Dave Middlebrook
Sun, 07 Mar 2010 16:48:52 -0800
Hi Karen,You wrote to Mary that: "I'd really like to find a way to apply the Mosaic of Thought techniques to his college textbooks somehow." That's one of the things that scrolls and textmapping are particularly good for. They make the content much more concrete (to William's point) and provide a much wider range of sensory access. I've had quite a bit of interest from remedial and developmental reading programs at community colleges. It might be a good fit for him. The method is simple, low-tech, inexpensive, and surprisingly powerful.
More info here: http://www.textmapping.org/whWorkshopNotes.html#introductionHead
I hope you'll give it a try. - Dave----- Original Message ----- From: <g...@aol.com>
To: <mosaic@literacyworkshop.org> Sent: Sunday, March 07, 2010 4:06 PM Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] College Help
Mary, We are working with the Office of Disabilities at his College. He doeshave a legal diagnosis and the college has acknowledged it. His professorshave 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. Theway it was explained to me he was never taught how to visualize and henever picked it up on his own as many good readers do. He just sees words whenhe reads. He has to read material over and over again to get any meaningout of it. He was never diagnosed in grade school or high school (he wastested three times) because although his comprehension was well belowgrade 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 findsomeone. 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 beenlegally disagnosed as having a learning disability, he can receive services of OofD and because of their efforts, his work can be modified and instructorsmust 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.
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