I wanted to comment on your post about tutoring. (I couldn't find the comment section). I have a friend for whom the help she received was life-changing. She now speaks English and owns her own hair salon, as well as several rental houses. She worked cleaning houses and went to the library at night for help. She's one of my heros.
My grandson could use a good literacy tutor (some Aspies have difficulty with language), but Utah is a bit of a hike for classes, so we'll look a bit closer to home.
Having read your next post, I say what I have felt for a while-you are a person of words that come from the heart, the soul, as well as one of the hands.
Every "Aspie" is different-and every "Autie" too- but can be helped to enjoy and use words. The trouble is that words are taken on 'face value' and other people see other meanings than the intended. This would apply to those learning a new language too.
Pictures on 5x7 index cards! That really works because then you can string them together once the student has a handle on the vocabulary and make longer utterances and eventually build stories. "Real" is definitely the way to go.
Rou, Yes, but on the laptop. Learning to be comfortable and play on the computer is so important these days. And I have loads of resources through the Learning Center.
Can't seem to leave a post for your 'Literacy' piece so using this one to do so, hope that is okay? I am an adult literacy and numeracy tutor in Scotland. If you are in England/Wales or Ireland, then you have different approaches to us. We are all about being learner driven and relevant to the learner and there are really no rules. You seem to be on this road mentally anyway with the way you are thinking about resources. I found myself writing plays for the learners that they featured in which made them relevant and allowed me to use the right level of difficulty for each person. Obviously, these are very specific to the learners themselves and not much use to share but maybe you could use this technique once you know your group. Best of luck, I will watch your blog to see how you are getting on.
BTW, I closed comments on the literacy post, right off the bat. Wanting to discourage encouragement. And until I described my actual experiences in a later post - once I knew better - ask for what I would find useful and ask for suggestions. I closed comments because I want you to wait. Ahem.
Gail, 1. You weren't the only one not to take the hint at closed comments. 2. That wasn't meant to sting, sorry about that. Hard to get tone across in this medium. 3. I have a lot of resources with the center that is training us, they are being quite thorough. So I will start there, and ask for specifics after I am further along. THEN, I will be quite glad for resources, so please do hang around.
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Someone from Canada posted on facebook this morning, equating Spring with a program having difficulty loading onto a computer.
You've described our weather here perfectly! How'd you know that?
here, the wind is howling ... doesn't sound like a spring breeze ...
I wanted to comment on your post about tutoring. (I couldn't find the comment section). I have a friend for whom the help she received was life-changing. She now speaks English and owns her own hair salon, as well as several rental houses. She worked cleaning houses and went to the library at night for help. She's one of my heros.
Regarding your tutoring and pictures, the principles used by these people could be of interest...
http://www.imagiers.net/tele/
FM,
So bookmarked, thanks.
My grandson could use a good literacy tutor (some Aspies have difficulty with language), but Utah is a bit of a hike for classes, so we'll look a bit closer to home.
Best wishes for your new endeavor!
Having read your next post, I say what I have felt for a while-you are a person of words that come from the heart, the soul, as well as one of the hands.
Every "Aspie" is different-and every "Autie" too- but can be helped to enjoy and use words. The trouble is that words are taken on 'face value' and other people see other meanings than the intended. This would apply to those learning a new language too.
Pictures on 5x7 index cards! That really works because then you can string them together once the student has a handle on the vocabulary and make longer utterances and eventually build stories. "Real" is definitely the way to go.
Rou,
Yes, but on the laptop. Learning to be comfortable and play on the computer is so important these days. And I have loads of resources through the Learning Center.
it is too windy here for spring to ooze.
Can't seem to leave a post for your 'Literacy' piece so using this one to do so, hope that is okay? I am an adult literacy and numeracy tutor in Scotland. If you are in England/Wales or Ireland, then you have different approaches to us. We are all about being learner driven and relevant to the learner and there are really no rules. You seem to be on this road mentally anyway with the way you are thinking about resources. I found myself writing plays for the learners that they featured in which made them relevant and allowed me to use the right level of difficulty for each person. Obviously, these are very specific to the learners themselves and not much use to share but maybe you could use this technique once you know your group. Best of luck, I will watch your blog to see how you are getting on.
BTW,
I closed comments on the literacy post, right off the bat. Wanting to discourage encouragement. And until I described my actual experiences in a later post - once I knew better - ask for what I would find useful and ask for suggestions. I closed comments because I want you to wait. Ahem.
Ouch! New to blogging and didn't understand the protocol - sorry.
Gail,
1. You weren't the only one not to take the hint at closed comments.
2. That wasn't meant to sting, sorry about that. Hard to get tone across in this medium.
3. I have a lot of resources with the center that is training us, they are being quite thorough. So I will start there, and ask for specifics after I am further along. THEN, I will be quite glad for resources, so please do hang around.
Nae bother.
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