Parent or Guardian Illiteracy

     Some children are learning to read in environments where no one is available to work with them on their reading skills because there is no one in the home, or other nurturing environment, who has mastered the concepts of basic reading skills themselves. There is no shame in such situations, but literacy assistance should be provided immediately to both the children and the adults who have not learned to read. You may visit the websites below for more information on how you can help.

Adult Literacy and Technology Network
http://www.altn.org
Web users may find information here on how technology may be useful in adult literacy education.

America's Literacy Directory
http://www.literacydirectory.org
This website contains a search engine that allows users to find adult literacy programs in their area simply by entering their zip code or city and state.

The Center for Adult English Language Acquisition
http://www.cal.org/caela
Focusing on the needs of adult learners of English as a second language, this website offers information on related research.

The National Center for Family Literacy
http://www.famlit.org
Educators may find this site useful for finding information about adult literacy training programs.

PBS Literacy Link
http://litlink.ket.org
Teachers and adult learners may visit this website to become part of an online program that teaches and facilitates adult literacy among its members.

Overview
Word-Guessing
Books vs. Games, Videos and Computers
Limited Imagination
Special Readers
Whole-Word Memorization
Bidilectalism
Parent or Guardian Illiteracy
Website Pedagogy