National Adult Literacy Database

Series: Canadian Congress for Learning Opportunities for Women (CCLOW)

Authors: Nora D. Randall

This is a handbook for women interested in returning to school.

Adult educators, counselors, and researchers know that one of the biggest struggles facing women who are thinking of going back to school or getting further training is to find information about programs and support services. Several CCLOW BC members thought that a handbook would be very useful for women of British Columbia.

We hope that this handbook is useful to a wide variety of women who are in many different situations.

Added: 2003-10-02

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A guide to learning disabilities resources for adult literacy educators

Authors: Nora D. Randall, Suzanne Smythe

This reference guide is written for adult literacy educators looking for resources to support their practice in the area of learning disabilities(LD). The authors treat learning disabilities as a “whole life” issue that shapes not only literacy and learning, but also people’s self-esteem, family and work life. They have identified six principles of practice in LD that support this whole life approach and have organized their review accordingly:

1. Finding out about learning disabilities and how it shapes adult literacy work.
2. Building relationships of trust and dialogue through intake, screening and learning profiles.
3. “LD-friendly” instructional strategies and supports inside and outside the classroom.
4. Addressing issues such as fear, low self esteem, anxiety, experiences of violence, poverty and isolation.
5. Changing how the world thinks about LD: system advocacy, self advocacy and awareness raising.
6. Continuing the conversation: Self-directed professional development.

Funders:

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• OLES

Added: 2008-02-29

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