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Newspaper
Aiken Standard
Location
Aiken, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 2012
Page
9
Reading is fundamental to success and community improvement as it underpins learning and reduces negative outcomes. Early reading failure harms individuals, leading to disengagement, discipline issues, and higher incarceration risk. improving literacy supports all students and communities.
Ann Whitten highlights how children with reading disabilities can become entrepreneurs scientists and artists. Steps include engaging parents daily reading aloud nightly practice early intervention and sustained remediation to ensure Aiken County students leave school with strong reading skills and hope for success.
Lists quality websites on reading interventions and reading disabilities. Recommends books such as Overcoming Dyslexia and Straight Talk about Reading. Also cites Nowhere to Hide and What We Can Do About It by Jerome Schultz on stress in emotionally struggling students.
Ann Whitten MEd serves on the board of the Learning Disabilities Association of America and the Learning Disabilities Association of South Carolina. She sits with the S C Branch of the International Dyslexia Association and the S C Dyslexia Task Force and is a member of the International Reading Association.
A former UN official calls affordable housing vital to well being and community progress in Aiken. He cites high rents, substandard units, and the need for cross sector collaboration with Habitat for Humanity to provide decent housing for very low and low income families.
Richard Church has served as executive director of the Aiken County Habitat for Humanity since 1998. Prior to this role he spent 25 years with the United Nations, living and working in developing countries.
The Aiken Standard announces ongoing Community Improvement Series on the first Monday opinions page. Readers can send ideas for writers or topics to Publisher Scott Hunter or Commentary Editor Jennifer Miller at the listed emails and phone numbers. Previous efforts are archived at aikenstandard.com/community insights.
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