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 eAAGiu918145; Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:45:06 -0500 (EST) Date: Fri, 10 Nov 2000 11:45:06 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <3A0C25E1.3B13@sover.net> 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: mag <mag@sover.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3249] Re: Literacy and Prisons X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mozilla 2.02Gold (Win95; I) Status: O Content-Length: 2402 Lines: 55 Denton, What is the name of the specific program you used (Lindamood's and Bell's programs)? Thanks. mag@sover.net Denton Kurtz wrote: > > 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 > > > > > > -- ============================ http://www.sover.net/~mag/
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