Learning Disabilities Colleagues,

A colleague has asked me to speak to a group of adult literacy education 
teachers about how to serve "hard-to-reach" adult learners.  I solicit 
your help in answering this question. I am interested in hearing about 
your experience in "recruiting" or enrolling "hard-to-reach" adults with 
low literacy skills. I am also interested in hearing from adult 
learners, some of whom may be in your classes or may be people you 
tutor, some of whom may be colleagues on this list.  Perhaps you could 
share this question with your students and post their responses or they 
could reply directly on this list or to me by e-mail.

Of course, "hard-to-reach" could mean many things.  What does it mean to 
you? And "serving" hard-to-reach adult learners might be an important 
part of the answer to this question.  For example, if one of the reasons 
adults with low literacy (or numeracy) skills don't step forward for 
help is because they are hiding their reading writing or numeracy 
disabilities or difficulties, then they will be reluctant to come to 
classes in their community where others would find out.

So, from your experience, who are  "hard-to-reach"  low-literate adults 
,and what has been effective in recruiting and enrolling them?

Thanks for your help.

David J. Rosen
djrosen at comcast.net