Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBrG209576 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:53:16 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311153.f7VBrG209576@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from imo-m04.mx.aol.com (imo-m04.mx.aol.com [64.12.136.7]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f2L1F9g08448 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:15:09 -0500 (EST) Received: from Lendoak@aol.com by imo-m04.mx.aol.com (mail_out_v29.5.) id p.3c.90faae0 (18715) for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:14:47 -0500 (EST) From: Lendoak@aol.com Message-ID: <3c.90faae0.27e95a87@aol.com> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2001 20:14:47 EST Subject: Re: [NIFL-HEALTH:2946] Trauma of illiteracy reply To: nifl-health@nifl.gov Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: AOL 3.0 16-bit for Windows sub 38 Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:53:15 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 1169 Lines: 24 Dear Jack and net, For a reference, we suggest Victoria Purcell-Gates who works in literacy research at Harvard Univ. She is the author of a useful study described in her book "Other People's Words." You might also contact Literacy Volunteers of America, Syracuse NY. I don't know that they have a scientific study on the issue, but their volunteers have tutored several hundreds of thousands of low literacy adults, and they have tons of assessment data as well as anecdotal information. LVA or Laubach Literacy would be naturals to do the study you inquired about. Based on our own years as tutors, illiteracy trauma is selective (trauma may be too strong a word). That is, those who are recent immigrants to this country have the least trauma - if any. After all, they are new here and may be expected to have some learning needs in English. Those who are native born Americans, but who can't read and write English very well tend to have more trauma - if any. They may perceive that they had opportuities to learn, but didn't, so they are at "fault". This might be a good topic for a grant request. Len and Ceci Doak Patient Learning Associates
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