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<DIV><SPAN class=593015815-18112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Thank you for
so gently describing the truth. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=593015815-18112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>I picked up
the word "remedial" -- </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=593015815-18112008><FONT face=Arial
color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=593015815-18112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>May I suggest
that Wilson - or Spalding or any of the O-G based programs -- would be presented
grades K-2 - and then we would have a population of youngsters who can read
without struggling. This is the policy of some private schools who do not
WAIT until the youngster is struggling in grade 4. </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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color=#0000ff></FONT></SPAN> </DIV>
<DIV><SPAN class=593015815-18112008><FONT face=Arial color=#0000ff>Lucille
Cuttler </FONT></SPAN></DIV>
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<DIV class=OutlookMessageHeader dir=ltr align=left><FONT
face=Tahoma>-----Original Message-----<BR><B>From:</B>
learningdisabilities-bounces@nifl.gov
[mailto:learningdisabilities-bounces@nifl.gov]<B>On Behalf Of </B>Shoshanah
Dean Hilmer<BR><B>Sent:</B> Tuesday, November 18, 2008 6:42 AM<BR><B>To:</B>
learningdisabilities@nifl.gov<BR><B>Subject:</B> [LearningDisabilities 2562]
Re: Thinking about the NIFL<BR><BR></FONT></DIV>Through research it appears
that things start slipping for many children at the 3rd or 4th grade
level. If a child doesn't have a solid foundation, schoolwork
becomes overwhelming. Children also have to deal with a lot of external
stresses such teasing from classmates and turmoil within the family.
Unless we address the social and emotional issues, I am not sure we will see
much improvement. I run a women's literacy department and we have a
babysitting program. I often see the transformation right before my
eyes. A child comes in, struggling with her schoolwork, but is proud to
demonstrate the skills she has learned. Then, at about 8 or 9 years old,
she starts to become discouraged as children tease her and she discovers that,
no matter how hard she tries, she is not getting good grades.
She wonders why she should even try when all she does is fail.
She has after school tutoring, but it's not enough. As "icing on
the cake" she now needs to process her older brother getting shot for the
second time, mom getting beat up by her latest boyfriend, and moving from one
apartment to another. The details are different, but the story is the
same. Some children are not getting the help they need at this
stage. <BR> <BR>There are good early intervention programs like
Head Start. I'd like to see NIFL pick up where good early intervention
programs leave off. What's the solution? I'm not exactly
sure. I don't like the whole remedial classroom idea. However, I
know that individualize attention and quality programs like Wilson are
vital. I know that no child should ever be given a high school diploma
and "passed through" when they can't read. <BR> <BR>I would also
like to see that NIFL doesn't lose their focus on adult literacy.
There aren't many organizations to advocate for adults. At the moment,
there seems to be no quick solution. Therefore, we must still address
the needs of the adults who don't receive what they need early on and now have
to try to make a living.<BR> <BR>Shannie<BR><BR><BR>
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