Dear Friends:

you have any advice for me to share with an adult non-reader who is
interested in obtaining information about basic reading and writing? A woman
called me the other day and she is interested in educating herself and
supporting her children's emerging literacy skills. I can help her out in
relation to children's literacy, but wasn't sure where to send her for adult
education information, as she has very low literacy skills.

Cesar Watts
Read Out Loud Hotline Coordinator
DC LEARNs 
www.readoutloud.org
www.dclearns.org
1-866-732-3688

 


-----Original Message-----
From: familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:familyliteracy-bounces at nifl.gov] On Behalf Of Gail Price
Sent: Monday, January 09, 2006 8:40 AM
To: The Family Literacy Discussion List
Subject: Re: [FamilyLiteracy] Help & Suggestions for
firstParent/Child(PACT)meeting/visit in new prison parenting program

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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Gail J. Price
Multimedia Specialist
National Center for Family Literacy
325 West Main Street, Suite 300
Louisville, KY 40205

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