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National Institute for Literacy (Washington, DC)

Published 2003. 3 pages.

Access to information about and resources from this program is available at this website. Bridges to Practice provides materials that "are designed to help teachers, social workers, employment counselors, job coaches and others recognize learning disabilities, learn how to implement a screening process in a program, and learn what to do when an adult has been diagnosed with a disability." Points of access include: the project; discussion lists; special collection; the materials; and the training. Accession Number: 018592

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