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 g411Auu10718; Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:10:56 -0400 (EDT) Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 21:10:56 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <18.1e79a26c.2a00995c@aol.com> 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: AWilder106@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-family@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-FAMILY:1056] Re: Parents as first teachers (long) X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: AOL 4.0 for Mac - Post-GM sub 146 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 865 Lines: 15 Cathryne, Yes, I would want to do home visits prior to school opening also. If I were you, I might see if I could visit a couple of the parents, those who seem most open to visits whose homes are in reasonably safe areas. Maybe if you thought of it as a "pilot" it would work, and you could say that you wanted to try out an approach that others used that might work in your situation. For an adult literacy study I went to many adult literacy classes and asked for volunteers. There were always a couple of brave souls who accepted me into their homes, and I thought they were brave to do so. I have to say that this approach was not familiar to many others I worked with but I thought it was the only way to get to know people and how literacy affected their lives. All the people I visited--the volunteers--were very generous and open. Andrea
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