没有感觉作者的口气有什么不妥，相反，我倒是读到不少别人写的成功的故事，比如下面这个故事：
Using SWR with an older student
My oldest son began his learning in a Christian schools.
From age 3 to 9 he attended pre-school followed by a Bible based Christian
Elementary school and then a Specialized Private school.
He was diagnosed with dyslexia at the age of 7 and a half. He had speech
therapy twice a week, a special classroom with just 3 other children. He also
received occupational therapy and had a reading and math specialist. I
partnered with his teachers and therapists and we all worked together in a
respectful and collaborative manner in the effort to help this little boy learn.
Despite all this intervention my son was not learning. A lot of money had been
invested and precious time lost.
I can remember his second grade teacher telling me I had to choose between a
Christian education and literacy.
After only 10 weeks in the specialized school and more of the same unsuccessful
approach, I felt strongly called to bring my son home. I felt I could do a
better job of teaching him than what I saw in the classroom.
Within 2 months of bringing him home I researched curriculums and found SWR.
We began at the beginning with List A.
I had to un-teach and re-teach. I taught cursive handwriting twice. When we
began, he could read in a labored manner from sight and tired quickly, he could
not spell, had illegible penmanship and had no composition skills. He would
turn 10 in spring.
From 2007 until present I have worked with my son using SWR. I would say his
learning began when we closed the school doors and opened our SWR books.
I have had the opportunity to meet mothers of children. who like my son,
struggled with learning across all areas.
I know, like myself, they have worked very hard to help their children learn.
I can remember my sons former teachers also working diligently. This inability
to make progress happens in both schooled and homeschooled situations alike.
It takes a proven method to help a subset of learners make forward progress and
SWR is that method.
My son has made a great deal of progress since we began. His spelling,
penmanship and composition all improved in the first school year. His ability
to read fluently did not and we began vision therapy. After six months of
vision therapy my son read fluently for the first time. He would turn 12 in a
few months. From that point on his reading took off.
He can read books on all topics and can read for hours, yet I can recall a time
when he was younger and threw a book across the room in frustration.
He continues to improve on his spelling mastery. His first spelling test
measured 2.2 Today it measures 6.0.
We are in List S 6. He turned 15 this spring.
In the last 2 years he has grown a great deal in maturity and Christian spirit.
He can now read scripture and participate in youth group at church. He told us
that he wishes to became a youth group leader for the younger boys next year.
For a period of time my son struggled with acceptance of who is was and like
many struggling learners had a lower level of confidence. One day when reading
scripture, he came to me and told me about his personal battle for control. He
told me of a verse that spoke to him. In a letter from Paul to the Romans, Paul
tells the Romans that it is hard for "humans" to accept the Lord. That week
"human" was one of our spelling words.
My son went on to tell me that he thought that being dyslexic was his main
challenge, but it was probably more of just being human. He then went on to
tell me, "you know mom, in the end you have to make the right choices."
I would encourage any family to consider using SWR for an older student.
Learning is not for a finite period between the ages of 5 and 18, it is for a
lifetime. Endorsed Trainer Jean Evans recently shared that if a parent can
teach SWR for even one year, she would recommend doing that. If a parent could
teach SWR for 2 years the impact would extremely beneficial.
I have asked questions, taken Training with Wanda, Jean Evans, Barbara Garrett
and with Jean a second time.
I have learned from Britta Mc Coll and implemented many of her notes for my
older and younger sons.
I have recently benefited from Heidi Thomas' dictation videos and her insight as
well. In fact it was Heidi's videos that spurred my need to improve on my
dictation.
SWR can be taught to many different learners and can be used in a variety of
ways. In our experience I feel comfortable saying that for a subset set of
learners like my son, SWR is vital. So if many methods were tried but SWR was
not, please try it. I think you will be very glad you did.
I know for me, there is not a day that goes by that I am not grateful for
discovering SWR and for the dedication and work of Wanda Sanseri. |
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发表于 2012-6-15 22:05:50
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