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Resources on Teaching First-Level Learners
- Bridges
to Practice: A Research-Based Guide for Literacy Practitioners Serving Adults
with Learning Disabilities (1999).
Funded and supported by the National Institute for Literacy, this resource consists of five guidebooks and a video designed for use by literacy programs to enhance the quality of services provided to adults with learning disabilities. Each guidebook covers a different topic: understanding learning disabilities, legal issues related to adult with learning disabilities, systems and program change, resources, the assessment process, the planning process, the teaching/ learning process, and creating professional development opportunities. For more information, visit the NIFL web site
http://slincs.coe.utk.edu/special_
collections/learning_disabilities/ or phone the Academy for Educational Development, which distributes the publication: (202) 884-8186.
- Teaching Adults Who Learn Differently, An Extensive Guide for Literacy
Teachers and Tutors (2000) by L. Skinner, P. Gillespie, & L. Balkam, is
published by
Red Van Publishers and includes teaching
and intervention strategies, information on
language structure and learning differences, teaching tips, and sample lessons.
It is available for $49.95 plus shipping and handling from Farnsworth's Books,
3911 Pacific Highway Suite 105, San Diego, CA 92110; phone (619) 299-4041.
- http://www.ldonline.org
is a service of The Learning Project at WETA, Washington, DC., in association
with The Coordinated Campaign for Learning Disabilities. While it focuses
primarily on kids, it also has useful information
relative to adults.
- http://www.cast.org/bobby/,
or "Bobby," is a free Web-based tool that analyzes web pages for their
accessibility to people with disabilities. It also analyzes web pages for
compatibility with various browsers. Any URL can be submitted for analysis. The
site provides links to approved accessible sites, online discussion, and other
information.
- http://slincs.coe.utk.edu/
special_collections/
learning_disabilities/ includes resources on learning disabilities for teachers, learners, and administrators. It is part of the National Institute for Literacy's LINCS system, a national electronic information and communication system for adult literacy.
- An
electronic discussion list on learning disabilities is maintained by LINCS
http://www.nifl.gov/lincs/
discussions/discussions.html.
Contact Information for Reading Programs
- The
Wilson Reading System, Wilson Language Training, 175 West Main Street, Millbury,
MA 01527-1441; telephone (508)
865-5699; fax (508) 865-9644.
- The
Orton-Gillingham Program, Academy of Orton-Gillingham, P.O. Box 234, Amenia, NY
12051-0234; telephone (845) 373-8919.
- LiPS- Phoneme Sequencing Program, Lindamood-Bell San Luis Obispo, 416 Higuera Street, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401; telephone (800) 233-1819; fax (805) 541-8756.
Previously Published in Focus on Basics
- Accommodating
Math Students with Learning Disabilities
Rochelle Kenyon
(Volume 4, Issue B, September 2000)
- Beginning
Math for Beginning Readers
Linda Huntington
(Volume 4, Issue B, September 2000)
- Seven
Easy Pieces
Shirley Brod
(Volume 3, Issue D, December 1999)
- Reading
(Volume 1, Issue B, May 1997)