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Sun, 07 Mar 2010 14:50:01 -0800
Mary, We are working with the Office of Disabilities at his College. He does have a legal diagnosis and the college has acknowledged it. His professors have allowed him more time to take tests. This has helped somewhat but it's not solving the problem. He doesn't have a learning disability so much as a learning weakness. The way it was explained to me he was never taught how to visualize and he never picked it up on his own as many good readers do. He just sees words when he reads. He has to read material over and over again to get any meaning out of it. He was never diagnosed in grade school or high school (he was tested three times) because although his comprehension was well below grade level, his decoding was always way above. The school district was happy to label him an "average" reader. I've tried to find a reading specialist in our area that works with adults but it has been very difficult to find someone. We have a Linda Mood Bell center in our area but it's a 45 minute drive each way and he just doesn't have the time at this point. I'd really like to find a way to apply the Mosaic of Thought techniques to his college textbooks somehow. Thank you for your suggestion. Karen In a message dated 3/7/2010 3:39:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, medwa...@daltonstate.edu writes:
Karen, Has your son spoke with the Office of Disabilities at the college? They are most helpful and can recommend avenues to pursue. If he has been legally disagnosed as having a learning disability, he can receive services of OofD and because of their efforts, his work can be modified and instructors must adhere to the guidelines/requirements set forth. Seek their help first; otherwise, the frustration you and your son feel will only exacerbate.k Mary ----- Original Message ----- From: Carol Lau Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010 3:11 am Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] College Help To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > Linda Mood Bell teaches visualization to learning disabled students. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: > To: > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 3:04 PM > Subject: [MOSAIC] College Help > > > > Hello list, > > > > My son is 21 years old. He is a Junior in college and > struggles despite > > working extremely hard. After years of trying to determine > why learning > > is > > so difficult for him, a neuropsychologist discovered that he > does not > > visualize AT ALL when he reads or when he listens. > > > > I have read The Mosaic of Thought and have followed the > mailing list for a > > couple months now trying to figure out how to help him. > > > > We tried IdeaChain by Mindprime over the Summer and had some > success but > > the work he is doing in college is much too abstract for me to > try the > > methods used in that program. > > > > Does anyone have any ideas on how I can help him with subjects like > > Biology/Physiology, Statistics, or any other college level material? > > > > Thank you! > > > > Karen > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.> > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > Mary W. Edwards, PhD Professor School of Education 615 College Avenue Dalton, GA 30720 Phone: 706.272.2590 Fax: 706.272.2495 _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. _______________________________________________ Mosaic mailing list Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive.