This course provides educators with knowledge and skills to better assist the under resourced learner. Many of our students from poverty have not developed planning skills because of the survival mode they are experiencing.

Previous teachers and other service providers who have participated in this class are insistent that their students do not have the mental models - being able to "see" something - because of their few life experiences. Low vocabulary can result in huge disadvantages in education and life, commonly found in children from poverty. Reading strategies will be examined - a skill that our students from poverty often can benefit from greatly.

Participants will be provided time to discuss and plan how this information can be implemented into the classroom and service agency.