[senco-forum] Developinglistening skillsinsecondarypupils-Eddie's CD

But literacy skills deficits do not have general causes, they have

Basically on the senco forum we are teachers and if we bother to watch and
contribute to the forum it is because we want to do the best for our kids
So as jill says we are actually trying to address the problems of of kids of
all intellectual abilities -all of whom have a 'right' to basic literacy to
the best of our ability - this may include time  spent on pc programmes  eg
lexia ( whch I was initilly very sceptical about as it apparently did not
require the kid to sound out what it was doing - but to my amazement my kids
did even so) word shark and Nessy, I view eddie's programmes as very useful
for extra practice at this level ( year 7 and 8 reading at less than 8 years
and trying to function in secodary school where basic reading  level is an
assumed 12+ )

For kids who are already reading at 8.5 or 9 I know from experience that his
programmes move many of them on

So then we are left with the hard cases - who may be as your (Aly)
child/ren very bright and having a very specific problem

These we have to address separately  ( within in the constaints of our
county's policy and what our schools budget can provide as extra)

This does not in any way devalue eddie's programmes and developments -
simply acknowledges ( as he does) that these programmes work for many but
for some there may be a need for more specific intervention

Barbara ht

-----Original Message-----
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[mailto:senco-forum-bounces at lists.becta.org.uk] On Behalf Of Gillian Clayton
Sent: 27 August 2006 21:17
To: Olanys at aol.com
Cc: senco-forum at lists.becta.org.uk
Subject: Re: [senco-forum] Developinglistening
skillsinsecondarypupils-Eddie's CD

Eddie,  Aly,  You are approaching the problems faced by early readers  
in different ways.  Aly is looking for a first cause,  Eddie giving  
practice in skills.  Surely,  we need people to do both.  You are  
highly valued members of the forum - but this squabbling and snarling  
will be losing Forum members.  We have politicians to tell us that we  
are doing everything all wrong,  all the time,  whatever we do.  We  
really don't need to start in on each other.
I'm sorry if this comes over as pretentious and patronising.  Jill On 27 Aug
2006, at 20:59, Olanys at aol.com wrote:

> But literacy skills deficits do not have general causes, they have
> very
> specific causes and yours is a very hit and miss approach, which,  
> if it works at
> all you claim as success but have no idea why!
>
>
>
> Best wishes,
> Aly
>
> Chair Auditory  Processing Disorder in the UK/APDUK
> www.lacewingmultimedia.com/APD.htm
> www.apduk.org
>