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Resources for Adult Learners with Special Learning Needs
Richard Cooper Director of Disability Services/
Learning Specialist Harcum College
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Who Are Adults with Special Needs?
• Adults who have: – Learning Disabilities – Attention Problems – Adults on the Autistic Spectrum – Mental Health Issues – Physical Disabilities – Sensory Disabilities – Developmental Disabilities – Other Medical Conditions
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Number of Adult Learners Who Have Special Needs
• Hard to Estimate
• Very High in low level readers
• High in those with low level math skills
• Fewer in ESL classes
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What Do They Need?
• Continuing Education • Specialized Instruction to Match Their
Needs • Instructional Time • Realistic Goals • Appropriate Pace • Materials that Build Skills • General Knowledge • Mentoring
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Continuing Education
• Should a learner with special needs have to pay to gain skills below the post secondary level?
• What are the issues? • Who should pay? • How do we increase access?
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Adult Special Education
• If an adult learner received special education in K-12, should he/she receive some type of adult special education?
• Pros and Cons
• Adult Education Plans?
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Instructional Time
• K-12 instructional time. 180 days x 6 hours x 13 years
• Compare that to adult educational time – How much time do you spend with a student? – How much time does the student send
studying? – What should we expect with so little time?
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Realistic Goals• High School Diploma (GED)?
• Functional (everyday) Reading Skills?
• Love of Reading?
• Functional (everyday) Math Skills?
• Homework Assignments?
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Appropriate Pace
• Adult Learners with Special Needs Often Require Much more Repetition Than Others
• Constant Review
• Tutor Boredom with Slow Pace
• Design Instruction for Repetition and Review
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Materials That Build Skills
• K-12 materials are designed to build skills
• Do the materials you use build skills?
• What skills does the learner need to build?
• Are the materials you are using build those skills?
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General Knowledge
• Adult learners may have a poor fund of general knowledge limiting their education
• Find the gaps
• Fill the gaps
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Mentoring
• It is not just about basic academic skills
• Use instructional materials that inform the student about life, employment and social skills
• Use everything to round out the students education
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Using Technology
• Screen Readers and Recorded Books
• Dictation Software
• Grammar Check Software
• Email for Writing
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Resources for Low Level Readers
http://www.ala.org/advocacy/literacy/adultliteracy American Library Assoc. https://delicious.com/alaolos/literacy From the above list of links http://www.literacyactioncenter.org/adultlearners.htm http://ctb.ku.edu/en/table-of-contents/implement/improving-services/plan-adult-literacy-program/main Kansas University community tool box http://marshalladulteducation.org/reading-skills-for-todays-adult leveled reading materials http://marshalladulteducation.org/index.php/resource-center Long list of links http://www.mccormickfoundation.org/communities/issues/literacy
www.leanrningally.org Recorded Books
www.naasln.org National Association for Adults with Special Learning Needs
www.learningdifferences.com Dr. Richard Cooper’s web site
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American Library Association
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Web Link University of Kansas
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Web Link “Delicious”
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Technology Article
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Stalf Lake Literacy
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Leveled Adult Reading Material
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Marshall Adult Education
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McCormick Foundation
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Learning Ally
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NAASLN
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Learning Differences.com
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Contact Information
• Richard Cooper, PhD • Harcum College Center for Alternative
Learning • 610-526-6036 610-203-2569 • [email protected] rcooper-