Literacy Activities Handbook - Saskatchewan Association of Rehabilitation Centres

Tutors should reflect on their everyday interactions with learners, and consider where literacy-building opportunities exist.
Adults with intellectual / developmental disabilities benefit from learning in smaller chunks. The “Literacy Moments” approach, therefore, has a place for these learners.
When possible, the tutor should incorporate teaching, instead of doing the literacy task on behalf of the learner. The learner’s independence should always be reinforced.
The tutor should consider which skills the learner would need in order to complete the task on his or her own. Then the tutor can look for opportunities to teach or reinforce those skills.
Engaging in “Literacy Moments” with a support staff-person or family member may be welcome reinforcement to learners with intellectual / developmental disabilities who are already engaged in formal, longer-term literacy programs. Other "potential learners" may develop an interest in adult education opportunities through engaging in "Literacy Moments."

Adapted from:
Betsy Trumpener, Gimmer Shelter! A Resource for Literacy and Homelessness Work. The Literacy and Homelessness Project. Toronto: St. Christopher House Adult Literacy Program Publications, 1997. [http://www.nald.ca/clr/homeless/section3/page9.htm]

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