APOGEE Somatic Phonics™ - A Revolutionary Breakthrough for Reading Disorders and Dyslexic Readers: Preparing Special Needs Learners for CCSS Success

Pleased to be a part of such a timely and most significant forum for exploration and exchange... 

I have read hundreds of posts in response to the newly adopted, "Core Standards." There is significant concern. A position must be established that assures our children's progress and well being. Most certainly 'standards' have inherent value, but are NOT to be instituted at the demise of a child's mental, physical and spiritual well being. Having worked in private practice with hundreds of learners, I have come to appreciate and value diversity, imaginative thinking, creativity, and learning styles that do not respond well to being 'boxed in.' The APOGEE Paradigm™ grew out of the call to give homage to the distant light ever present.

There is absolutely NO Stopping Me... I will present what being an educator, since 1960, has brought to bear... CHILDREN FIRST... Beyond a test score is the treasure of each child's BEING!! No curriculum, no "Core Standard" hold to value, if at 'core' they are not supportively responsive to each child's needs, learning style, intelligence, creativity and imagination... CHILDREN are not robots to be programmed... but BEINGS to be honored!!! Rose Marie Raccioppi 

The Eighteenth Annual Rockland Literacy Extravaganza
St.Thomas Aquinas College
Saturday, October 19, 2013
7:45 AM - 2:30 PM

Common Core Standards: 

Teaching Thoughtful Literacy Across the Curriculum 

That Goes Beyond the Scripts 
WORKSHOPS I  9:50 – 10:50


APOGEE Somatic Phonics™ 

A Revolutionary Breakthrough for Reading Disorders 

and Dyslexic Readers

 Preparing Special Needs Learners for CCSS Success
Rose Marie Raccioppi
Educational Consultant; Poet Laureate, Orangetown; 

Founder/Director, APOGEE Learning Enhancement Training Systems™

Understanding the needs of readers across the age span... how to understand 'cause' and provide the supports to assure masterful reading. 

Understanding the CCSS grade by grade presentation of 

Reading: Fundamental Skills to achieve CCSS success.
Grade Levels: All, PreK - 12 Room: M 226

For Those interested in attending:A direct link for secure on line registration is: https://www.mylearningplan.com/WebReg/ActivityProfile.asp?D=12361&I=1321148&H=1 If you are a new to MyLearningPlan, begin by clicking on "I am a new user." Then, create your free account. Once your account is created, click on Literacy Extravaganza to register. Online registration support is available by calling RTC Institute at 845-351-2090 or emailing jmurray@rockteach.org. 

For more information contact:
Dr. Michael Shaw mshaw@stac.edu or
Debbie Studnitzer, RTC Institute dstudnitzer@optonline.net

A BUILDER before a READER... APOGEE Somatic Phonics™- the learning child as CORE*...

 

A BUILDER  before a READER... APOGEE Somatic Phonics™ 

The learning child as CORE*...

Perspectives to be presented 

by 

Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS FABI 

at the 

18th Annual

Rockland Literacy Extravaganza Conference

Saturday, October 19, 2013 7:45 A.M. - 2:30 P.M.

St. Thomas Aquinas College, Sparkill, N.Y.

(*key, basic, fundamental, principal, primary,main, chief, crucial, vital, essential; informal: number-one.)

First there be creation's divinity... conception... be there sound... the mother's heartbeat, inner vibrations transmitted, inner flows to nourish and bring life into development... delivery... and the first cry... breath filling the lungs... life its own force...  the feeling...the movement... the reaching... the seeing... the echoing... the following... the Being... the Doing... the Having... the learning child as reception and response... this the hologram... this the BEING known to  Self and others... A propensity, a preference for exploration and discovery and so learning takes hold. 

Reading, as observation, as connection, is a natural process. A child 'reads' the mother's expressions,  'reads' its space and surroundings, feels the effect of what it experiences, what the effect is of what was 'read.'  Impressions upon all sensibilities create  'a reading.' It is understanding that there are particular leanings toward one's approach to learning that we have come to identify as 'learning style.'  And so we have conceptual frameworks that have put forth 'multiple intelligences' and 'learning style paradigms.' Multiplicity, diversity, selectivity, applies to each individual, as too, it applies to groups of individuals.

The effects from 'failed purpose' have called for educators to look deeply into teaching methodology, special need, learning style, readiness, skill sets, multiple intelligences, motivation, and most significantly relevance. Students that have made and continue to make their way to APOGEE Learning Enhancement Training Systems™ have had 'failed purpose.'  Reading below 'grade level' brings callers to APOGEE Somatic Phonics™ .  This is a system based on the developmental processes of observation, exploration, discovery, integration and application. Appreciating that the child is a natural builder and sound creator, before it is a sculptor or an artist, the primary 'doing' in creating the form that matches the sound is first to build it. And so delight is built into... From twigs from trees, I learn my A B Cs.

As I read each aspect of reading, as presented in the proposed 'Common Core', I thought, I take little exception to the delineated goals for reading competence. The 'goals' however,  most certainly call for relevant activities and practices. Reading is a dynamic process and is not to be relegated exclusively to workbook exercises or test taking skills that tap into a limited range of propensities. Reading is the observation of form and corresponding sound for each letter, reading is the configuration of sound into symbolic form, reading is understanding the particular symbolism of grouped letters as they come to have 'meaning' in the context of our direct experience. The student is CORE not the curriculum... and as such must be understood, appreciated and supported, not only as a particular grade member, but as an individual with diversity of experience and need. The goals of a curriculum must be highly respectful of relevance,  purpose and the needs of the populace, individually and collectively,  it aims to teach. Creativity, identification, expression in the arts, and integration are CORE to the reading experience.

APOGEE Somatic Phonics™ has facilitated the development of reading mastery across all curriculum areas for scores and scores of students for over thirty years. Its time has come to be known for the documented success it brings.

For further information and discussion:

APOGEE Learning: Improved Reading Performance with APOGEE Somatic Phonics™

http://www.apogeelearning.blogspot.com/2012/10/improved-reading-performance-with.html

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The different learner making the difference...DYSLEXIA

 

Here are the names of some of the many talented and accomplished individuals who are dyslexic, or had traits associated with dyslexia or related learning styles...

Actors and Entertainers:

• Harry Anderson

• Orlando Bloom

• Harry Belafonte

• Charley Boorman

• Tom Cruise

• Danny Glover

• Whoopi Goldberg

• Susan Hampshire

• Jay Leno

• Christopher Lowell

• Keanu Reeves.

• Kiera Knightley

• Oliver Reed.

• Billy Bob Thornton.

• Tom Smothers

• Vince Vaughn

• Henry Winkler

• Loretta Young

Artists, Designers, and Architects:

• Leonardo da Vinci.

• Ansel Adams, Photographer.

• David Bailey, Photographer.

• Chuck Close.

• Ignacio Gomez, Muralist.

• Tommy Hilfiger, Clothing Designer.

• Ian Marley, Contemporary Artist, South Africa.

• Pablo Picasso.

• Robert Rauschenberg.

• Auguste Rodin.

• Bennett Strahan

• Robert Toth

• Jørn Utzon (architect, designed Sydney Opera house)

• Andy Warhol.

• Willard Wigan, micro sculptor.

Athletes:

• Muhammad Ali, World Heavyweight Champion Boxer

• Duncan Goodhew, Olympic Swimmer

• Bruce Jenner, Olympic Decathlon Gold Medalist

• Magic Johnson

• Greg Louganis

• Bob May, golfer.

• Diamond Dallas Page, World Wrestling Champion.

• Steve Redgrave, Olympic Gold Medalist (rowing).

• Nolan Ryan, Baseball Pitcher.

• Rex Ryan, Coach.

• Jackie Stewart, race car driver.

Entrepreneurs and Business Leaders:

• Richard Branson,Founder of Virgin Enterprises.

• John T Chambers,CEO of Cisco Systems.

• Henry Ford.

• William Hewlett, Co-Founder, Hewlett-Packard.

• Ingvar Kamprad, founder of IKEA.

• Sir Peter Leitch, New Zealand businessman

• Craig McCaw, Telecommunications Visionary.

• O.D. McKee, founder of McKee Foods.

• David Neeleman, CEO of jetBlue Airways.

• Paul J. Orfalea, founder of Kinko's.

• Charles Schwab, Investor.

• Ted Turner, President, Turner Broadcasting Systems.

• Robert Woodruff, President of Coca-Cola, 1923-1954.

• Frank W. Woolworth.

Filmmakers:

• Robert Benton.

• Nicole Betancourt, Emmy-winning filmmaker.

• Walt Disney.

• Søren KraghJacobsen (Danish film director).

• Steven Spielberg

Inventors and Scientists:

• Ann Bancroft, Arctic Explorer.

• Alexander Graham Bell.

• John Britten, Inventor.

• Pierre Curie, Physicist (1903 Nobel Prize).

• Thomas Edison.

• Albert Einstein.

• Michael Faraday.

• Carol Greider, Molecular Biologist, awarded 2009 Nobel Prize in Medicine.

• Jack Horner, Paleontologist.

• Dr. Peter Lovatt, psychologist and dancer.

• Dr. James Lovelock.

• Paul MacCready "Engineer of the Century."

• Archer Martin, Chemist (1952 Nobel Laureate)

• Matthew H. Schneps, Astrophysicist

• John R. Skoyles, Brain Researcher.

Law and Justice:

• David Boies, Attorney.

• Erin Brockovich, Investigator.

• Jeffrey H. Gallet, Judge.

Military Heroes:

• Thomas Jonathan "Stonewall" Jackson.

• George Patton.

Musicians and Vocalists:

• Cher.

• Brad Little.

• John Lennon.

• Nigel Kennedy, Violinist.

• Bob Weir, Grateful Dead Guitarist.

Physicians and Surgeons

• Harvey Cushing, Surgeon.

• Fred Epstein, Neurosurgeon.

Political Leaders:

• Winston Churchill.

• King Carl XVI Gustaf of Sweden.

• Michael Heseltine.

• Andrew Jackson.

• Thomas Jefferson.

• John F. Kennedy.

• Gavin Newsom, Mayor of San Francisco.

• Nelson Rockefeller.

• Paul Wellstone, U.S. Senator.

• Woodrow Wilson.

• George Washington.

Writers and Journalists:

• Scott Adams, Cartoonist (Dilbert)

• Hans Christian Andersen

• Avi

• Jeanne Betancourt, (Author of "My Name is Brain Brian").

• Stephen Cannell, television writer & novelist.

• John Corrigan, novelist.

• Larry Chambers.

• Agatha Christie.

• John Edmund Delezen, author of Eye of the Tiger and Red Plateau.

• Andrew Dornenburg, award-winning author and chef.

• Richard Engel, NBC Foreign Correspondent.

• Fannie Flagg (Author of "Fried Green Tomatoes at the Whistle Stop Cafe").

• F. Scott Fitzgerald.

• Gustave Flaubert.

• Sally Gardner, children's writer and illustrator.

• Terry Goodkind fantasy writer, author of The Sword of Truth series.

• Byron Pitts, CBS News Correspondent.

• Patricia Polacco, Children's Author and Illustrator.

• Eileen Simpson (Author of "Reversals").

• Natasha Solomons, contemporary novelist.

• Philip Schultz, winner of 2008 Pulitzer Prize for poetry.

• Elizabeth Daniels Squire(author of mystery novels).

• Bernie Taylor, author of Biological Time.

• Victor Villaseñor, author of bestselling novel, Rain of Gold

• William Butler Yeats, poet.

Information Source: http://www.dyslexia.com/famous.htm

And so let the gifts be known, the needs be addressed, the success be realized...

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Improved Reading Performance with APOGEE Somatic Phonics™

“To learn to read is to light a fire; 
every syllable that is spelled out is a spark.” 

Victor Hugo ~ French Romantic Poet, Novelist and Dramatist, 1802-1885.

"...to read is to experience each letter 
as a symbolic configuration of sounding form..." 
Rose Marie Raccioppi

Is your child struggling with dyslexia? Is he or she a misunderstood learner? APOGEE Learning Enhancement Training Systems™ is the answer. APOGEE Somatic Phonics™ is an integrated system developed for the dyslexic student to assure reading success. Twenty-eight years of documented success define the APOGEE Somatic Phonics™ Program. Reading with APOGEE Somatic Phonics™ becomes easier, word knowledge becomes more developed, and comprehension, spelling and writing improve. With a new and masterful command of reading, interest in other subject areas expand, focus is improved and grades soar to new heights.

APOGEE Learning™ takes a holistic approach to serving all learners at all ages and in all grades, including the special needs of those with learning disabilities. All programs are developed and administered by Rose Marie Raccioppi, a state-certified, honored, awarded and highly acclaimed educator, within a warm and nurturing environment. Each one-on-one session is personalized and available in all subjects.

With APOGEE Somatic Phonics™, specific letter sounding practices are initiated allowing one to confidently learn the distinction among letter sounds and letter names. Seeing, hearing, touching and perceiving define the scope of reading and the reading process. Observation itself is reading. Once the sound association is clear, the visual symbol is introduced via a three-dimensional object. Once that step is mastered, a two-dimensional representation is introduced. It is a truly integrated multi-sensory experience.

Each letter read and sounded is evaluated via APOGEE Cognitive Kinesiology™, a process that allows the student to understand the integrative action of the mind-body energy system. This process is utilized to determine if the letter brings about a stress response. If a stress response is found, a series of activities are initiated to address the specific finding. Once the stress response is abated, which is the result of the newly introduced experience of rebuilding the structure of the physical letter, one proceeds to view the printed word with renewed energy and focus. It is well known that people avoid that which is painful or stressful. By eliminating the stress associated with reading, the process then becomes an exploratory and pleasurable experience. Improved reading performance is a guaranteed outcome.

Rose Marie Raccioppi, MS FABI is state-certified in regular and special education, supervision and administration. With advanced studies in psychology, education, cognition, stress management and holistic health, Raccioppi's program is comprehensive. In addition to her academic excellence, she is an exhibiting artist, published poet and the Poet Laureate of Orangetown, New York. Raccioppi has developed supportive programs integrating the academics and the arts. Consultations for parents, educators and teacher training are offered, in addition to individualized student services.

Inquiries Welcomed

For more information on services 
provided for all learning needs:

http://www.apogeelearning.com
http://www.acu-tone.com

With autonomy, mastery and purpose,
creative, caring, free thinkers
and doers are developed.

• Inquiries welcomed •
• Call or post •
• All Questions Answered •


The APOGEE Achiever Program™ 
The Academics and the Arts
~ Soar To Success ~

Call for your FREE Introductory Consultation.
•all sessions personalized and one-to-one•
•comfortable environment•
•warm and nurturing support•
845-359-9056
toll free: 1-866-228-8663
1-866-ACU-TONE