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Adults Who Learn Differently: Help through a Volunteer Literacy Program.
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Skinner, Louise; Gillespie, Phyllis; Balkam, Lynda – Annals of Dyslexia, 1997
Presents an overview of preservice volunteer training at READ/San Diego, an adult literacy program. It discusses the program's informal assessment procedures that help identify possible language/learning disabilities and provide valuable information for instructional planning. Also described are selected multisensory teaching techniques designed…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Disability Identification, Educational Strategies, Evaluation Methods