Hi, all. 

 

The upcoming discussion on the Learning Disabilities Discussion List, on the topic of differentiated instruction, described in part below, may be of interest to some on the ELA list. Notice that guest speaker #1, Brant Hayenga, has worked in ESL both on a Navajo reservation and at the University of North Texas. Of course most adult English language learners do not have dyslexia or other learning disabilities, but when they do, it would be useful to know how best to help them learn. And sometimes strategies from one field can inform another.

 

 

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Learning Disabilities Discussion List


Guest Speaker Topic


Common Cognitive Deficits in Dyslexic Students – Implications for Differentiated Instruction


 


Discussion Date: October 27-29, 2009


 

Guest Speaker #1: Brant Hayenga, Educational Diagnostician

 

Brant Hayenga is an educational diagnostician for the Rio Rancho Public Schools in Rio Rancho, NM. After graduation from the University of New Mexico with degrees in Geology and Education he was an elementary ESL reading teacher on the Navajo reservation for five years. He then went on to earn his M.A. in Special Education (with an emphasis on educational diagnostics) at the University of North Texas. He taught ESL reading for three more years in Texas, primarily to immigrants from Mexico. For the past six years has worked as an educational diagnostician in Texas and New Mexico.

 

Guest Speaker #2: Dr. Mary Loescher, Clinical/School Psychologist

 

Dr. Mary S. Loescher is a clinically licensed and a licensed school psychologist with the Rio Rancho Public Schools.  After graduating from the University of New Mexico she worked as a speech and language pathologist at the Veterans Administration Hospital and the Albuquerque Public Schools for 15 years.  She completed a doctoral degree from the Fielding Institute in Santa Barbara, California and has worked as a clinical psychologist in private practice,  as a school psychologist in rural New Mexico schools and on the Navajo reservation before coming to work for the Rio Rancho Public Schools.

 

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