Wendy, might we get the sleep curriculum or contact info? I suspect that
many Ss could benefit from knowing about this phenomenon. 

 

Several years back, studies came out saying that teenagers should start
school at 9 or 10, not 7 or 8.  Me, too!

 

From: assessment-bounces at nifl.gov [mailto:assessment-bounces at nifl.gov] On
Behalf Of Wendy Quinones
Sent: Friday, February 06, 2009 9:28 AM
To: The Assessment Discussion List
Subject: [Assessment 1735] Re: Transitions Discussion Final Day!

 

Such interesting questions, Laura!  Our LD specialist, who appropriately
teaches our lowest-level reading classes, also found sleep deprivation to be
a serious issue -- some of her students (and, I suspect mine) slept only 3-4
hours a night but had no sense that this affected them negatively.  She put
together a whole sleep curriculum to deal with that. 

One of my students this year has a pretty severe version of the vision
issues you mentioned.  We managed to find a developmental ophthalmologist
who takes her insurance; now the problem is to get her to make an
appointment, as despite her obvious problems, she insists that she sees
"well enough."

Wendy

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