Please see the announcement below for a guest discussion about Learning
Disabilities and Ohio: Policies and Professional Development beginning
this Wednesday, January 9th. Jackie Taylor

 

 

I am very pleased to announce the Learning Disabilities Discussion
List's first guest discussion for the new year.  Please read the
pertinent information below: 

 

1) Title of Article and Discussion  
    Learning Disabilities and Ohio: 

     Policies and Professional Development 

 

2) Dates

    January 9-11, 2008  

 

3) Speakers

   

Sharon Reynolds is the Coordinator of the Central/Southeast ABLE
Resource Center in Athens, Ohio and has been in the field of education
for 17 years. As Curriculum and Training Specialist C/SE ABLE Resource
Center, she developed and delivered  regional and statewide professional
development activities which focused on working with adults with
learning disabilities. She has also functioned as a teacher coach,
assisting instructors in implementing curriculum in their classrooms.
Sharon graduated with a BS in Education of the Hearing
Impaired/Elementary Education from Trenton State College in New Jersey
and received her MA in Education specializing in Curriculum and
Instruction/Instructional Technology from Virginia Tech.  

    

Katrina Seymour has been involved in adult education in Ohio for more
than 10 years. She has served in several different capacities, including
as coordinator of the Pickaway County ABLE Coordinator, Pickaway County
Literacy Council Coordinator, family literacy teacher, family literacy
coordinator, and ABLE teacher. She has assisted with learning
disabilities trainings for professionals across Ohio and was recently
trained as a peer coach.

 

4)   Outline for Discussion

 

      Day 1: Wednesday, January 9, 2008
        Introduction

        LD Policies in Ohio  

* Policies Relating to Serving Adults with Learning Disabilities in Ohio
ABLE. 
* What Policies Have Other States Adapted? 

      Day 2: Thursday, January 10, 2008
        Challenges with LD Screening and Diagnosis  

* LD Screening Instruments Used in Ohio ABLE
* Challenges and Recent Successes in Accessing Diagnostic Services for
Students in Ohio ABLE Programs 
* What Have Other Programs Serving Adults with Learning Disabilities
Done to Increase Access to Diagnostic Services? 

*What More Can Be Done?

       Day 3: Friday, January 11, 2008
        Professional Development and Peer Coaching

        Wrap Up

* Professional Development: The LD Series in Ohio ABLE 
* Peer Coaching - A Discussion of the Philosophy of Coaching
* What Professional Development is Needed for ABLE Staff Relating to
Serving Adults with Learning Disabilities?

 

5)    Suggested Reading

 

Focus on Basics Issue, Volume 8, Issue D * November 2007

Pages 37-40

World Education

http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/fob/2007/fob_8d.pdf
<http://www.ncsall.net/fileadmin/resources/fob/2007/fob_8d.pdf>  

 

 

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Center for Literacy Studies at the University of Tennessee
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