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 eAFGu7902984; Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:56:17 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 15 Nov 2000 11:56:17 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <E1AC0EEB95B4D211843C00062B001FC9077472C1@wdcfb6exc02.ed.gov> 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: "Young, Glenn" <Glenn_Young@ed.gov> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3268] Re: Literacy and Prisons X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2650.21) Status: O Content-Length: 5720 Lines: 138 Denton How accepted and recognized are you in the formal adult education services in corrections or other settings? Are you receiving State funding for this work? Glenn Young OVAE -----Original Message----- From: Denton Kurtz [mailto:dkurtz@learningdisabilities.com] Sent: Friday, November 10, 2000 5:44 PM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-LD:3251] Re: Literacy and Prisons Dear Mag, Two of the 29 programs we have at our center to choose from and the most useful when treating Dyslexic, Reading Comprehension disordered, CAPD, other auditory processing dysfunctioning, and the issues of Language Disabilities are the Lindamood Phoneme Sequencing Program for Reading, Spelling and Speech, 3rd Edition(LiPS) and the Visualizing and Verbalizing for Language Comprehension and Thinking(V/V) program by Bell. Tom in his response to my information had some valuable points. There is no one program that treats all the issues of the Reading Disabled. The programs we have are used for those for which tutoring does little or doesn't work at all. It has taken us 15 years to cull through the programs that are out there. We have used/experimented with, changed, improved upon and developed our own methods over the years, because although there are major set issues, each individual is just that, individual. Much of our early treatment with an individual is "Preparing the Brain For Learning", metacognitive treatment. Once their "soil is fertile", we come in with the "seeds and water", multisensory treatment that is delivered through the very elegant Socratic Method. Change is rapid and thorough. Our clients leave with incredible change, including great self esteem. They often become the top students in their class or top producers if in the work world. We have enjoyed watching the progress of the National Institutes of Health research on reading and spelling, directed by Dr. Reid Lyon, because gradually the research is catching up to what the successful clinics already know. It will be 20 years before there is enough time to research the areas we have discovered and show through the research, their efficacy. Most of the best work has been by Joseph Torgeson, Ph.D. at Florida State and Robin Morris, Ph.D. at Georgia State. The latter did the studies which identified 5 sub-types of Dyslexia. Four of the Five have as a component part, Phonemic/Phonological Awareness deficits. The program which showed the most success; and demonstrated continued growth will occur in the future for the students who received it was the LiPS program( in Torgeson's studies). It is the finest treatment program there is for developing good Phonemic Awareness, so that phonics instruction will work. This program also assists those who have Rapid Naming/Retrieval difficulties in reading, thus aiding the fluency component. I could go on and on but perhaps later, I've got to go for now. Sincerely, Denton M. Kurtz, M.Ed., LSP, NCSP, LMHC, NCC the Kurtz Center for Cognitive Development Winter Park, FL www.learningdisabilities.com -----Original Message----- From: mag <mag@sover.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Date: Friday, November 10, 2000 11:56 AM Subject: [NIFL-LD:3249] Re: Literacy and Prisons >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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