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What clients are saying:

About Linda:

I have one simple recommendation...contact the Gifted Development Center in Denver (Dr. Linda Silverman).She understands gifted, LD, visual spatial learners....she covers the spectrum. Understand that while there are several very knowledgeable people in these fields.........there is none that has the experience, background, or research that Dr. Silverman does. Her most important quality/expertise is her passion for caring about these children and their families.

About Allie:

It's amazing to  me that I have been to multiple doctors...Psychiatrists, Psychologists, Neurologists and Pediatricians for 6 years now to try and get some help for J, not to mention the thousands of dollars we have spent trying to get some answers, and after a 1-hour phone conversation with you I feel like I FINALLY have some answers! THANKS SO MUCH!

• feeling misunderstood
  
• challenged by breakdowns in communication
  
• assessment of learning styles and how they affect business and personal relationships
  
• struggles in scholastic areas particularly the memorization of rote material, poor handwriting, difficulty organizing thoughts and materials, spelling and learning to read
  
• learning disabilities including AD/HD, dyslexia or dysgraphia
  
• underachievement
  
• introversion
  
• parenting visual-spatial children
  
• homeschooling
  
• teaching strategies that promote visual techniques
  

Linda is a licensed psychologist who has been studying learning differences for over 40 years. She is a noted author, researcher and popular international speaker. Her Ph.D. is in special education from the University of Southern California. For nine years, she served on the faculty of the University of Denver in counseling psychology and special education. In 1979, Linda founded the Gifted Development Center, where more than 4,500 children have been assessed. In 1981, Linda coined the term “visual-spatial learner” and has been developing techniques, creating identification methods and improving teaching strategies for this population for over 25 years. This information can be found in Upside-Down Brilliance: The Visual-Spatial Learner (Denver: DeLeon, 2002). She has spoken all over the world on this topic, including Australia, Canada, England, Ireland, Hong Kong, New Zealand and Singapore. A special seminar was held on visual-spatial learners at Green College, Oxford University, in 2000. Linda has written over 300 articles, chapters and books related to gifted, learning disabled and other learners, including Counseling the Gifted & Talented (Love: 1993).

See Linda's list of Articles *** See Linda's Curriculum Vitae *** See Linda's Presentation Schedule

Interested in a consultation with Linda?

To arrange a phone consultation with Linda, please contact
Lee Ann Powell at the Gifted Development Center.

Allie is Director of the Visual-Spatial Resource and Marketing Director for the Institute for the Study of Advanced Development, and its subsidiaries, the Gifted Development Center and the Visual-Spatial Resource. As a founding member of the Visual-Spatial Resource Access Team, a former G/T teacher and homeschooling parent to two exceptionally gifted visual-spatial learners, Allie brings a wealth of experience to her book, Raising Topsy-Turvy Kids: Successfully Parenting Your Visual-Spatial Child. Her next book, If You Could See the Way I Think: A Handbook for Visual-Spatial Kids, has just been released! In addition to consulting with families of visual-spatial learners and those investigating homeschooling for their children, Allie has presented on homeschooling issues and on parenting visual-spatial learners at state, national and international venues.

See Allie's list of Articles *** See Allie's Vitae *** See Allie's Presentation Schedule

Interested in a consultation with Allie?

This page is currently under construction. Please visit again for more details about the rest of our visual-spatial consulting team: Betty Maxwell, Bobbie Gilman, Linda Leviton and Michael Davis. Thank you!

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