I am sure that not too many graduates from WCU can claim to be an alumnus times three! I have had the privilege of receiving my Bachelor’s degree, my Master’s degree, and most recently my Doctoral degree from the newly designed Educational Leadership program at WCU. I have had the honor of taking classes from some of WCU’s paramount professors, including Jane Schultz, Ellen Bacon, Lisa Bloom, Casey Hurley, Robert Crow, Kofi Lomotey, Kathleen Jorrisen, Anne Allen, and David Sutton. I offer a special shout out to Dr. Dale Carpenter, who was not only my professor and early advisor, but he was also my inspiration to continue to flourish through all three levels of my education. Lastly, I wholeheartedly lift up Dr. Brandi Hinnant-Crawford for …show more content…
Midway through my 18th year at Waynesville Middle School, I was offered the opportunity of a lifetime. I was hired to develop a program for bright students with language-based learning differences on the campus of Carolina Day School in Asheville. This program began with 12 students and now operates as a full day school with 112 students. Currently, we are celebrating our 20th year at the Key School and reflecting back on the amazing students, families, and faculty who have been instrumental in helping us change lives. Perhaps the most critical aspect of my educational career was the nurturing of our Key Learning Center, which serves parents, professionals, and educators on a regional and national level as a hub for dyslexia education. Through our Orton-Gillingham multisensory language therapy courses, our outreach programs, our Saturday Seminars, and Dyslexia Awareness events we have touched thousands of lives. We continue to strive to help the world understand the gifts and challenges of the 15-20% of our population that has a dyslexic learning
The main component I look for in college is their commitment to further my studies. I feel this college will provide an ingenious culture within the science field, therefore rendering myself with the building blocks necessary to later pursue the medical field. Not only does UNCW devote itself towards their student’s undergraduate years, but also by providing Professional pathways such as Pre-Medicine, students such as myself can go into Professional schools better prepared. In addition to my interest in the academics the school has to offer, I also marvel at the amount of extracurricular activities available to the student body. One student organization in particular is the Greek Life. When my mother attended this school, she was an avid member
Robert Buck once said, “If children can’t learn the way we teach, then we have to teach the way they learn.” The Wilson Language Program has become disclosed to amplify this mentality. Dyslexia is a common disease among ten to fifteen percent of the United States, where a human being has trouble in learning to read or interpret words, letters, and other symbols. Programs are reaching out to try to terminate as much distress of dyslexia as possible. Up and coming programs, The Wilson Language Program for example, are making their best efforts to start working with children from a young age with the slight signs of this common problem. Catching dyslexia earlier in life brings more assurance that the child’s future will have little to no setbacks or disadvantages for success. In order to enhance the regressive literacy of dyslexic individuals, the Wilson Language Program is progressively being implemented into regular schooling to ensure that reading standards are met, through structure, hours of research, copious practice, and strong evidence.
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Dyslexia has been a commonly known problem in the Unites States. Even though, dyslexia is a mental problem that causes disabilities in reading, most people do not know the truth about it. There have been movies where a person with dyslexia sees letters moving around, yet people with dyslexia do not have disabilities like moving letters around. The truth is that there are plenty of misconceptions. The myths going around of what dyslexia supposedly is, is not the truth. These myths are just misconceptions and the truths about dyslexia are more complex than what it seems like. Dyslexics have different learning processes and different ways of handling the problems at hand.
I told someone when I was younger that I wanted to cure people. 4 years ago, I told one of my teachers I wanted to find the best school that would allow me to do that. A year ago, I went to Wayne State and I found it, my major and my school. Being interested in science and math has been a major component in my studies and choosing a career path. Devoting time to helping and working with others doing volunteer work makes the decision a whole lot better. Majoring in Pharmacy is the right path and Wayne State University will give me the best chance at following that path.
I was born 7 weeks premature, this has lead to some health consequences in my life. My right lung never finished growing and this lead me to be susceptible to severe pneumonia when I was 14 years old. I was hospitalized at Children's Mercy Hospital and incredibly vulnerable. Due to the expert treatment of the highly trained hospital staff that I received, I have now fully recovered. Since then, I do everything I can to stay healthy and keep my body and lungs strong. I have changed my outlook on life, realizing that every second is a blessing and feeling like it is my duty to give my time to the world. That is why I began volunteering at Homeless Centers in Kansas City such as, the World Outreach Foundation and Seton Center. I focused in the medical departments of these centers but I felt like I could never give wholey of myself. I did not have the knowledge. But just blocks away from these centers is KCU, that is why I aspire to attend KCU, it is an institution that provided hope in my mind that I could give
At the beginning of his book, Looking For Heroes, Aidan Colvin sets out on a mission to write to 100 famous or successful people with dyslexia. Some of the people Colvin ends up getting responses from are Ms. Bancroft, Dr. Delos Cosgrove, Amanda Thirsk, Diane Swank, Ben Foss, Jay Leno and many more successful people who have struggled with dyslexia. After receiving responses from many of the successful people he wrote to, Colvin discovers that the thing that is holding him back is the same thing that can make him successful too! Dyslexia may be a challenge, but it can also be a gift!
As a future Grand Canyon University student, it is highly important to me to be included in the honors college on campus. As a science major, I will have the opportunity to join the Honors STEMists club where I will be able to find other students who enjoy the various stem fields which I look forward to. The ability to room and be around other honors college members will definately help me become accustomed to college life. I do thoroughly apply myself as a student and a citizen both inside and outside of the classroom. I plan to study forensic science at GCU and hope to keep myself heavily involved around campus through clubs, intramural activities amongst other opportunities provided to me. This program interests me mainly because the challenge that it will provide me with for many years to come. I also enjoy all science courses, but chemistry is the one that is most fond to me. Forensics is a heavy workload of chemistry, which was my favorite subject in school.
Whether we graduate from highschool or college we all hope to find a challenging career that will propel us forward in today's society. For those suffering from dyslexia this only adds to the frustration and fears associated with seeking employment. Many adults with dyslexia or other forms of learning disabilities never disclose their disability in interviews or once employed for fear of being discriminated against. Several investigators have noted, however, that many persons with learning disabilities adjust well to the demands and complexities of adulthood. (Greenbaum et al. 1996). The basic cause of dyslexia is still not known, however, much research is being done to determine the problems underlying dyslexia. In many cases, dyslexia is highly inherited. Studies have shown a number of genes that may set the stage for its development. Characteristics of dyslexia are now more apparent to educators than ever before. Early educational interventions are helping individuals to manage their dyslexia. There have been some studies that attend to accommodating persons with learning disabilities in post-secondary and occupational settings. Only a few articles will be reviewed having been found worthy of this subject. However, before reviewing the articles, in order to gain a greater understanding of the types of learning disabilities people face lets define one of the most significant learning problems: dyslexia. A Type of Learning Disability: What is Dyslexia? The word dyslexia is derived form the Greek "dys" (meaning poor or inadequate) and "lexis" (works or language). Dyslexia is a learning disability characterized by problems in expressive or receptive, oral or written language. Problems may emerge in r...
When I first came into SDSU I had dreams and aspirations of becoming a businessman, I thought it would be something like in the movies where I go to class and I am immediately great at what I do, but an abrupt disaster from my Econ 101 class and my Stats 119 class showed me that my talents could be applied in another field, because I discovered that I really did not like math related subjects and in business that is all I would be facing. Suddenly while searching for a new choice in careers, I remembered while in high school I was always into Psychology and although I may not have excelled in the matter, I enjoy speaking about it. I am just going into the field but I hope to help children that experienced a traumatic experience such as me when
My academic plans as a undergraduate at IU is to be in SPEA, major in Public Affairs/ HR Management, and minor in Sign Language. My goal is to graduate with a Bachelors of Science in Public Affairs degree with a minor in Sign Language. I knew I wanted to attend IU since I transitioned from 8th grade to 9th grade, and management and dealing with the public always fascinated me. My minor holds a special place in my heart. My mom is deaf, and sign language has always been our only form of communication. I want to be able to communicate with everyone I come into contact with no matter if they can hear/speak or not.
I have always wanted to attend Oregon State University. My family originates from the Willamette Valley and has been old school grass seed farmers who proudly call themselves Oregon State Beavers. As a result, given my love and affinity for baseball and family history it has been my hearts desire to earn my degree at OSU.
Millions of Americans show symptoms of dyslexia. However, few people actually realize the causes, effects, fears, and treatments associated with this disorder; making, those who are dyslexic to feel isolated and misunderstood. Dyslexia is defined by the Merriam Webster Dictionary as, “a variable often familial learning disability involving difficulties in acquiring and processing language that is typically manifested by a lack of proficiency in reading, spelling, and writing”. This definition only begins to explain this complex disorder and the vast lack of proficiency it causes the human brain.
Picture yourself sitting in a classroom. The teacher calls on you to read the first paragraph of chapter one. You look at the text and suddenly start seeing the words floating around and you’re stuttering on each word not knowing what you are reading, while on looking peers laugh and giggle at your every mistake. You feel embarrassed, ashamed and angry that you cannot read like everyone else in your class. You are someone with dyslexia. About 10 percent of BC students in special education have a learning disability (that’s 17,603 kids), which include disabilities like Dysnomia , ADHD/ADD (Attention Deficit (Hyperactivity) Disorder), Auditory processing disorder, and the most common, Dyslexia. What most of us do not know is that the government does not fund the schools that these kids are in, so they are stuck coping and trying to figure out how to learn with their learning disability without the help of others.
People across the United States, from small rural areas to enormous urban centers, from small town farmers, to big city nurses, exhibit signs of a Developmental Dyslexia. In fact, Herb Scribner (2014) identifies it as one of the most common disabilities that American children have, and due to this fact, most people have heard of and likely know someone who exhibits symptoms of this relatively common disability. Due to the number of those affected by this disability, it is certainly one that strikes close to the heart of Americans; so what exactly is it, and what can be done by family and specifically Occupational therapists (OTs) to reduce its debilitating effects and increase the success of these children and adults?