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 g2DIeYu22934; Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:40:34 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2002 13:40:34 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <973A8A3969EF064B8C462506CBA8D459106855@muxc02.marshall.edu> 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: "Guyer, Barbara" <guyerb@Marshall.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:3942] Re: NIFL-LD digest 1246 X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-transfer-encoding: 7BIT Content-type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) Status: O Content-Length: 3366 Lines: 81 Dear Anne, Thank you very much for responding. Sometimes I am tempted to withdraw from the Listserve, but when I get a note like yours, it makes it seem worthwhile. Thanks so much for responding. Take care. Barbara Guyer -----Original Message----- From: Anne Murr [mailto:anne.murr@DRAKE.EDU] Sent: Wednesday, March 13, 2002 11:55 AM To: Multiple recipients of list Subject: [NIFL-LD:3941] Re: NIFL-LD digest 1246 Yes, Barbara. Persons with reading problems need to be informed that the reason they can't read (well) is that their brains process information differently. (It's not that they are retarded, dumb, lazy, etc., etc.) The basic information they have trouble with is perceiving sounds in words and connecting the letters to those sounds. That must be directly taught in order for successful, independent reading to ever occur. The impact on self esteem is so damaging. Thank you, Barbara, for sharing information about using the Wilson Reading System. It was 3 years ago that I read your LD Listserv posting stating that, for college students that you serve in your center, "when all else fails, we go to Wilson." That's what got me started. And that's why this Listserv is such a fabulous resource for us in the field. We learn so much from each other! Thank you, Barbara, and thank you ALL. Anne > NIFL-LD Digest 1246 > >Topics covered in this issue include: > > 1) Re: Assessment of LD > by "Guyer, Barbara" <guyerb@Marshall.edu> > 2) Re: assessment of LD > by Anne Murr <anne.murr@DRAKE.EDU> > >---------------------------------------------------------------------- > >Date: Fri, 08 Mar 2002 13:58:12 -0500 >From: "Guyer, Barbara" <guyerb@Marshall.edu> >To: "'nifl-ld@nifl.gov'" <nifl-ld@nifl.gov> >Subject: Re: Assessment of LD >Message-ID: <973A8A3969EF064B8C462506CBA8D459106838@muxc02.marshall.edu> > >Dear Anne, > I enjoyed reading your message about MSLP for ESL students. We have >a limited number of ESL students, but for the past 20 years we have been >using the MSLP with college students who arrive at college with good >intelligence and very poor reading/spelling skills. We iuse the Wilson >Reading System with 100 Passages and other materials as seem appropriate. >We have had such an amazing degree of success with people who have known >only failure when they have tried to learn to read and spell. The Wilson >Reading System is so great because most of what one needs is there waiting >to be used. It is wise to have training for those who use it, and then you >begin to see gradual and consistent progress. It is such fun to see these >students begin to look up from the floor when they walk, to smile when they >see you, and to begin to make better grades in their classes. We have had >many students begin to cry when they read their first short book -- it is >such a relief to them to realize that there is a brain in their skull that >works .. and just possibly isn't retarded. > I know you were writing about testing, but I couldn't resist. Have >a good weekend! It is sunny and 70 degrees here in the mountains of West >Virginia. Barbara Guyer, Director, H.E.L.P., Marshall University -- Anne Murr, Coordinator Adult Literacy Center School of Education Drake University 3206 University Ave. Des Moines, IA 50311 anne.murr@drake.edu Tel 515-271-3982 Fax 515-271-4544
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