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Download full textReale, Robin – 1999
This brief paper describes a literacy program for adults with mental retardation in the Boston metropolitan region developed when more than 300 individuals formally requested literacy services. Several cognitive and literacy assessments were reviewed and implemented. No one assessment was found to be sufficient to assess ranges from pre-literacy…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Reading Programs, Functional Literacy
