I am the facilitator of the Poverty, Race, Women, and Literacy Discussion List and I thank Rochelle for posting this.

Here is one response that I just posted on my list:

There's a process for applying for accommodations on the GED, and the TABE provides for them too. We try to give students the same accommodations in class that they are likely to get on the GED, to the extent that we can predict that. We are required to have the ADA posted in every classroom and to make all reasonable accommodations. We locate our classes in accessible buildings as much as possible, and we provide tutors, audio/large print materials, color transparencies, line guides, laptops with adaptability features, etc.. We screen for learning differences and make referrals for further testing, get previous IEPs from K12 with students' permission, and cooperate with whatever other agencies students with special needs are working with. Adult education is generally underfunded, and accommodations can be expensive, but as much as possible, our agency works hard to provide suitable accommodations to meet the needs of every learner.

Daphne Greenberg
Associate Professor
Educational Psych. & Special Ed.
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3979
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3979
phone: 404-413-8337
fax:404-413-8043
dgreenberg at gsu.edu

Daphne Greenberg
Associate Director
Center for the Study of Adult Literacy
Georgia State University
P.O. Box 3977
Atlanta, Georgia 30302-3977
phone: 404-413-8337
fax:404-413-8043
dgreenberg at gsu.edu

>>> <RKenyon721 at aol.com> 04/01/08 10:07 PM >>>

Hi all,
 
The following question was posed on the Poverty, Race, Women and  Literacy 
Discussion List:
 
I wonder if  adult learners who need accommodations, due to physical, 
sensory, cognitive, or  psychiatric reasons could "demand" these accommodations? Does 
anyone on this  list know the answer to this?

Do any of you work/learn in adult literacy  programs where accommodations are 
offered? If yes, we would love to hear about  it!
 
 
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