Pluspunten
Their research-based programs work very well, and it is fulfilling to see the the children improve in such a short amount of time.
Minpunten
During my time at Lindamood-Bell, the bad outweighed the good (by a lot). The bad included: -Gross power dynamics within and between the different employees (consultants, ACD, CD, etc). You won't build friendships with those above you; they make it known that they are superior to you and hardly ever talk to clinicians. They follow a strict pyramid-like structure when it comes to those in power. -Poor treatment of clinicians. They will treat you like you are easily replaceable, never acknowledging the mental and emotional labor that goes into being with kids for 8+ hours/day. When you do something right, it will not be acknowledged. When you do something wrong (no matter how small), it will always be acknowledged. -Overall unorganized. You will hardly ever have the supposed "weekly" meetings (that take up 30 minutes of your allotted one-hour lunch break), yet still be expected to be in the loop of all that is happening, whether it be child-specific, family-specific, etc. You get less breaks than stated during the training, and you will often get asked to stay later or come in earlier than your assigned shift completely last-minute. -Needless day-to-day drama. There is dramatization of very minuscule problems. These problems are addressed by those in power, and then fixed by those beneath. -Lack of cleanliness within the session rooms. None of the resources ever get cleaned, so when kids get sick, clinicians will often get sick as well.
