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 iAO0sgQ12751; Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:54:42 -0500 (EST) Date: Tue, 23 Nov 2004 19:54:42 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <374B1F3C-3DB3-11D9-BBFC-000A95670234@lmi.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: Maureen Carro <mcarro@lmi.net> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-ld@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-LD:4530] Re: Introduction and Question about LD Assessment for GED X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.619) Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Status: O Content-Length: 2870 Lines: 60 Michele, Try the Department of Rehabilitation. Students who once qualified in K-12 shouldn't have a problem. Others may take a little more lobbying, but it is worth a try! As adults, they will need to self-refer. Maureen On Nov 23, 2004, at 3:20 PM, Michele Craig (shellcraig@ix.netcom.com) wrote: > Hello to All, > > I have been on the NIFL-BASICS list for some time, but a recent cross > post that you all responded to about teaching long division (thank > you) and Rochelle's invitation has persuaded me to add another list! I > teach ABE and GED (in the same classroom) at the Woodland Adult School > in Woodland, California. I have been working there for about 7 years > now and previously taught college level composition courses at UC > Berkeley and at the local community college. I recently attended the > Area 3 Writing Project and developed a presentation on teaching > writing to adults with learning disabilities. The more I work at > this (and because I now have a son with ld) the more I realize how > many of my adult students have learning disabilities and how few > resources they have to cope with them. > > My latest hobby-horse is trying to get money to provide services to my > ld students who want to take the GED with accomodations. The GED has a > rule that the assessment has to be current within the last five years. > Our school district does not provide assessments for the adult school, > so I contacted the CA State Department of Education about who would > provide assessments for adults. They sent me to our local community > college. They said they can't provide assessments unless they are > enrolled in the college (because of the cost). Then I emailed Sac > State to see if they had graduate students in Special Ed who might do > the assessments (no reply). Then I emailed the Bill Gates Foundation > who replied, "Sorry, we are reserving our grants for "at risk" > students who are unlikely to graduate from high school..." So I am > still running in circles. > > Mostly these are students who qualified for special education services > as children, but their assessments are not current according to GED > rules. But learning disabilities don't go away, do they? These > students tend to be intelligent and can pass the GED with extra time. > One of these students has severe dysgraphia and dyslexia and can pass > the essay exam with a Franklin Speller and extra time, but will not > pass otherwise. I also have 3 students who are relearning (and in some > cases I suspect learning for the first time) skills and two with > severe mental illness. They have neurologists and psychologists, so > they will probably receive accomodations for medical reasons. > > How do the rest of you deal with the issue of assessment and > accommodations in your schools? > > Michele Craig > > > >
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