Ms. Kenyon:
As a Special Education administrator in the Missouri Department of
Corrections and as a classroom teacher I have encountered 
many of these students. Most of our students have encountered academic
failure at an early age and dropped out of school by the 
ninth grade.  The vast majority of special ed students in our system have
some type of memory problem with varying degrees of severity. An LD student
with memory processing problems may have difficulty processing a long list
of directions.  For example, if an child with an LD is instructed to see the
bailiff,pay his fine at the payment window, and see his probation officer,
more than likely only the first or last instruction will be complied with
because that is what is processed.  Also these students are so in the
moment, particularly the ones with ADHD, that they might not understand what
is happening to them. They are happy to comply with directives just as long
as their immediate needs are met.  Several of my students have signed
documents given to them by their lawyer (authority figure) out of a desire
to get the process over with.  They wind up in jail with little
understanding of what happened. 

 
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From: RKenyon721 at aol.com [mailto:RKenyon721 at aol.com] 
Sent: Wednesday, March 22, 2006 4:31 PM
To: LearningDisabilities at nifl.gov
Subject: [LearningDisabilities 366] Fwd: Juvenile Justice Presentation--LDA,
Jacksonville


Hi all,
 
I am forwarding a response to the post about the LDA Conference from Lynn
Boza.  There is an attachment to her message.
 
 
Rochelle Kenyon, Moderator
National Institute for Literacy Learning Disabilities Discussion List
RKenyon721 at aol.com <mailto:RKenyon721 at aol.com>  
 
 
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