Sandy:

As Al Toops mentioned, our Ohio policy is on the following website:

www.able-ohiou.org

Click on 'Learning Disabilities' and then scroll down to 'LD Policy and 
Planning Guide - Guest Access'

You may access our policy and planning guide as a guest.  If you have any 
questions or need more information, let me know.

-J

--On Thursday, February 08, 2007 4:27 PM -0500 RKenyon721 at aol.com wrote:


>

> Hi Sandy,

>

> Thanks for the question.  I am glad to know that Rhode Island is

> undertaking this important initiative.  Quite a few states already have a

> policy and very generously allow other students to use information they

> have developed.   Arkansas and Ohio both have excellent policies that my

> state of Florida has used when we began researching what was available.

>

> I know that Patti White and Jeff Fantine from Arkansas and Ohio,

> respectively, will respond to your question. Both of their policy

> documents are online.  Other states that have policies are invited to

> respond as well.

>

> We have discussed this topic before.  Our Archives are very useful just

> for this purpose - to look for discussions that have taken place in the

> past.  Here is the location for that earlier discussion from the 2004

> Archives:

>

> http://www.nifl.gov/cgi-bin/texis/webinator/search_discussions/redir.html

> ?query=State+Policy+On+Learning+Disabilities&prox=page&rorder=500&rprox=5

> 00&rdfreq=500&rwfreq=500&rlead=500&sufs=0&order=r&cq=8&u=http%3A//www.nif

> l.gov/nifl-ld/2004/0267.html

>

> Look for the label:

> [NIFL-LD:4412] Fw: State LD Policy Planning

>

> You might find some other responses that were pertinent in 2004.  I am

> anxious to see what responses you will get now -- almost 3 years later.

>

> Thanks,

>

> Rochelle

>

>

> Rochelle Kenyon

> Moderator, LINCS Learning Disabilities Discussion List

> Center for Literacy Studies at the University of Tennessee

> RKenyon721 at aol.com

>

> To post a message:

> Learningdisabilities at nifl.gov

>

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>

> To read archived messages:

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>

>

>

> Hello all,

> I'm a former reading teacher in adult ed, now serving on a committee

> formed by the Rhode Island Office of Adult Education to make

> recommendations towards a policy to address the needs of adults with

> learning disabilities --both ELL and Native English Speakers. This would

> include best practices, assistive technology, professional development

> and awareness training, to name just a few.

>

> Does any state (or country) have such a policy and how can we get hold of

> a copy?

>

> Thanks very much for your help and for all the ideas and suggestions that

> have already appeared in this discussion list .

>

> Sandy Jacobi




Jeffrey A. Fantine
Director, Literacy Center
College of Education
Ohio University
340 McCracken Hall
Athens, OH  45701
800-753-1519
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www.ohio.edu/literacy