Thank you for bringing to my attention this organization.   I moved from
Glen Cove, Long Island, in 2004 and now live in San Francisco.  I founded
and directed Project Literacy/Outreach, Inc. in 1986. that non-profit
organization helped hundreds of underserved gain literacy skills by getting
help from volunteers trained in Orton-Gillingham approach.  All services -
tutor training and the delivery of help - were free.  The point is this: the
program proved that teacher development in methods conforming with the
latest scientific research can do the trick.  The information is there since
the turn of the 20th Century. We should be asking why the universities -
nationwide - are keeping it a secret how to teach English so that nobody is
left out.  Lucille Cuttler


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From: learningdisabilities-bounces at nifl.gov
[mailto:learningdisabilities-bounces at nifl.gov]On Behalf Of Kathleen
Steinchen
Sent: Saturday, May 19, 2007 7:38 AM
To: learningdisabilities at nifl.gov
Subject: [LearningDisabilities 1201] Children of the Code


I was looking for information that tied our cognitive strategies that we use
to stregthen memory and teach reading skills to the development of the brain
in adults.  I had remembered a presentation that I went to by G. Reid Lyons
regarding this topic.  I want to develop an understanding of the importance
that our teaching makes in the development or re-structuring of the brain
connections as part of the staff development we roll out in New York State
to address learning disabilities in our adults.  I thing there is a broader
audience besides learning disabled adults-but also applies to adults serve
in recovery programs. While searching for information on the Internet, I
came across an intitiative called, Children of the Code.  It can be accessed
at http://www.childrenofthecode.org. Has anyone heard of this project? Gone
to their presentations? or helped with an event? or seen it on PBS?  I an
interested in getting involved but would like to know impressions from the
field who
  may be more knowledgeable than I?

Kathleen Steinchen
New York State Education Department
Adult Education and Workforce Development
tel: 518-474-8940
ksteinch at mail.nysed.gov

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