John,

Thanks for your thoughts. Actually, Helmer was pointing Gina to the  
next entry at that link -- Bringing Family Literacy to Incarcerated  
Settings: An Instructional Guide.


On Jan 7, 2006, at 1:48 PM, John Nissen wrote:


> Help & Suggestions for first Parent/Child (PACT) meeting/visit in  

> new prison

> parenting program

> Hi Gina,

>

> I followed your link, and then followed on to read the "Breaking  

> Barrias"

> pdf document mentioned on that page, where it says:

>

> "Breaking Barriers/Rompiendo Barreras is a tool for Spanish- 

> speaking persons

> who are incarcerated. Created by students of an ESL class.. "

>

> Unfortunately, this is NOT a tool for Spanish-speaking people, but for

> English-speaking people learning Spanish.  So it might be jolly  

> useful if I

> found myself in, say, a Mexican prison.

>

> Wishing better thoughts for 2006,

>

> Cheers from Chiswick,

>

> John

>

> P.S.  What proportion of prison inmates are literate?

>

> John Nissen

> Cloudworld Ltd - http://www.cloudworld.co.uk

> maker of the assistive reader, WordAloud.

> Try WordAloud with synthetic phonics:

> http://www.cloudworld.co.uk/teaching-synthetic-phonics.htm

> Tel: +44 208 742 3170  Fax: +44 208 742 0202

> Email: info at cloudworld.co.uk

>

>

>

> ----- Original Message -----

> From: Helmer Duverge

> To: 'The Family Literacy Discussion List'

> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 3:47 PM

> Subject: Re: [FamilyLiteracy] Help & Suggestions for first

> Parent/Child(PACT)meeting/visit in new prison parenting program

>

>

> Gina,

>

> I have done some work in correctional settings with  

> intergenerational type

> programs in NY and I can point you to some great resources. One  

> particular

> one is the publication Bringing Family Literacy to Incarcerated  

> Settings: An

> Instructional Guide

>

> This was created to assist anyone interested in implementing a family

> literacy project within an incarcerated setting. The guide includes a

> description of various program designs as well as a blueprint for

> implementation. Resources and sample forms are provided. (2001)  Adult

> Education Act, Section 326, #0138-98-5001.

>

> You can find a PDF file at the following link.

>

> http://www.hudrivctr.org/products_ce.htm

>

> Let me know if you need more information.

>

> Be well and good luck,

>

>

> Helmer A. Duvergé

> Senior Family Literacy Training Specialist

> National Center for Family Literacy

> 325 West Main Street, Suite 300

> Louisville, KY 40202-4251

> (502) 584-1133 x145

> Fax: (502) 584-0172

> hduverge at famlit.org

> www.famlit.org

> "The primary task of every civilization is to teach the young men  

> to be

> fathers."

> -Margaret Mead

>

>

>

> -----Original Message-----

> From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov

> [mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Lobaccaro  

> Gina (DOC)

> Sent: Thursday, January 05, 2006 7:35 AM

> To: familyliteracy at nifl.gov

> Subject: [FamilyLiteracy] Help & Suggestions for first Parent/Child

> (PACT)meeting/visit in new prison parenting program

>

> I have posted before and received some excellent feedback regarding  

> starting

> up a family literacy program in a prison setting (adult male

> inmates/students enrolled in other education programs).

> It took as a long time to put it together. But Saturday morning we  

> have our

> first (both)parent/child meeting/visit, and I want it to go very  

> well.  I

> met the student who is in our high school program, and I am very  

> impressed

> with him.  I believe he will be a great first candidate for the  

> program.  He

> had a very close relationship with his four year old daughter  

> because he was

> able to spend a lot of time with her because of his work schedule.   

> He told

> me he was there when she was born.  He has only seen her twice in 6  

> months.

> He broke down and shared some other information with me... all  

> appropriate

> information.  We were talking about his goals for the class/program.

> Now... the meeting/visit is at 8:30 a.m. this Saturday, and the family

> literacy specialist is not able to attend the meeting with us.  I  

> am the

> correctional education person and I have a BS in Early Childhood

> Education -- but I never really spent much time working with young  

> children

> and I have spent the past 15 years teaching adult incarcerated men.  

> He will

> be reading and audio taping a few books today and tomorrow.  He  

> will read to

> her in the visit... and we will give the mother the tapes and a  

> child's tape

> recorder. I will have some time to meet the mother and child before  

> the

> visit.

> I am asking for suggestions about how to help structure/manage the  

> meeting

> so it is a positive experience for everyone involved.  I guess, this

> question could be asked of anyone who has been involved in first  

> PACT (Even

> Start) type meetings.

> Any thoughts would be appreciated.

> Thanks,

> Gina

>  "For business reasons, I must preserve the outward sign of  

> sanity." --Mark

> Twain

>

> Gina Lobaccaro

> Sussex Correctional Institution

> Prison Education Department

> PO Box 500

> Georgetown, DE 19947

> Office (302) 856-5282 x 6204

> Fax (302) 856-5642

> gina.lobaccaro at state.de.us

>

>

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