Return-Path: <root> Received: (from root@localhost) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) id f7VBrGt09581 for health-archive@nifl.gov; Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:53:16 -0400 (EDT) Resent-Message-Id: <200108311153.f7VBrGt09581@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from harumscarum.mr.itd.umich.edu (harumscarum.mr.itd.umich.edu [141.211.125.17]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with ESMTP id f2LDmsg29753 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:48:54 -0500 (EST) Received: from dhcp.soe.umich.edu ([141.211.246.84]) by harumscarum.mr.itd.umich.edu (8.9.3/3.3s) with ESMTP id IAA17256 for <nifl-health@nifl.gov>; Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:48:54 -0500 (EST) From: ajewkes@umich.edu Date: Wed, 21 Mar 2001 08:48:30 -0500 To: nifl-health@nifl.gov Subject: Re: [NIFL-HEALTH:2951] Re: Trauma of illiteracy reply Message-ID: <1616999236.985164510@dhcp.soe.umich.edu> In-Reply-To: <3c.90faae0.27e95a87@aol.com> Originator-Info: login-id=ajewkes; server=tremors.imap.itd.umich.edu X-Mailer: Mulberry (Win32) [1.4.4, s/n S-399020] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Resent-From: root@literacy.nifl.gov Resent-Date: Fri, 31 Aug 2001 07:53:16 -0400 Resent-To: health-archive@nifl.gov Status: O Content-Length: 1378 Lines: 34 Just a correction about Vicky Purcell-Gates; she's now at Michigan State. Abby Jewkes --On Tuesday, March 20, 2001, 8:16 PM -0500 Lendoak@aol.com wrote: > 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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