At Van Roekel Learning Center, we offer a full range of services designed to help your child.
Van Roekel Learning Center offers highly trained educators that develop and implement individualized intervention programs for students according to their strengths and needs. We utilize researched based methods that develop the sensory-cognitive functions necessary in the development of language and literacy skills. By incorporating a multi-sensory approach and the Socratic method, reading fluency and comprehension improve. Our diverse team is able to assist children, teens, and adults with a variety of learning differences.

Our Specialties
- Dyslexia Programs
- Math Instructional Support
- ADD/ADHD Support
- Executive Functioning Skill Building (Homework and Organizational Coaching)
- IEP/504 Accommodations
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Academic Support
- Reading and Writing Support for the English Language Learner (ELL)
We meet with students at school, in-office, or at home.
Here is what our students, parents, and medical partners are saying
We are certified to teach Lindamood-Bell® Programs
Lindamood-Bell LiPS®: The LiPS program guides students in the of oral-motor movements of each phoneme and is used to develop overall phonemic awareness, reading, and spelling.
Lindamood-Bell Seeing Stars®: Seeing Stars utilizes multi-sensory instruction to develop the ability to visualize letters and sounds within words, otherwise known as symbol imagery. The Seeing Stars program is effective in establishing decoding, word attack, spelling, word recognition, and contextual reading fluency.
Lindamood-Bell Visualizing and Verbalizing®: The instructional method for Visualizing and Verbalizing guides students in the development of mental imagery for language which is critical for reading comprehension.
Lindamood-Bell Talkies®: Talkies is the first step to guide children in establishing the connection between imagery and language. It is often used as a primer to the Visualizing and Verbalizing program for children with limited verbal skills.
Lindamood-Bell On Cloud Nine®: The On Cloud Nine math program develops the imagery necessary for visualizing numbers and concepts, then utilizing that imagery for mathematical computation.
Other Programs:
Fast ForWord®: A computer-based reading program intended to help students develop and strengthen the cognitive skills necessary for successful reading and learning
Math U See: A systematic and cumulative, multisensory approach to mastering math concepts.
Wilson Fundations®: Multisensory, structured language program for reading, spelling, and handwriting.
All About® Spelling: Comprehensive spelling program using the Orton-GIllingham Method.
Handwriting Without Tears: Multisensory approach to teaching handwriting through cursive.
Typing Without Tears: Developmentally appropriate keyboarding and computer readiness program.
Additional Services
- High Order Thinking
- Vocabulary
- Reading and Writing Support for the English Language Learner (ELL)
- Autism Spectrum Disorder Academic Support
- Orthography
- Assistive Technology Training
- Executive Functioning Skill Building for Homework and Organizational Coaching
- Spalding Method
- Writing Composition
- Institute for Excellence in Writing
- IEP Review
- 504 Accommodations