Hello,  
 
I am  the Moderator for the Learning Disabilities Discussion List. I am  very 
pleased to announce that Dr. Arlyn Roffman will  be leading an online 
discussion on the topic of Transition and Learning  Disabilities.  The relevant 
information follows: 
Theme:    
“Guiding Teens with LD: Navigating the Transition from  High School to 
Adulthood.”    
Date:    
November 8-9, 2007 
Learning  Disabilities Discussion List 
Guest: 
Dr.  Arlyn Roffman 
Guest's  Bio: 
Dr. Arlyn  Roffman, author of the recently published Guiding Teens with 
Learning Disabilities:  Navigating the Transition from High School to Adulthood, 
(Princeton  Review/Random House) is a  Professor of Special Education at Lesley 
University in Cambridge, Massachusetts,  where she served as the founding 
director of the Threshold Program, a non-degree  transition program for young 
adults with LD, from 1981-1996.  A licensed psychologist, she also  maintains a 
private practice focusing on the adjustment of youth and adults with  learning 
disabilities. 
Dr. Hoffman  earned her Ph.D. in developmental psychology at Boston College, 
an M.Ed. in  special education from Lesley University, and a B.A. at 
Connecticut  College.  She is the author of  numerous articles and chapters on learning 
disabilities and two other books, A Classroom Teacher’s Guide to  
Mainstreaming and Meeting the  Challenge of LD in Adulthood. 
Dr. Roffman  has served on the professional advisory boards of the Learning 
Disabilities  Association of America (LDA), National Center for Learning 
Disabilities (NCLD),  the National Adult Literacy and Learning Disability Center, 
and several other  organizations.  She has consulted  and made conference 
presentations on issues related to special education and  psychology throughout the 
U.S. and abroad and has served as an expert witness on  several cases related 
to transition for students with  disabilities. 
Tentative Outline for the  Discussion 
Laying the  Foundation for a Successful Transition 
What do K-12 teachers need to  know about how to prepare students for the 
real-life, practical challenges of  the adult world in terms of 
§    Continuing  education 
§    Entering the  workforce 
§    Participating in community  life?        
What do adult educators need  to know about their students’ needs beyond 
basic skills in order to help them  successfully transition into adult life? 
Meeting  Students’ Legal rights 
What does the law say about  transition during the middle and high school 
years? 
§      How can teachers help students  participate in the transition planning 
process? 
What laws protect students  after a student exits high school? 
What can adult educators  expect students to know if they have been on an IEP 
in high school? What can  adult educators do for those who have not been 
diagnosed and served under  IDEA? 
Suggested Background  Reading 
Guiding Teens with Learning Disabilities: Navigating the  Transition from 
High School to Adulthood (Arlyn  Roffman) 
A Classroom Teacher’s Guide to Mainstreaming (Arlyn  Roffman) 
Meeting the Challenge of LD in Adulthood (Arlyn  Roffman) 
Researchers' Roundtable on Transition for Young Adults with  Learning 
Disabilities 
_http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=7_ 
(http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=787) 87


Transition to Adulthood: Focusing on Life after High  School 
_http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=9_ 
(http://www.schwablearning.org/articles.aspx?r=970) 70  
Research Roundup (_LDNews March 2006_ 
(http://www.ncld.org/content/view/879/480/) ) 
_http://www.ncld.org/content/view/881/480_ 
(http://www.ncld.org/content/view/881/480)   
Please begin posting  specific questions to the List for Dr. Roffman based on 
her  tentative outline above.  We will continue collecting the questions  
until Nov. 6, 2007,  two days before the discussion  begins. 
If you have colleagues  interested in the topic of Transition & LD, kindly 
share or forward this  announcement to them. 
Information on how to subscribe  to the Learning Disabilities Discussion List 
- and how to post messages is  below. 
I encourage your participation  in this event and look forward to receiving 
your  questions. 
Thanks so  much, 
Rochelle  Kenyon 

Rochelle Kenyon
Moderator, NIFL/LINCS Learning Disabilities  Discussion List
Center for Literacy Studies at the University of  Tennessee
_RKenyon721 at aol.com_ (mailto:RKenyon721 at aol.com)  

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