This is a great question. If you find some hard numbers, please share with
the listserv.
 
It seems that most programs have no way of finding out how many students have
disabilities. We have our Disability Support Programs and Services department
here in San Diego. We can test students for learning disabilities and help
them in the classroom. I am happy if we can verify 3-4% of students. Many,
however, want to avoid labels or a just too transient to stick around for
testing.
 
Those students who do go through the testing have a very good persistence and
graduation rate.
 
Marie Doerner
DSPS Program Chair
San DIego Continuing Education

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   1. [LearningDisabilities 2540] Re: Adult LD Stats (Jenner, Cathy)
   2. [LearningDisabilities 2541]  Ld Info (Lee Jewett)
   3. [LearningDisabilities 2542] Re: Adult LD Stats (Mary Kelly)
   4. [LearningDisabilities 2542] Re: Adult LD Stats (Stephen L Noble)


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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 10:02:07 -0800
From: "Jenner, Cathy" <cjenner at rtc.edu>
Subject: [LearningDisabilities 2540] Re: Adult LD Stats
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Hi Lee!  You probably already have this one but just in case:  Understanding
the Complexities of Offender?s Special Learning Needs at NCSALL
http://www.ncsall.net/?id=829. 



Cathy Jenner, Project Coordinator
Universal Design for Learning Project
Instructional Improvement
Renton Technical College
(425) 235-2352 x5639
cjenner at rtc.edu
http://www.rtc.edu/AboutUs/DSDPGrant/
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Hello All,

I am working on a project through our LD System Project (LDSI) here in
Washington State and wondering if you can help direct me to some stats
regarding LD.

I have been looking for information about the suspected number of
incarcerated individuals with learning disabilities and the number of adults
in adult education with learning disabilities. I have seen some stats quoted
however they are not cited.  I have the Bridges to Practice fact sheet but
these particular numbers are not cited.

I?m wondering if anyone can help me find prevalence of ld in the incarcerated
and ABE population.

Thank you,





Lee Jewett

ljewett at tacomacommunityhouse.org <mailto:ljewett at tacomacommunityhouse.org>

206.682.9112 / 253.383.3951

Literacy Network Of Washington

A division of Tacoma Community House

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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 09:59:57 -0800
From: "Lee Jewett" <LJewett at tacomacommunityhouse.org>
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Thanks so much for the NCSALL link.  I was able to find some
information; not a lot but every bit helps.

Yeah.





Lee Jewett

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Date: Thu, 06 Nov 2008 17:15:19 -0500
From: Mary Kelly <mskelly at aecom.yu.edu>
Subject: [LearningDisabilities 2542] Re: Adult LD Stats
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Lee:  You might want to check out the following.  There is a long
discussion of prevalence that includes references.  Its aging, but relevant.
Vogel, S.A. (1994).  Adults with learning disabilities:  What
learning disabilities specialists, adult literacy educators, and
other service providers want and need to know.  In Vogel, S.A. &
Reder S. Learning disabilities, literacy, and adult education  (pp
5-29).  Baltimore:  Brookes Publishing Co.

Mary S. Kelly, PhD
Director, Fisher Landau Center for the Treatment of LD
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
1165 Morris Park Ave.
Bronx, NY 10463

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>Hello All,

>I am working on a project through our LD System Project (LDSI) here

>in Washington State and wondering if you can help direct me to some

>stats regarding LD.

>I have been looking for information about the suspected number of

>incarcerated individuals with learning disabilities and the number

>of adults in adult education with learning disabilities. I have seen

>some stats quoted however they are not cited.  I have the Bridges to

>Practice fact sheet but these particular numbers are not cited.

>I'm wondering if anyone can help me find prevalence of ld in the

>incarcerated and ABE population.

>Thank you,

>

>

>Lee Jewett

><mailto:ljewett at tacomacommunityhouse.org>ljewett at tacomacommunityhouse.org

>206.682.9112 / 253.383.3951

>Literacy Network Of Washington

>A division of Tacoma Community House

><http://www.literacynow.info/>www.LiteracyNOW.info

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Date: Thu, 6 Nov 2008 23:13:57 -0500
From: Stephen L Noble <steve.noble at louisville.edu>
Subject: [LearningDisabilities 2542] Re: Adult LD Stats
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Here are a couple of resources you may find useful on the question of
incarceration...

THE INCIDENCE OF HIDDEN DISABILITIES IN THE PRISON POPULATION: Yorkshire and
Humberside Research
http://www.dyslexiaaction.org.uk/Administration/uploads/HiddenDisabilities.pd
f

A Study of Young Offenders With Learning Disabilities
http://jcx.sagepub.com/cgi/content/abstract/12/1/36

Hope this helps,

--Steve Noble
President, Learning Disabilities Association of Kentucky
steve.noble at louisville.edu
502-969-3088


>>> "Lee Jewett" <LJewett at tacomacommunityhouse.org> 11/5/2008 1:33 PM >>>



Hello All,

I am working on a project through our LD System Project (LDSI) here in
Washington State and wondering if you can help direct me to some stats
regarding LD.

I have been looking for information about the suspected number of
incarcerated individuals with learning disabilities and the number of
adults in adult education with learning disabilities. I have seen some
stats quoted however they are not cited.  I have the Bridges to Practice
fact sheet but these particular numbers are not cited.

I'm wondering if anyone can help me find prevalence of ld in the
incarcerated and ABE population.

Thank you,





Lee Jewett

ljewett at tacomacommunityhouse.org
<mailto:ljewett at tacomacommunityhouse.org>

206.682.9112 / 253.383.3951

Literacy Network Of Washington

A division of Tacoma Community House

www.LiteracyNOW.info <http://www.literacynow.info/>







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