Return-Path: <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id eAA2iU927236; Thu, 9 Nov 2000 21:44:40 -0500 (EST) Date: Thu, 9 Nov 2000 21:44:40 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <001901c04abf$a07f9a60$0faf35d8@-denton> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: "Denton Kurtz" <dkurtz@learningdisabilities.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3244] Re: Literacy and Prisons X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3155.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; Status: O Content-Length: 2109 Lines: 47 June, What a perfect place to put the special programs that we know remediate learning disabilities. A captive audience that would be highly motivated. When we do intensive training of 4 hours a day 5 days a week, we are able to get years of change in a matter of weeks. One of our first clients was our son who had been in the public schools LD program for 9 years but graduated with a 6th reading level. After 114 hours of intensive training using Lindamood's and Bell's programs he was reading at the college level. He went back to college where he had failed even with the "special help", and graduated 3 years later with a 3.0 average. Denton Kurtz the Kurtz Center Winter Park, FL www.learningdisabilities.com -----Original Message----- From: Crawford, June <June_Crawford@ed.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Date: Thursday, November 09, 2000 11:53 AM Subject: [NIFL-LD:3239] Literacy and Prisons >Tom Woods mentioned that his program is located in a prison. I am curious, >Tom, about the training of the faculty. Have they been trained in Bridges >to Practice or in any of the reading programs that stress phonemic >awareness? The incidence of learning disabilities in prisons is high, and >yet the average sentence, nationwide, is only five years, and then people >are back out on the street on probation/parole. Without an education, >and/or an ability to navigate the job market through the use of assistive >technology (and a diagnosis of LD for legal purposes) the chances of >recidivism are greatly increased. The New York State Department of >Corrections just decided to train a team of trainers for the prison system >so their faculty can all get training. Several other states have done the >same. I wonder how many of our listserv members are aware of any training >being done in prisons in their state? > >I am "off the air" until Monday, but will look for responses at that point. > >June Justice Crawford >Learning Disabilities Program Associate >National Institute For Literacy >202-233-2064 Phone >202-233-2050 Fax >jcrawford@nifl.gov > > >
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