Received: (from news@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.7.6/8.7.3) id HAA24646 for nifl-health@novel.nifl.gov; Fri, 7 Feb 1997 07:09:25 -0500 (EST) Path: literacy.nifl.gov!nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov From: MarkH38514@aol.com Newsgroups: nifl.health Subject: Healthcare training Date: 7 Feb 1997 07:09:22 -0500 Organization: National Institute for Literacy Lines: 25 Sender: listproc@literacy.nifl.gov Distribution: nifl Message-ID: <970207070732_982979446@emout06.mail.aol.com> Reply-To: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov NNTP-Posting-Host: literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-health@literacy.nifl.gov X-Status: Status: O To all: I'm working with a college that offers a variety of healthcare training programs (phlebotomy, radiography, sonography, nursing, health & wellness counseling, occupational therapy, etc.). An administrator mentioned to me yesterday that the college will be accepting quite a few multi-cultural students for the fall term, many of whom speak English as a second language, and who may have a hard time understanding the technical/scientific language in many of the basic courses. Textbook readability may be a major issue for some. (Joking, I hope, the Administrator suggested that I re-write many of the materials to be more "readable.") I don't have any demographics on the students yet, but my guess is that many will have serious problems doing college level work. This administrator realizes that the students may have some academic problems, and suggested that we "get a grant" to develop some sort of program to help them. Frankly, the college should have had a program in place before they even started to recruit these students--but that's another issue. Is anyone in this group aware of any grant funding sources that are interested in healthcare training for minority students, or for students for whom English is a second language, or anything even remotely close to these issues? Many thanks. Mark Hochhauser
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