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Fee-Based Learning ProgramsThe Mentor Advantage Program
The student enrolled in the Mentor Advantage Program will meet with
professional tutoring staff several hours each week to organize and
carry out coursework preparation. The organizational strategy sessions
will train the student to develop, continue, and adapt overarching
plans for the semester. The strategic content tutoring sessions focus
on the student managing the pace of specific coursework. Weekly discussion
that focuses on adapting to the academic side of college life and
developing student self-regulation during the first two semesters
is the main goal of the small group discussion. Evening check-in provides
enrolled students with structured study times and access to a professional
tutor 15 hours per week in a specified Learning Center study area. Organizational Mentoring – Mentor Advantage Program The organizational mentoring sessions assist the student to develop,
continue, and adapt overarching plans for the semester. This work
includes designing a repertoire of
Strategic Content Tutoring – Mentor Advantage Program The strategic content tutoring sessions assist the student to manage the pace of specific coursework. The strategic content tutor will provide guidance in the following areas apropos to each class:
College Transition Group – Mentor Advantage program During the first two semesters, students in the Mentor Advantage Program are enrolled in a small group class, College Transition I and II. This course focuses on adapting to the academic side of college life and developing student self-regulation. Evening Check-In – Mentor Advantage Program A professional tutor will be on duty to provide academic support between the hours of 6:00 and 9:00 p.m. in the Learning Center study area, Sunday through Thursday, while the College is in session. Fee Structure for the Mentor Advantage Program * Transition Level: $3,200.00 per semester includes a combination of five hours of one-on-one organizational mentoring and strategic content tutoring each week, 15 available hours of Evening Check-In with a professional tutor each week, and the College Transition Group, plus the foundational program services. Persistence Level: $2000.00 per semester includes a combination of three hours of one-on-one organizational mentoring and strategic content tutoring each week and 15 available hours of Evening Check-In with a professional tutor each week, plus the foundational program services. Optional Supplements available for students who are enrolled in the Lindamood-Bell™ Learning Program and/or the Foundational Services: First year students who are not enrolled in the Mentor Advantage Program have the option of enrolling in the following additional services:
Course Numbering for the Mentor Advantage Program (DEVL 020-029) DEVL 020 - Mentor Advantage - Transition Phase Lindamood-Bell ® Learning Methods LiPS ® is a process-oriented approach to word reading using articulatory feedback to enable individuals to verify and conceptualize the identity, number, and order of phoneme segments within single and multi-syllable words. This auditory conceptual judgment can then be applied for independence and self-correction in reading and spelling. V/V ® focuses on developing reading and language comprehension by stimulating the ability to create an imaged gestalt or "whole" from concepts in oral and written language and then using the imaged "whole" as the base from which to process high level comprehension and critical thinking skills. Some of these skills involve main idea, inference, conclusion, prediction, and evaluation. On Cloud Nine ® Math utilizes Visualizing and Verbalizing ® and symbol imagery to help students who have language and working memory difficulties succeed with math. On Cloud Nine Math ® helps students develop better skills in working addition and subtraction, multiplication and division, decimals and fractions, and word problems. Application is the phase of this program where students learn to apply the above techniques to their actual college reading, writing, and note-taking. Fee structure for the classes utilizing Lindamood-Bell ®
Techniques *The listed fee structure applies to the 2007-2008 academic year. Lindamood-Bell ®, LiPS ®, V/V ®, Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing ®, Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking ®, and On Cloud Nine ® are trademarks of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes (http://www.lindamoodbell.com). Lindamood-Bell in no way guarantees the quality of the materials or services that may be supplied by West Virginia Wesleyan College. Wesleyan College is not affiliated with, certified, endorsed, licensed, monitored or sponsored by Lindamood-Bell, Nanci Bell, Phyllis Lindamood or Pat Lindamood.
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The
mentoring program, developed from research on the transition and persistence
of postsecondary students with learning disabilities and from self-regulated
learning theory, is designed to create a bridge to academic regulation
in the college environment. The program is composed of four elements:
organizational mentoring, strategic content tutoring, small group
discussion, and evening check-in. 
strategies for success appropriate to the student’s need and
instruction in the following areas: 
The
Learning Center has utilized the Lindamood-Bell ® approach in
one of its fee-based programs since 1992. Classes offering instruction
in this technique help students who have reading, writing, mathematical,
cognitive processing, and verbal expressive difficulties. Consistent
application using Lindamood-Bell ® methods will improve skills
required for accurate decoding, quick word recognition, and comprehension
for the increased volume of information facing today’s college
student. Test scores and improved academic performance have validated
a record of success with our students. The components of this program
include: LiPS ® (Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing
®), V/V ® (Visualizing and Verbalizing for
Language Comprehension ®), On Cloud Nine Math
®