My wish list would include professional development for all adult education teachers and administrators.  My belief is that most adult education teachers do not know about possible state/local resources and how to direct their students.  Many teachers are not aware of the prevalence of LD and teaching techniques when they first begin to teach adults.  In Michigan we have been fortunate to have training for teachers, but unfortunately, it seems to be the same teachers who attend. It's very difficult to attract new programs even though the trainings are offered at no cost.    

Linda Colagross
Education Consultant Manager
Office of Adult Education
Department of Labor and Economic Growth
517-373-6911
Fax: 517-335-3630


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Visit the new Practitioner Research, Practitioner Knowledge section of
NCSALL's Web site at http://www.ncsall.net/?id=967. Find out how
practitioners learn about new research and then inquire about how this
research might be used in their own practice. 

 

Teachers in the Northwest Practitioner Knowledge Institute learned about ESL
research, made a change in their own practice, documented what happened when
they made the change, and shared this knowledge in final reports. They
developed and documented "practitioner knowledge" developed from learning
about others' research. 

 

Teachers in the Minnesota Practitioner Research in Reading Project and the
Practitioner Dissemination and Research Network learned about others'
research and also conducted research of their own. After learning about new
research findings in reading or learner persistence, these teachers
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happened as a result, analyzed these data and reported their findings.

 

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Hello Pam,

I cannot answer your question, but I would like to point out the difficulty for a profoundly deaf person to learn to read and write at all, because the basis of our writing system is a phonemic encoding, and the deaf person cannot hear the sounds.  Thus they have to recognise whole words and remember their meaning, without any mnemonic value.   Considering the difficulties, it is hardly surprising that the average reading age for an adult deaf person is 11 years.

So, if the deaf student is managing to write with a decent vocabulary, and grammatically, it is a considerable achievement.

Cheers from Chiswick,

John

John Nissen
Cloudworld Ltd - http://www.cloudworld.co.uk 
maker of the assistive reader, WordAloud.
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  Subject: [LearningDisabilities] American Sign Language


  Hello,

   

  I am looking for resource materials for one of our teachers.  She is working with a deaf student who uses American Sign Language to communicate.  As you may know this language is different in that they do not communicate in full sentences as we know it.  So the challenge for the instructor is to teach the student to write in complete sentences.  Please let me know of any materials you have used that might make this process easier.

   

  Thank you!

   

  Pam Bryan

  ABE Special Projects Coordinator

  and Regional Technical Assistant for 

  Literacy West Virginia

  RESA III

  501 22nd Street

  Dunbar, WV  25064

  1-800-257-3723 ext. 212

  FAX:  766-7915
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Subject: [LearningDisabilities] If we had the resources....what do you
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LD discussion list colleagues,

Suppose your state, or the federal government, each year over the  
next 10 years, had a 10% increase in adult education funds.  Suppose  
that an enlightened adult education leader in your state said that s/ 
he wanted to use half of these funds, 5% of your state and federal  
budget, to improve teaching of adults with learning disabilities, and  
that s/he turned to you for advice.  In a small state with no state  
money for adult education this would be a very small amount of  
money.  In a large state like California, with a huge state budget,  
this would be over $20 million a year (I understand that current  
state and federal resources in California for adult education are  
about a half $billion.)

What would you recommend?  What would you do to improve teaching? To  
improve program practices such as screening, counseling, assistive  
technology, universal design or others. What other services are  
needed -- for example, money for formal assessments? What policy  
changes are needed? If you would rather take this on using another  
state's (larger) budget, feel free.  But think of this as a ten-year  
project -- or possibly longer.

Is this just dreaming? It's hard to say, but if we get very clear  
about what needs to be done, and what the increments are for doing  
it, the chances are much better of making it happen.  Now is the time.

David J. Rosen
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David,

Thank you for the thought-provoking question.  I am going to ask our 
subscribers to seriously consider your question. Sometimes, practitioners in the field 
are not asked these kinds of tough questions so this is our opportunity to 
respond.  Consider it a "Wish List" of all that is currently missing from your 
programs, and from the statewide delivery of services to adults with learning 
disabilities.

I will compile your responses (without names and affiliations, unless the 
consensus is that you would want that included) into a document.  We can decide 
how to proceed after that.

This is the time for 'first-time responders' to have their voices heard! 
I welcome your thoughts.

Thanks,

Rochelle


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