Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id fB1NRP002075; Sat, 1 Dec 2001 18:27:25 -0500 (EST) Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 18:27:25 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <000e01c17abf$186fb200$0f7e4418@vc.shawcable.net> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "A. Schofield/S.Smythe" <andrewsc@interchange.ubc.ca> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:433] Re: NIFL-FAMILY digest 1623 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 5.50.4522.1200 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 15968 Lines: 381 Kathleen, the information you provided on sex offenders and especially the advice to trust our instincts is extremely valuable. Thank you very much. Suzanne Smythe Vancouver, BC ----- Original Message ----- From: <nifl-family@nifl.gov> To: "Multiple recipients of list" <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 2:55 PM Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:432] NIFL-FAMILY digest 1623 > NIFL-FAMILY Digest 1623 > > Topics covered in this issue include: > > 1) December issue of e*literacy, NIFL's monthly newsletter > by "Nancy Sledd" <nsledd@famlit.org> > 2) Re: Question about sex-offender policy > by KathleenBombach@aol.com > 3) Re: SO SORRY!!!!!!!!!! > by KathleenBombach@aol.com > 4) Re: Question about sex-offender policy > by KUTHFAM@aol.com > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Fri, 30 Nov 2001 23:00:53 -0500 > From: "Nancy Sledd" <nsledd@famlit.org> > To: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> > Subject: December issue of e*literacy, NIFL's monthly newsletter > Message-ID: <NDBBIIAMELHODBHLMPKIKELDDEAA.nsledd@famlit.org> > > The December issue of e*literacy, NIFL's monthly electronic newsletter, is > now online at: http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/01_12_01.html. The table > of contents and first few articles are posted below: > > ****************************************CONTENTS**************************** > ********* > > 1. AOL-TIME WARNER ADDS NEW "LITERACY" KEYWORD > > 2. EQUIPPED FOR THE FUTURE TOOLS NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH > > 3. NIFL AND HEAD START COLLABORATE ON FAMILY LITERACY > > 4. NIFL ASSISTS AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND IN NATIONAL TRAINING > PROGRAM > > 5. COMING SOON: ADULT ASSESSMENT WEB SITE NEARING COMPLETION > > 6. LEGISLATIVE UPDATE: ESEA NEGOTIATIONS CONTINUE > > 7. LITERACY IN THE NEWS: FROM THE IRISH INDEPENDENT: ILLITERACY CAUSING > HEALTH PROBLEMS > > 8. CALENDAR: DECEMBER CONFERENCES AND EVENTS > > **************************************************************************** > ********* > > 1. AOL-TIME WARNER ADDS NEW "LITERACY" KEYWORD > > LINCS and AOL-Time Warner staff have collaborated to add "literacy" as a > keyword on the AOL website. The new keyword links to the NIFL website. > > For more information go to AOL's Government Guide's Research & Education > page. > > 2. EQUIPPED FOR THE FUTURE TOOLS NOW AVAILABLE IN SPANISH > > The EFF Role Maps, Skills Wheel, and Standards have all been translated into > Spanish and can be downloaded from the EFF website: > (http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/collections/eff/eff_masters.html). Poster-size > versions of the role maps and standards wheel are available from the EFF > National Center. For more information, contact dawn.norris@umit.maine.edu. > > 3. NIFL AND HEAD START COLLABORATE ON FAMILY LITERACY > > NIFL has entered an interagency agreement with the Head Start Bureau to > engage in joint activities to promote the delivery of high-quality family > literacy services by Head Start and Early Head Start programs. NIFL has > agreed to provide Partnership for Reading funding to the Department of > Health and Human Services (HHS) in order for HHS to create and disseminate > professional development materials based on scientific research findings on > how young children and adults develop the ability to read. The materials > will also look at research implications for improving Head Start and Early > Head Start programs that provide family literacy services. The materials > will be used to train family literacy providers to improve reading > instruction in the adult basic education components of family literacy > programs and to help them deliver services that enable young children to > develop the core skills they need to become good readers. HHS is funding the > National Center for Family Literacy to develop materials and training > models. > > For more about NIFL's activities to support early literacy, go to the > Partnership for Reading information page. > > 4. NIFL ASSISTS AMERICAN FOUNDATION FOR THE BLIND IN NATIONAL TRAINING > PROGRAM > > The American Foundation for the Blind (AFB) has issued an invitation for > adult educators and vocational rehabilitation counselors to participate in a > national training program to address the literacy needs of adults with low > vision in adult education classrooms. The NIFL is assisting through its > learning disabilities program, using the Bridges to Practice model. The AFB > is looking for adult literacy practitioners to train their peers in teaching > adults with low vision. Requirements include experience in training, > interest in improving teaching skills, and the ability to lead other > teachers to change their classroom practice. The similarities in > instructional accommodations and assistive technology for adults with low > vision and adults with learning disabilities make them easy to adapt for the > adult education classroom. > > Training locations are as follows: Atlanta in January; San Antonio in > February; San Francisco in April; and Boston in May. Trainers will receive a > stipend. To request an application, contact Tina Tucker at AFB: > ttucker@afb.net. > > 5. COMING SOON: ADULT ASSESSMENT WEB SITE NEARING COMPLETION > > In conjunction with National Center for the Study of Adult Learning and > Literacy (NCSALL) and LINCS staff, NIFL's Partnership for Reading is > developing an interactive Web site that allows teachers to enter reading > scores (silent reading comprehension, word recognition, word meaning, > spelling, and words per minutes reading speed) for their learners and > receive matching profiles that offer characteristics of learners with > comparable scores, as well as suggested interventions for teaching learners > with those characteristics based on relevant research. The site, which is > under construction, will be piloted this winter and available to the public > in the spring. > > To continue reading e*literacy, please click here: > http://www.nifl.gov/nifl/eliteracy/01_12_01.html. > > > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 14:24:19 EST > From: KathleenBombach@aol.com > To: nifl-family@nifl.gov > Subject: Re: Question about sex-offender policy > Message-ID: <133.593238d.293a8863@aol.com> > > > --part1_133.593238d.293a8863_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > I read the sex offender questions and responses with interest. I have worked > with sex offenders in a professional capacity, and I have the following > suggestions: > 1. It is virtually universal that child sex offenders are prohibited from > contact with children in the terms of their probation/parole. The person to > contact is their probation/parole officer to verify. > 2. Remember that sex offenders who offend against children will seek out > your program because of the access to children. They may approach you to > volunteer, for example, whether or not they have children in the program. > 3. In many states, like mine (Texas), mandatory minimums for drug offenses > have filled the prisons. As a consequences, sex offenders who have committed > horrible crimes are given probation instead of prison time. Do not assume > that someone on probation has committed a minor offense, or only one offense, > because they only received probation. > 4. Do not believe the offender's description of the crime or what he was > convicted of. Ask the probation or parole officer. Make it clear to the > offender that you will be verifying their story. Sex offenders, in > particular, minimize their offenses because society finds the offenses so > unacceptable. > 5. Do not believe excuses, such as "I thought she was 18, but they said she > was 12" or "I didn't really do it, but I had no choice but to plead guilty, > or cop a plea, or they exaggerated, or I was framed, retaliated aginst, my > ex-wife lied, etc." The list goes on and on. > 6. Be aware that someone who commits many, many offenses will probably be > prosecuted for just one of those offenses. Hence, their criminal record will > show only one offense. > 7. Know that many child sex offenders are very manipulative and persuasive, > and may be the most charming, helpful guys around. They especially know how > to charm children. > 8. Many child sex offenders are diverted into counseling programs and not > the criminal justice system. > 9. Always be suspicious of parents who try to do things with children alone, > with no other adult present. In fact, make it a rule that children must be > in the care of two adults, a male and a female, for any activities that are > out of sight of program supervision. An example might be a trip to the city > library. > I know this sounds like a lot, but research shows that about a third of girls > and a tenth of boys will experience an inappropriate adult sexual contact > sometime during childhood. > Feel free to ask me any questions that I might be able to help with off-line > Kathleen Bombach > > --part1_133.593238d.293a8863_boundary > Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">I read the sex offender questions and responses with interest. I have worked with sex offenders in a professional capacity, and I have the following suggestions:<BR> > 1. It is virtually universal that child sex offenders are prohibited from contact with children in the terms of their probation/parole. The person to contact is their probation/parole officer to verify. <BR> > 2. Remember that sex offenders who offend against children will seek out your program because of the access to children. They may approach you to volunteer, for example, whether or not they have children in the program.<BR> > 3. In many states, like mine (Texas), mandatory minimums for drug offenses have filled the prisons. As a consequences, sex offenders who have committed horrible crimes are given probation instead of prison time. Do not assume that someone on probation has committed a minor offense, or only one offense, because they only received probation.<BR> > 4. Do not believe the offender's description of the crime or what he was convicted of. Ask the probation or parole officer. Make it clear to the offender that you will be verifying their story. Sex offenders, in particular, minimize their offenses because society finds the offenses so unacceptable.<BR> > 5. Do not believe excuses, such as "I thought she was 18, but they said she was 12" or "I didn't really do it, but I had no choice but to plead guilty, or cop a plea, or they exaggerated, or I was framed, retaliated aginst, my ex-wife lied, etc." The list goes on and on.<BR> > 6. Be aware that someone who commits many, many offenses will probably be prosecuted for just one of those offenses. Hence, their criminal record will show only one offense.<BR> > 7. Know that many child sex offenders are very manipulative and persuasive, and may be the most charming, helpful guys around. They especially know how to charm children. <BR> > 8. Many child sex offenders are diverted into counseling programs and not the criminal justice system. <BR> > 9. Always be suspicious of parents who try to do things with children alone, with no other adult present. In fact, make it a rule that children must be in the care of two adults, a male and a female, for any activities that are out of sight of program supervision. An example might be a trip to the city library.<BR> > I know this sounds like a lot, but research shows that about a third of girls and a tenth of boys will experience an inappropriate adult sexual contact sometime during childhood.<BR> > Feel free to ask me any questions that I might be able to help with off-line<BR> > Kathleen Bombach</FONT></HTML> > > --part1_133.593238d.293a8863_boundary-- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 14:33:23 EST > From: KathleenBombach@aol.com > To: nifl-family@nifl.gov > Subject: Re: SO SORRY!!!!!!!!!! > Message-ID: <bd.17fb557d.293a8a83@aol.com> > > > --part1_bd.17fb557d.293a8a83_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > Betsy: > Do not apologize for your message. This gives you the opportunity to discuss > the possibility that a sex offender may want to enter your program or will > get hired as staff in advance so you can put protections for your families > into place. > I just sent a long post to list with information on sex offenders. Let me > add one more point: > Trust your instincts! Trust your teachers' and parents' instincts! If > anyone tells you they do not feel comfortable with another parent or staff > member, check it out. If parents quit sending their children to a specific > group when a certain staff member, volunteer, or fellow parent is > present--find out why. Don't let that feeling of unease get pushed to the > back of your mind. > Kathleen Bombach > > --part1_bd.17fb557d.293a8a83_boundary > Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0">Betsy:<BR> > Do not apologize for your message. This gives you the opportunity to discuss the possibility that a sex offender may want to enter your program or will get hired as staff in advance so you can put protections for your families into place.<BR> > I just sent a long post to list with information on sex offenders. Let me add one more point:<BR> > Trust your instincts! Trust your teachers' and parents' instincts! If anyone tells you they do not feel comfortable with another parent or staff member, check it out. If parents quit sending their children to a specific group when a certain staff member, volunteer, or fellow parent is present--find out why. Don't let that feeling of unease get pushed to the back of your mind.<BR> > Kathleen Bombach</FONT></HTML> > > --part1_bd.17fb557d.293a8a83_boundary-- > > ------------------------------ > > Date: Sat, 1 Dec 2001 14:35:22 EST > From: KUTHFAM@aol.com > To: nifl-family@nifl.gov > Subject: Re: Question about sex-offender policy > Message-ID: <b0.1e3c3e27.293a8afa@aol.com> > > > --part1_b0.1e3c3e27.293a8afa_boundary > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > In a message dated 12/1/2001 2:28:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, > KathleenBombach@aol.com writes: > > > > I read the sex offender questions and responses with interest. I have > > worked with sex offenders in a professional capacity, and I have the > > following suggestions: > > > > Thanks for that info. > > > Millie Kuth > > --part1_b0.1e3c3e27.293a8afa_boundary > Content-Type: text/html; charset="US-ASCII" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit > > <HTML><FONT FACE=arial,helvetica><FONT SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0">In a message dated 12/1/2001 2:28:31 PM Eastern Standard Time, KathleenBombach@aol.com writes:<BR> > <BR> > <BR> > </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=3 FAMILY="SERIF" FACE="Times New Roman" LANG="0"><BLOCKQUOTE TYPE=CITE style="BORDER-LEFT: #0000ff 2px solid; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px">I read the sex offender questions and responses with interest. I have worked with sex offenders in a professional capacity, and I have the following suggestions:<BR> > </BLOCKQUOTE><BR> > </FONT><FONT COLOR="#000000" style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: #ffffff" SIZE=2 FAMILY="SANSSERIF" FACE="Arial" LANG="0"><BR> > Thanks for that info.<BR> > <BR> > <BR> > Millie Kuth</FONT></HTML> > > --part1_b0.1e3c3e27.293a8afa_boundary-- > > ------------------------------ > > End of NIFL-FAMILY Digest 1623 > ******************************
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