Return-Path: <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id g26MKgu28086; Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:20:43 -0500 (EST) Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 17:20:43 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <5.1.0.14.2.20020306131025.00af5830@mail.pcc.edu> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Carol Mazer <cmazer@pcc.edu> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:851] Re: Adults with Learning Disabilities X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: multipart/alternative; X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 5.1 Status: O Content-Length: 3229 Lines: 93 --=====================_3186882==_.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed Steve- Can you direct us to any sources for your interesting point below? I'd like to read more about this. Thanks, Carol Mazer At 05:53 PM 2/28/2002 -0500, you wrote: > >>> Sylvan Rainwater <sylvan@cccchs.org> 02/26/02 01:57PM >>> >At 09:30 PM 02/21/2002 -0500, Gloria Nudelman wrote: > ><SNIP>We have three adults who have progressed very slowly in > >their English language acquisition. They can read in Spanish. Their > >teachers have suggested to me that they have "learning disabilities". I > >believe them. > > > >Interestingly enough, all three adults have children who are also > >targeted for special education services. > > > >What resources might be available to help these adults? > ><SNIP> > > >Just to add a quick note (that doesn't necessarily apply to the adults >above, but may). The symptoms resulting from the effects of trauma - >common, if not universal, in refugee populations - are nearly identical to >learning disabilities and often get diagnosed as such. The trauma has to >be treated to address the symptoms. > >Steven Rainey >English Language Center >Boise, Idaho Carol Mazer Family Literacy Programs Coordinator PCC Literacy Center of W. Washington County 1001 S.W. Baseline Ave. Hillsboro, OR 97123 503 693-3237 fax: 503 648-4175 cmazer@pcc.edu intercollege mail: WCWTC 1501 --=====================_3186882==_.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" <html> Steve-<br> Can you direct us to any sources for your interesting point below? I'd like to read more about this. Thanks, Carol Mazer<br><br> At 05:53 PM 2/28/2002 -0500, you wrote:<br><br> <br> <blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>>>> Sylvan Rainwater <sylvan@cccchs.org> 02/26/02 01:57PM >>><br> At 09:30 PM 02/21/2002 -0500, Gloria Nudelman wrote:<br> ><SNIP>We have three adults who have progressed very slowly in<br> >their English language acquisition. They can read in Spanish. Their<br> >teachers have suggested to me that they have "learning disabilities". I<br> >believe them.<br> ><br> >Interestingly enough, all three adults have children who are also<br> >targeted for special education services.<br> ><br> >What resources might be available to help these adults?<br> ><SNIP><br><br> <br> Just to add a quick note (that doesn't necessarily apply to the adults above, but may). The symptoms resulting from the effects of trauma - common, if not universal, in refugee populations - are nearly identical to learning disabilities and often get diagnosed as such. The trauma has to be treated to address the symptoms.<br><br> Steven Rainey<br> English Language Center<br> Boise, Idaho</blockquote> <x-sigsep><p></x-sigsep> <font color="#008080"><i>Carol Mazer<br> Family Literacy Programs Coordinator<br> </font><font color="#800000">PCC Literacy Center of W. Washington County<br> 1001 S.W. Baseline Ave.<br> Hillsboro, OR 97123<br><br> </font><font color="#800080">503 693-3237<br> fax: 503 648-4175<br> cmazer@pcc.edu<br> intercollege mail: WCWTC 1501 </font></i></html> --=====================_3186882==_.ALT--
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