Kicking, ^creaming tactics part of defense class
Clackamas Community defense training from the cidents that have taken place
College’s Randall Hall will be Portland Police Bureau Crime on campus.
Just what will par-
the scene of screaming and Prevention Unit.
Sponsored by the College, | ticipants learn in the
kicking tomorrow night, as a
workshop designed to teach Karen Lever, women’s special workshop? “How to not look
women defense techniques will programs coordinator, said like a victim, and advice on
run from 7 to 10 p.m. in Rll. the class is part of a women’s where to walk and how to trust
Titled Assault Prevention safety, or awareness, cam your judgment,” Lever said.
“One of the biggest
for Women, the class is the paign she has been working
last in a series of the Focus on on. She also said the class is breakthroughs is getting rid of
Women/Men workshops, and timely, with the drecrease in inhibitions. It’s a real noisy
will be instructed by Jennifer daylight hours, and the class—the people really get in
Weiss, who has received reported harrassment in to that „(screaming and kick
requires a $3 registration fee.
In the past Lever said such
classes have always filled up,
and she expects this workshop
to fill up also. As of press
time, there are only three or
four openings left.
Anyone who has ques
tions concerning the workshop
can contact either the
Women’s Resource Center at
657-8400, ext. 306, or Lever
herself at ext. 307.
ing),” she said.
Besides learning defense
techniques, Lever said the par
ticipants will be able to com
pare close calls with attacks,
and in this way learn dif
ferent methods for handling
any future situations.
“There is a known im
provement rate for those who
are trained,” she said.
The defense class is
limited to 15 participants, and
College successful in helping dyslexic students
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courses at the College to obtain
GED’s.
Although she is 46 years old now,
Shelley found out she had dyslexia just
five years ago. Like most dyslexics,
Shelley dropped out of high school at
the age of 15 because she was ashamed
of her problem. “I knew I had a pro
blem, but I didn’t know what it was,”
she said.
Shelley understands what dyslexia
is today, but even now she says she is
embarrassed that she has it. When she
first found out she had dyslexia,
Shelley said, “I was kind of surprised,
but I felt kind of bad: It sounds like
you have a disease.”
If there is one thing Shelley said
she could do to change her past, is to
have found out about dyslexia at a
much younger age. She said she is un
sure of getting her GED, and after that
a possible career in secretarial work,
because of her age. (Editor’s note:
Shortly after this interview, Shelley
went to take a test for her GED. As of
press time it was learned that she had
passed.)
Tom Bray dropped out of Molalla
High School when he was 17 years old,
because he said, “It was too fast for
me. I just couldn’t remember what was
taught to me.”
Bray, who has just recently been
diagnosed as having dyslexia, said he
was a little scared about coming to the
College this year, for fear he wouldn’t
be able to keep up. This has proven not
to be the case.
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“In the couple weeks I’ve been
here, I’ve learned a lot more than in
(regular) school,” he said.
Today Peachy estimates 30 per
cent of her students in developmental
education classes, and eight percent of
College students, have dyslexia. Most
of these students are high school
dropouts like Shelley and Bray, who ae
now finding education possible
through the multisensory method
Peachy uses.
Peachy, who will be retiring Dec.
31, said she would like to see more
staff members aware of dyslexia and
she explained there are some things in
structors can do to help dyslexic
students learn better in their classes.
Allowing lectures to be taped, giving
oral exams and explaining instructions
simply and one at a time are a few
items that are of a great help to dyslex
ic students.
Asking dyslexic students if they
need help was another suggestion
Peachy mentioned, for in most cases
such students will not ask for help,
because of embarrassment, or in the
case of College student Dale
Dunsmuir, “I’m not going to go in and
ask any favors, or use it (dyslexia) as a
crutch.”
Unlike Shelley and Bray,
Dunsmuir graduated from Estacada
High School in 1978. He is currently
taking math and electronics courses
and is receiving A’s and B’s on his elec
tronics tests.
Dunsmuir explained he made it
through high school with the help of
his. mother and special classes in
English, his worst subject. He is suc
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ask a teacher in the future if he can give
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