I widely distributed the email on LD specialists from Judy Campbell in Washington state to teachers and administrators in our district, and received these replies. Oakland Adult and Career Education is an integral program in the Oakland Unified School District; we have High School Subjects (participation in which can lead to a HS diploma), ABE, and GED programs as well as Career and Technology, ESL, Elderly Adults and Adults with Disabilities programs. The first reply is from Elaine Brooks who is a counselor in the HS subjects program; the second is the assistant to the director of OACE. HS subjects and all interested teachers recently attended a workshop conducted by our HS reading specialist, Jennifer Block.<br><br><b><i>from Elaine Brooks</i></b><br><blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); margin-left: 5px; padding-left: 5px;"><br> The training we had was geared toward making accommodations in class in methods of
instruction, amount of light, use of rocking chairs, wrist bands, Irlen Filters, ways to ask questions on tests without causing failure simply by way item was presented, etc. For example, there is something called a "crossing the midline" problem which can be remediated by simple exercises that Jennifer Block begins every class with. Students with that problem cannot answer questions that are put in a "not" form, such as "Which one of these was NOT a cause of the Civil War?" Those same students cannot subtract and divide. However, with these exercises, which they can be taught to do for themselves prior to class, it's a whole different story. Students with scotopic sensitivity tend to seek out the least light corner of the room, and wear hats with brim and sweatshirts with hoods up even in hot weather. At the time, hats were not permitted for male students at Shands. We had to stop that rule in order for those students to be able
to read. Using colored paper and columns for reading was also helpful. There are many simple things that any trained teacher can spot and accommodate. Elaine<br><br><b><i>Christian Nelson <Christian.Nelson@ousd.k12.ca.us></i></b> wrote: <blockquote class="replbq" style="border-left: 2px solid rgb(16, 16, 255); padding-left: 5px; margin-left: 5px;"> <meta content="Microsoft Word 11 (filtered medium)" name="Generator"> <style> v\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} o\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} w\:* {behavior:url(#default#VML);} .shape {behavior:url(#default#VML);} </style> <o:SmartTagType name="PlaceName" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PlaceType" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"></o:SmartTagType><o:SmartTagType name="State"
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Section1 {size:8.5in 11.0in; margin:1.0in 1.25in 1.0in 1.25in;} div.Section1 {page:Section1;} --> </style> <div class="Section1"> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">I believe she is referring to the model that is in place in most California Community Colleges. I believe that most of them have an LD specialist that does what is indicated below. When I worked in SF 10 years ago with homeless and low income students, the LD specialist was a resource for community college students. Because the CBO I worked for had CC teachers, our students were able to access the services as well. The testing and assessment was very detailed and comprehensive. The drawback was that there was only one person serving as an LD specialist which meant that students had to wait many weeks to get an appointment depending on the time of the year. We could have
sent more there for assessment but it wasn’t always worth the time to get information that didn’t always assist us in developing a learning plan for the student. It helped those students who were moving on full time to CC and needed accommodation.<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">An FYI, Neil Sturomski worked with my program specifically to help us to learn to diagnose LD in our students. <o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS"
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MS';">1025 <st1:Street w:st="on"><st1:address w:st="on">Second Avenue</st1:address></st1:Street>, Portable 15<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on"><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt; color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">Oakland</span></font></st1:City><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';">, <st1:State w:st="on">CA</st1:State> <st1:PostalCode w:st="on">94606</st1:PostalCode></span></font></st1:place><font color="navy" face="Comic Sans MS"><span style="color: navy; font-family: 'Comic Sans MS';"><o:p></o:p></span></font></div> </div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font face="Times New Roman"
size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"> <hr tabindex="-1" align="center" size="2" width="100%"> </span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;">From:</span></font></b><font face="Tahoma" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; font-family: Tahoma;"> Bonnita Solberg [mailto:bdsunmt@sbcglobal.net] <b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b><b><span style="font-weight: bold;"></span></b><br><b><span style="font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></b> Chair of Practitioner's Task Force on Adults with LD</span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Does anyone know what the "<st1:State w:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on">California</st1:place></st1:State> model" is Judy
is referring to? what a cutting edge project--Learning Disability specialists at the Adult Ed level. Bonnita<br><br><b><i><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">"Campbell, Judy" <jcampbell@iel.spokane.edu></span></i></b> wrote:<o:p></o:p></span></font></div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3"><span style="font-size: 12pt;">Date: Tue, 10 Apr 2007 14:30:44 -0700<br>From: "Campbell, Judy" <jcampbell@iel.spokane.edu><br>To: "The Learning Disabilities Discussion List" <learningdisabilities@nifl.gov><br>Subject: [LearningDisabilities 1043] Re: Fwd: Chair of Practitioner's Task<br>Forceon Adults with LD<br><br><br><o:p></o:p></span></font></div><u1:SmartTagType name="PostalCode" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><u1:SmartTagType name="State" namespaceuri="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags"><u1:SmartTagType name="Street"
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font-family: Arial;">In 1999, in <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> <st1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceName>, we were fortunate to be part of a federal grant called a Quality Initiative. Our state chose to focus on learning disabilities. With the ongoing support of the Office of Adult Literacy (who had previously provided the opportunity for statewide learning disabilities training for teachers and DSS counselors by Nancie Payne and Neil Sturomski) and our administrators, we created a systematic process (based on the California model) for identifying (flagging), screening, interviewing, referring, diagnostic/prescriptive teaching, and requesting GED accommodations if needed.<u1:p></u1:p></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial"
size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">In our Adult Ed program we have two certified Learning Disability Specialists. (We cover 6 counties.) We both meet individually with students who have been referred through counselors or teachers or are self referred. We screen, interview, teach study skills and learning strategies, work with teachers, make referrals, tutor, teach mini workshops, provide teacher trainings, and request GED accommodations.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy"
face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">I think a key issue is that Special Education students don’t go away just because they become adults. Being able to read, write and do math to 10<sup>th</sup> grade level is a great benefit to being successful in the adult world. Those with lower skills often do not have a high school diploma, end up on some sort of state support—TANF or prison. Many have mental health problems which are complicated by poor decision-making and problem solving processes. Having a learning disabilities specialist—which is VERY,VERY,VERY, different from most Disabilities Support Service persons---is a contributor to the retention and success of students. The first year we provided services to 12 students. This year we have provided services to 250 students so far. We can say with confidence that the services we provide allow students to be successful who would never have
made progress or reached their educational goals before the system was in place. <u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">What made our systematic approach successful was the federal and state funding to get training, the support of the administrators who recognized the need for funded positions like Learning Disability Specialists to work with students with learning challenges, and the passion of instructors willing to do the work to take on a new role to serve students.<u1:p></u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color:
navy; font-family: Arial;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">For the past two years we have been fortunate to be part of the Universal Design for Learning Federal grant through <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Renton</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> <st1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Technical</st1:PlaceName></st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">College</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceName>. With the funding from this grant we have been able to do even more for our program. With the focus on improving access to education to <u>all</u> students (UDL) we have purchased assistive technology, classroom materials and books, and paid for teacher to access workshops and conferences. This has
truly been another big step forward for us.<u1:p></u1:p></st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;"><u1:p> </u1:p></span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><font color="navy" face="Arial" size="2"><span style="font-size: 11pt; color: navy; font-family: Arial;">We need <st1:place u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceName u2:st="on"><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Washington</st1:PlaceName></st1:place> <st1:PlaceType u2:st="on"><st1:PlaceType w:st="on">State</st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceType></st1:PlaceName> to <b><i><u><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">address the funding needs</span></u></i></b> to keep this systematic process in place and to create a policy so all community colleges in the state have a Learning Disability Specialist and a system for serving students with learning
disabilities</st1:place></span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div><u1:p></u1:p> <div> <div> <div class="MsoNormal"><b><i><font color="maroon" face="Brush Script MT" size="4"><span style="font-weight: bold; font-size: 13.5pt; color: maroon; font-style: italic; font-family: 'Brush Script MT';">Judy A. Campbell</span></font></i></b><font color="green"><span style="color: green;"> <br></span></font><font color="navy" face="Bookman Old Style" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">Learning Disabilities Specialist</span></font><font color="green"><span style="color: green;"> <br></span></font><font color="navy" face="Bookman Old Style" size="2"><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: navy; font-family: 'Bookman Old Style';">IEL/ABE/CCS</span></font><font color="green"><span style="color: green;"> </span></font><o:p></o:p></div></div></div><u1:p></u1:p> <div> <div class="MsoNormal" style="text-align: center;" align="center"><font
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