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The written language problems of millions of adolescents and adults with dyslexia are too often unrecognized or unaddressed by existing remedial programs. Language Skills Seminars (LSS), a private venture, was developed for this population primarily to remediate written language and math skills deficits. This article describes the LSS program, the guidelines for group formation, and the benefits of such grouping. Since the primary role of LSS has been to remediate language deficits, the paper focuses on the word attack/spelling course and its implementation. Also noted are the positive psychological changes that occur as skills improve in an environment in which, perhaps for the first time, these students learn to learn.

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Language Skills Seminars: Adult Dyslexics Learn to Learn

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