Karen,
I don't know if this will help your son, but I work with middle school students as a reading specialist to develop strategies for reading nonfiction. One such strategy is to illustrate/sketch and label for visualization (and internalization of content). While they read, they sketch what the text is describing and label the drawing with as much of the content vocabulary as possible. This could be adapted for college level texts, and I would think that this would work pretty well with biology and physiology. Good luck and I hope this helps! Stacy > From: g...@aol.com > Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2010 16:06:22 -0500 > To: mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] College Help > > Mary, > > We are working with the Office of Disabilities at his College. He does > have a legal diagnosis and the college has acknowledged it. His professors > have allowed him more time to take tests. This has helped somewhat but > it's not solving the problem. > > He doesn't have a learning disability so much as a learning weakness. The > way it was explained to me he was never taught how to visualize and he > never picked it up on his own as many good readers do. He just sees words > when > he reads. He has to read material over and over again to get any meaning > out of it. He was never diagnosed in grade school or high school (he was > tested three times) because although his comprehension was well below > grade level, his decoding was always way above. The school district was happy > to label him an "average" reader. I've tried to find a reading specialist > in our area that works with adults but it has been very difficult to find > someone. We have a Linda Mood Bell center in our area but it's a 45 > minute drive each way and he just doesn't have the time at this point. > > I'd really like to find a way to apply the Mosaic of Thought techniques to > his college textbooks somehow. > > Thank you for your suggestion. > > Karen > > > > > > > > In a message dated 3/7/2010 3:39:14 P.M. Eastern Standard Time, > medwa...@daltonstate.edu writes: > > Karen, > Has your son spoke with the Office of Disabilities at the college? They > are most helpful and can recommend avenues to pursue. If he has been > legally disagnosed as having a learning disability, he can receive services > of > OofD and because of their efforts, his work can be modified and instructors > must adhere to the guidelines/requirements set forth. > Seek their help first; otherwise, the frustration you and your son feel > will only exacerbate.k > Mary > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Carol Lau > Date: Sunday, March 7, 2010 3:11 am > Subject: Re: [MOSAIC] College Help > To: "Mosaic: A Reading Comprehension Strategies Email Group" > > > Linda Mood Bell teaches visualization to learning disabled students. > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: > > To: > > Sent: Saturday, March 06, 2010 3:04 PM > > Subject: [MOSAIC] College Help > > > > > > > Hello list, > > > > > > My son is 21 years old. He is a Junior in college and > > struggles despite > > > working extremely hard. After years of trying to determine > > why learning > > > is > > > so difficult for him, a neuropsychologist discovered that he > > does not > > > visualize AT ALL when he reads or when he listens. > > > > > > I have read The Mosaic of Thought and have followed the > > mailing list for a > > > couple months now trying to figure out how to help him. > > > > > > We tried IdeaChain by Mindprime over the Summer and had some > > success but > > > the work he is doing in college is much too abstract for me to > > try the > > > methods used in that program. > > > > > > Does anyone have any ideas on how I can help him with subjects like > > > Biology/Physiology, Statistics, or any other college level material? > > > > > > Thank you! > > > > > > Karen > > > _______________________________________________ > > > Mosaic mailing list > > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > > > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org.> > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Mosaic mailing list > > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > > > > Mary W. Edwards, PhD > Professor > School of Education > 615 College Avenue > Dalton, GA 30720 > Phone: 706.272.2590 > Fax: 706.272.2495 > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > > > _______________________________________________ > Mosaic mailing list > Mosaic@literacyworkshop.org > To unsubscribe or modify your membership please go to > http://literacyworkshop.org/mailman/options/mosaic_literacyworkshop.org. > > Search the MOSAIC archives at http://snipurl.com/MosaicArchive. > _________________________________________________________________ Your E-mail and More On-the-Go. 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