NLA Discussion: Welfare Policy and Adult Ed. Prof. Devel

[Glenn Young]

     not to sound like a complete broken record - but...
     
     there have been several pilot projects that are finding high rates of 
     learning disabilities in welfare populations - mainly undetected -
     
     in large part due to gender bias in special education and assumptions 
     that boys have LD more than girls - (which is not true) and the gender 
     bias continues on outside of schools
     
     so the girls go through the system unidentified and unserved - and 
     then float into other things like job training and such, again 
     unidentified and unserved - then into welfare
     
     now they are being told to go to work - again - unidentified and 
     unserved - and based on the impact of the disability - they may fail 
     again - we need to stop the gender bias and start to identify the LD 
     in the female population - so they can gain appropriate services and 
     be successful in work settings.
     
     Glenn Young
     gyoung at nifl.gov
     


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Subject: NLA Discussion: Welfare Policy and Adult Ed. Prof. Developme
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Date:    2/1/98 6:22 AM


     
The discussion on Welfare Reform and Welfare to Work is great! 
     
I want to jump in here and ask everyone to help me determine what 
professional development activities would be most effective for adult 
eudcators during this time of transition.  Jeff Gove said, >"Both Welfare 
Reform and Welfare-to-Work have been catalysts for us to review our purpose, 
our mission, our customers, and our services. Whether we want to our not, 
our customers are changing, their needs are changing, and we need to accept 
this and strategically plan for how we can best evolve ourselves, to adjust 
to these changes. We need to identify Professional Development needs of the 
field to enhance our capacity to change. All of this will take time."<
     
My role with adult education is that of professional development coordinator 
for the 24 western counties in Kentucky and I struggle with what 
professional development SHOULD look like in order to equip our instructors 
to deal with these changes.
Any suggestions?
     
Nancy
     
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Nancy A. Sledd  Professional Development Coordinator, 
                             Region I, Adult Education and Literacy 
                             WKEC, 338 Special Ed. Bldg.,
                             P. O. Box 9, MSU    Murray, KY   42071
     
       e-mail:  nansledd at midwest.net   fax: 502-762-2485 
       phone:  502-762-2086
**Committed to Providing Excellence in Professional Development** 
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