LD Discussion Colleagues,

Some colleagues and I were thinking about what were the priorities  
which needed to be addressed in workforce development.  As we look at  
it, there is a high degree of overlap between adult literacy  
education and work and job skills training; out-of-school youth,  
16-25, are included in the population for whom we want good state  
workforce development and adult education services.

The top priority for new out-of-school youth policy for workforce  
development was learning disabilities.  For example, we heard that it  
is often difficult for community-based education programs that serve  
adults and out-of-school youth, even those which offer a high school  
diploma through the public schools, to get the records from the  
schools their students attended for those who were core evaluated and  
for whom there is an I.E.P.  I was wondering if anyone on this list  
has ideas about how that issue can be addressed.

I also wonder what, from your experience, the needs and issues are  
for out-of-school youth who have learning disabilities, especially  
needs which might be different from adults with learning disabilities.

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net