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 g0E3UE003059; Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:30:14 -0500 (EST) Date: Sun, 13 Jan 2002 22:30:14 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020113135426.00a1fb40@mail> 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: clifwillard <clifwillard@home.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3825] RE: NIFL-LD:3810 NO Support for phonetic X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 2772 Lines: 50 Art, If a person has a TBI and has language loss as a result, then any kind of rehabilitation needs to include any of the OG+ methods. In a TBI situation, there is great likely that with these methods, the person regain some facility in language and in some cases complete recovery. This is because there is loss due to brain damage. Re-learning is essential for new pathways to develop the replace or compensate for the damaged neurons. In the situation of a TBI, the brain knows that there has been damage and loss and will attempt to compensate for the loss of facility in any way it can. Using OG+ methods will dramatically increase the likelihood that the brain will develop new neural pathways the replace the ones lost. If however the person does not have any loss or brain damage and the symptoms are caused by a timing error which is not damaged tissue, then the brain will not develop new pathways as it does not perceive anything damaged or threatening to it's existence. This is the major difference between genetic and acquired disability. Some have suggested that it does not matter where the disability comes from. That kind of thinking is just a reflection of the fear of being wrong. "My mind is made up, do not confuse me with the facts." There is one major characteristic that separates brain injury from a genetic based language disability. That is that the person with a genetic based language disability experiences a dynamic nature to the symptoms whereas a person with a TBI does not. If a person has a genetic language disability in reading, sometimes they can appear to read well. A few minutes later they are back to reading poorly. Sometimes they can appear to do it but it does not last. Teachers look puzzled and often say, "but you knew it a minute ago!" This is an example of the dynamic nature to a genetic based language disability and is one of the most confusing of all the symptoms. It is however part of the disability. A person with an acquired disability experiences consistent, non-dynamic symptoms. They never have times when they can do and then not. Their reading is always the same. they gradually improve over time but they do not exhibit any dynamic symptoms. It is essential that the cause be accurate or the instruction will be for the wrong problem and not provide meaningful results. There must be a strong correlation between research and practice and practice and research. One cannot ignore one and claim knowledge in the other. One of the main problems of education is that by the time information get in the textbooks, it is already 5 years old. Everyone must work together and maintain an open mind if any one is to find solutions to the many problems we all face. Clif
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