An independent reading consultant Diane Terando has had experience working with students in the prison population with a series of reading materials she has compiled.  She currently works with Urbana Adult Education as their reading specialist and also with Lincoln's Challenge an alterative Education program for at risk youth that uses a military model to assist at risk student to achieve a GED.  She has made amazing progress with some students I have sent to her.  Some of her earlier students, essentially non readers are now close to graduating from Parkland College.
Evelyn

Her contact information is 
Diane Terando 
One + One
oneplusone at fbconnectu.net 
Phone (217)280-3638


I'm writing to ask for your suggestions regarding reading curricula.  I 
have had a call from the field from a teaching in one of our local jails. 
She wanted suggestions for reading curricula that could be used with her 
learners.  Some of them are extremely low readers (1st and 2nd grade) 
while others are higher.  They are working on GED prep for all but she 
understands that not all will achieve that goal while they are with her.

Do any of you have any suggestions for reading curricula that you have 
found particularly effective?

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Lauren Ellington
Online Training Specialist, 
Learning Disabilities Specialist, and
Writer/Editor of Update and Update on LD
Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center
Virginia Commonwealth University
817 W. Franklin Street, Room 221  |  P.O. Box 842037
Richmond, VA  23284-2037
Phone:  1-800-237-0178 or  804-828-6158 
Fax:  804-828-7539


Evelyn Brown
Learning Disability Specialist
Parkland College
2400 West Bradley
Champaign, IL 61821
217.351.2587 fax 217.353.2305
ebrown at parkland.edu