[NIFL-LD:3350] RE: Consumer empowerment Curriculum ---

From: Amy Normand (an10@swt.edu)
Date: Thu Mar 01 2001 - 10:34:00 EST


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Have you looked at "Project Forward", a curriculum written and developed by
Barbara Baird at El Paso Community College some years back for the JOBS
(welfare classes) here in Texas?  It covers all of those areas and much more,
is very flexible and user-friendly.  It is not written specifically for LD
adults, but lends itself to adequately meeting their individual needs through
its' flexibility.  You can get a copy through the Texas Center for Adult
Literacy and Learning (TCALL) at 800/441-READ, if you would like to look it
over.  We have also used it with the homeless and incarcerated populations with
success.

Amy Normand, Director
Volunteers in Training for Adult Literacy
(Project VITAL)
Southwest Texas State University
601 University Drive
San Marcos, TX  78666
512-245-7982

"Young, Glenn" wrote:

> We are looking for a curriculum on "consumer empowerment" (not just
> self-adovcacy, but including self-advocacy) for persons with LD.  We are
> looking for a program that includes:
>
> Self-awareness and self-acceptence (as a person with a disability, and
> understading of civil rights, etc.) social-skills development, independent
> living skills, and career development (with use of accommodations.   We are
> mainly concerned with issues of LD and low-income adults ... and even
> perhaps focused on previously un-identified populations ... although we will
> like to see anything that has been developed for persons with LD, in
> colleges or other settings.
>
> Thanks ----
>
> Glenn Young
> Adult Literacy and Disabilities Specialist
> US Dept. of ED/OVAE
> 400 Maryland Avenue MES 4428
> Washington DC 20202
> 202-205-3372
> glenn_young@ed.gov



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