Hello,
 
Earlier, I mentioned briefly that I was pulling together a Guest Speaker  
event for our List.  We have more information now and I can share it  with 
everyone.
 
The strand that sparked many positive comments both on- and off-List had  
numerous different subject titles, but the conversation was on Screening,  
Universal Design, Training, and providing services to adults in the State of  
Washington.  
 
Judy Campbell, Jimmie Lou Smith, and Candyce Rennegarbe all accepted my  
invitation to further expand upon the strand that began on the LD Discussion  List 
within the last few weeks.  I sincerely hope that Michael Tate will  join in 
as his support of their efforts is critical.
 
The topic of the Guest Speaker's Panel will be:
 
The Washington State LD  Project
 
It will begin on April 24th and will run  through April 26th.
 
To refresh your memory on the previous discussion, you can read  the 
following archived messages:
 
 
_http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/001049.html_ 
(http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/001049.html) 
 
_http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/date.html_ 
(http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/date.html) 
 
_http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/001056.html_ 
(http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/001056.html) 
 
_http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/001057.html_ 
(http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/001057.html) 
 
_http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/001055.html_ 
(http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/001055.html) 
 
_http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/001064.html_ 
(http://www.nifl.gov/pipermail/learningdisabilities/2007/001064.html) 
 
 
Here is an outline of the topics that the speakers will address.
 
 

 
OUTLINE OF TOPICS   
Tuesday, April 24 
Judy Campbell – LD Specialist, IEL Center Spokane, WA 
LD Specialist work with Adult Basic Education  programs 
Interviewing, Screening, Referral Process 
Training Teachers 
Referrals to community agencies 
Requesting GED accommodations 
Working with Disabled Student Services partners 
Outcomes 
Wednesday, April 25 
Candyce Rennegarbe – LD Specialist, Tacoma Community  College, WA 
History of LDQI Project with Judy Alamprese 
State Office of Adult Basic Education Support 
Development of Handbook on our universal design, screening,   
referral, and testing model 
LD Specialist Training -  California Model 
Testing students for learning disabilities 
Trainings for teachers and administrators 
Next steps for project 

 
Thursday, April 26 
Jimmie Smith – LD Specialist,   Renton Technical  College, WA 
Universal Design Learning 
Renton Dept. of Ed. UDL  Grant 
UDL, Screening and Testing process 
LD Specialist position in community colleges 
Working with Disabled Student Services partners on  campus 
Working with faculty on campus 
Tool Kit 
Outcomes
 
 


The guest panelists will do two things: 
1)    They will take questions that you post to  the List and respond to them 
on whichever day that question is most  appropriate.  Anyone that wants to 
send questions directly to me can do  so. 
2)     Speakers will address the issues listed  on their outlines on the date 
as scheduled.  They can post one or more  messages per day with the subject 
line from their outlines.  There will be  no problem sending Microsoft Word 
documents as attachments so any printed  resources that coincide with the topics 
can be shared by the  speakers. 
In my four-year tenure as Moderator of the LD Discussion List,  this will be 
the first event with multiple speakers.  Since the speakers  are already part 
of this online community, I know that you will welcome them and  -- just as 
important -- address pertinent questions to them. 
You can begin sending in questions for their consideration  immediately.  I 
will compile the  questions into a document and forward them to the  speakers. 
Lastly, in order to know the background of your guest speakers, the  
following bios have been provided. 
Can you tell how excited I am about this?? 
 
Biographies 
Judy  Campbell, M.Ed. is a  Learning Disability Specialist who has worked in 
Adult Basic education for the  past seventeen years.  Judy began as a Reading 
Teacher who watched many of  her students struggle to make progress and fail  
to achieve  their educational goals.  She desperately  wanted to know how to 
identify the barriers that were holding her students  back.  When she  first 
attended a teacher training given by Nancie Payne, she felt like she had  walked 
out of the dark into  the light. In 1999,  she attended the training “
Supporting Adults  with Learning Disabilities and Other Special Learning Needs” 
taught by Nancie  Payne and Neil Sturomski  made  available through Washington  
State Board of  Community and Technical Colleges Office of Adult Literacy.  She 
eventually  became a trainer and worked with teachers to share what she had 
learned.   She then became part of the federally funded Quality Initiative with 
the state  focus on creating a systematic process for serving students with 
learning  challenges (LDQI).  For the past two years, her ABE program has been 
part  of the Renton grant on  Universal Learning.  It has been an exciting  
journey. 
Jimmie Lou Smith is  a Learning Disabilities Specialist and Counselor for 
Basic Studies at Renton Technical College.  She has 30 years of experience in the 
 field of education and 13 of those years have been working with an adult  
population in a college environment.  Jimmie’s passion is helping students be 
successful.   Being a part of the LDQI and the  Universal Design for Learning 
project has allowed her to do just that.  She has had the opportunity to share 
her  experience and training with others in workshops and conferences and will 
be a  presenter at the Pacific Northwest Higher Education Conference next 
month.   
Candyce Engquist  Rennegarbe, M.A., is a learning disability specialist and 
instructor in the  Adult Basic Education Department at Tacoma Community  
College, Washington where she has worked  for the past 10 years.  She has  spent 
over 27 years working with students with learning disabilities in clinics,  as a 
resource specialist in K – 12, and now with adults in the community  colleges. 
 Candyce is proudest of  her efforts with the Washington State Learning 
Disability Project building a  system to offer students screening,  strategies, and 
testing as well as offering trainings for teachers and ld  specialists.  Her 
trainings have  been well received throughout Washington, Montana, Wyoming, 
Oregon, and Texas.   
Thanks very much, 
Rochelle 



Rochelle Kenyon
Moderator, LINCS Learning Disabilities Discussion  List
Center for Literacy Studies at the University of Tennessee
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