WELCOME
LEARNING TO ACHIEVE
Presenters
• Rose Gioia-Fine
Family Literacy Consultant
gioiafine@comcast.net
• Kim Rossman
Executive Director - TLC
kim@tlcliteracy.org
• Joy Zamierowski
Lead Consultant
jzamierowski@stairwaysbh.org
• Learning to
Achieve Training,
June 2012
• 3 day intensive
training
Learning to Achieve
is a Research-Based Training on Serving Adults with Learning Disabilities
The purpose of this professional learning opportunity is to help adult education practitioners increase their
knowledge and skills to provide services that are effective and appropriate to the needs of adults with learning
disabilities (LD).
 Eight face-to-face modules
Module 1: Definition of Learning Disabilities
Facilitators:
 Each module is two hours long
Module 2: Self-Determination
Rose Gioia-Fine
 Programs can pick and choose
modules most relevant to their adult
education practitioners, but the first
three modules cover core content
that must be included with any of the
other modules.
(724) 317-8730
Module 3: Legal Issues
Module 4: Explicit Instruction
Kim Rossman
Module 5: Reading Disabilities
(814) 867-0203
Module 6: Written Expression Disabilities
Joy Zamierowski
Module 7: Content Learning
Module 8: Workforce Readiness
Objective of Learning to Achieve:
Online Modules:
To identify tools and techniques to effectively share adults with LD.
* Accommodations
* English Language Learners
* Neurology
(814) 878-2010
Purpose
To provide a preview of Learning to Achieve, a
research-based training on serving adults with
learning disabilities (LD)
To increase your knowledge and skills relevant to
providing services that are effective and appropriate
to the needs of adults with learning disabilities
To provide opportunities for further professional
development about learning disabilities
Learning to Achieve
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Welcome
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Activity: Introductions
Tasks
1. Take 30 seconds to prepare your responses to the following
questions:
 What is your name?
 What do you do and where do you do it?
 What is one way that you learn best?
 What are some challenges you face in a learning
environment?
2. Share.
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MODULE 1
Definition of Learning Disabilities
LEARNING TO ACHIEVE
Preferences, Difficulties, and Disabilities
Learning
Preferences
ALL
POPULATIONS
Learning
Difficulties
DEPENDS ON
CIRCUMSTANCES
OR SPECIFIC
TASKS
Learning
Disabilities
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Module 1: Definition of Learning Disabilities
LEGAL TERM
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Consensus Definition of LD
“Strong converging evidence supports the validity of the concept of
SLD (specific learning disabilities). The evidence is particularly
impressive because it converges across different indicators and
methodologies. The central concept of SLD involves disorders of
learning and cognition that are intrinsic to the individual. SLD are
specific in the sense that these disorders each significantly affect a
relatively narrow range of academic and performance outcomes.
SLD may occur in combination with other disabling conditions, but
they are not due primarily to other conditions, such as mental
retardation, behavioral disturbance, lack of opportunities to learn,
or primary sensory deficits.”
National Research Center on Learning Disabilities, 2007, p. 2
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MODULE 2
Self-Determination
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Take your sticky notes and post them on the
appropriate sheet on the wall.
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New Information and Application Ideas
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