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From: Kate Gladstone <kate@global2000.net>
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Subject: [NIFL-POVRACELIT:845] perhaps you can help me with a sticky situation
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Folks - Perhaps you can help me - I've just recently gotten back from over
a week of
work out of town, and I need help with a sticky situation that arose: a situation
that has never arisen for me before.
THE SITUATION:
My work out of town consisted of helping a teen-aged dyslexic girl (age 15)
improve the legibility and fluency of her handwriting. A special-education
tutor is helping the girl over the summer with other academic areas - this
tutor had noted problems with the girl's handwriting, and had tried previously
(without success) to help her improve in this area, but the tutor saw yesterday
that the student now writes much more legibly and fluently. The tutor complimented
the student on this, but ...
... the fact that the student improved has apparently posed a real problem
for the tutor. When the tutor saw the improvements, after she complimented
the student she then said: "Unfortunately, I shall have to ask you to stop
doing this [your new handwriting], because the fact that you have dyslexia
means that you can't possibly have improved anything by following the instructions
that Kate gave you. You certainly can't have so much improvement as I've seen
in only a week." - even though the tutor had just complimented the girl (who'
d followed my instructions) on now writing much more legibly and fluently.
(In other words, the student is successfully doing something that
the tutor tells her she "can't" do because of a disability - and so the tutor
wants
her to stop.)
The student and her mother (who had hired me at the recommendation of the
school - the school, in fact, has written me into the girl's Individualized
Education Plan and has paid me a hefty sum for my services) have asked the
tutor to explain her position:
"How can you say that someone 'can't' improve so much, 'can't' write more
legibly and fluently within a week, etc., when the person *did* achieve this
- and when you have even complimented her on the achievement?" The tutor has
refused to reply.
What would you do in my position? What advice would you give the tutor, the
mother, and the student herself?
Yours for better letters,
Kate Gladstone - Handwriting Repair
kate@global2000.net
http://www.global2000.net/handwritingrepair
325 South Manning Boulevard
Albany, New York 12208-1731 USA
telephone 518/482-6763
AND REMEMBER ...
you can order books through my site! (Amazon.com link - I
get a 5% - 15% commission on each book sold)
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