and spring of the school year, and results indicated significant improvements in nonword reading and phonological processing in the intervention group compared to a business-as-usual group.

The LiPS manual is implemented using the following sequential steps:

• Identify consonants and vowels;
• Learn simple syllables and words;
• Explore basic spelling and reading;
• Learn complex syllables and words; and
• Practice multi-syllabic words.

The LiPS program progresses from articulatory movement to sound to letter in order to teach letter-sound correspondences. Students learn to hear, see, and feel the physical characteristics of sounds through the movements needed to produce sound.

Other programs provided by Lindamood-Bell include Seeing Stars®, Visualizing & Verbalizing®, Talkies®, and On Cloud Nine® Math.

This program has been used throughout the United States.

In-person and online training options are available. A 19.5-hour workshop is available. The workshop fee is $1,150 plus $439 (plus shipping, handling, and tax) for materials. Please visit https://lindamoodbell.com/for-schools-workshops-page or use details in the Contact section for more information.

Considerations for implementing this program include acquiring teacher, administrative, and participant buy-in; purchasing program materials; incorporating program lessons into an existing curriculum; making arrangements for facilitators to complete training; and ensuring the program is delivered with fidelity.

The Clearinghouse can help address these considerations. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu

If you are interested in implementing LiPS, the Clearinghouse is interested in helping you!
Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu

Program developers recommend instruction for 4 to 6 months for 1 hour a day or 4 to 6 weeks for 4 hours a day.

The 4th Edition Teacher's Manual costs $163.95.  The complete LiPS Kit costs $515.95.  Please visit https://ganderpublishing.com/pages/program/lips for more information.

To move the LiPS program to the Effective category on the Clearinghouse Continuum of Evidence at least one external evaluation must be conducted that demonstrates sustained, positive outcomes. This study must be conducted independently of the program developer.

The Clearinghouse can help you develop an evaluation plan to ensure the program components are meeting your goals. Please call 1-877-382-9185 or email Clearinghouse@psu.edu

Contact the Clearinghouse with any questions regarding this program.
Phone: 1-877-382-9185  Email: Clearinghouse@psu.edu

You may also contact Lindamood-Bell Learning by phone 1-800-233-1820, email support.forschools@lindamoodbell.com, or visit http://lindamoodbell.com/contact-us

https://lindamoodbell.com/program/lindamood-phoneme-sequencing-program and https://ganderpublishing.com/pages/program/lips