[senco-forum] Developing listening skillsinsecondarypupils-Eddie's CD

Eddie, Aly, You are approaching the problems faced by early readers

Thank you, Gill, for expressing what I feel, too.  We all have different areas
of expertise and different ways of working with the children we teach.  Often,
we have to begin work with a child before we know exactly what the root cause
of the problem is [this can take some time to establish; sometimes we can never
be entirely sure], but the child needs help now, so we do what we can to work on
the skills needed, in ways that our training and experience suggest may help. 
Sometimes we find new ways, sometimes the tried and trusted are what is needed.

We really do need people with a range of experience, contributing in ways that
are open-minded and tolerant if the forum is to continue to be helpul and
informative.

Regards

Jean Dowding

S Wales

Quoting Gillian Clayton <jillclayton at mac.com>:

> 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:
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> > 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
> >
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