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=FAT City= There is a wonderful video by Richard D Lavoie that helps people understand what individuals who have a learning disability may experience – Frustration, Anxiety and Tension


 * Understanding Learning Disabilities: How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T City Workshop ** ,

// It is a great video that can be used for professional development of school personnel and/or parents. It’s also used by many instructors who teach introductory courses in special education! (When I teach EDEX 523, my students view the video in sections.) The original video is still available on either tape or DVD. There is also a second, related video by Lavoie: **Beyond F.A.T. City, A Look Back, A Look Ahead**. He also has some other videos such as, Motivation Breakthrough, which I have not seen. - SWQ //

More from Rick Lavoie and Other Information Related to the Video(s) Online Video Clips - FAT City - Motivation Breakthrough - Competition - Other video clips Sources of the Videos (or DVDs) - Citation from version of tape we have

MORE FROM RICK LAVOIE AND OTHER INFORMATION RELATED TO THE VIDEO(S)
Rick Lavoie.com []

Rick Lavoie Articles http://www.ldonline.org/columnists/lavoie Rick Lavoie occassionally writes articles for LD Online. Links to articles, tips for parents and teachers, and excerpts from his books can be found on this page.

How Hard Can This Be? By Richard Lavoie [] “In the author's workshops, participants wind up frustrated, angry, and in tears — and finally understand what having a learning disability means”

Fairness: To each according to his needs http://www.ricklavoie.com/fairnessart.html

How kids can get over the 'motivation brick wall' http://www.usatoday.com/news/education/2007-10-03-lavoie-motivation_N.htm

Governer Palin's Journey of 1000 Miles (pdf) http://www.ricklavoie.com/Palin_sJourney.pdf Lavoie writes this open letter to Governer Palin about things she will experience as her son Trig, who has Down Syndrome, grows up.

[Interview] Rick Lavoie - Advocate for Children with Learning Differences and Special Needs http://www.childrenofthecode.org/interviews/lavoie.htm

F.A.T. City [summary and reflection of video] http://jcbrewer34.wordpress.com/2009/11/22/f-a-t-city-by-richard-lavoie/ This is from a blog by someone (Craig Brewer) who watched the movie. He took notes and then reflected on what he saw.

Understanding the Learning Disabled Child by Linda Proudfoot http://www.mindspace.bravepages.com/lavoie_ldchild.htm This is another reaction to the FAT City movie by someone who watched it.

FAT City Video Discussion with ODS LD Students [] This handout, which has eight questions that are aimed toward students with disabilities, is used as part of Project OWL: Options in Writing & Learning at Bernard College. This is a project sponsored by their Office of Disability Services (OSD) and the Barnard Writing Center. []

ONLINE VIDEO CLIPS
//Note: I'm not going to ask how they got on YouTube. (They seem to be posted by several different people - not Rick Lavoie) The entire video is not here, but here are the clips that are available (until someone discovers them and removes them from the site!)://

Video clips on YouTube from the 'How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T. City Workshop: Understanding Learning Disabilities' video

Fairness http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6G9--hUQDwY&NR=1 Fairness Activity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mV9SvxapQTo&feature=related Processing http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zhzh9kt8z7c Reading and Decoding http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xx5kr2T7rK8&feature=related Reading Comprehension http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdNW_8ZrF_4&feature=related Reading Comprehension Activity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4f4rX0XEBA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Risk Taking http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01tGtFQ0Ivs&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL Visual Perception Activity http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O4f4rX0XEBA&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

Video clips on YouTube from 'Motivation Breakthrough' another video by Rick Lavoie

1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PM-ItBe3VEo&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n19RUIRaIVM&feature=BF&list=PL4F2EC4CEEB11F5E6&index=2 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Fggdc2E9NU&feature=BF&list=PL4F2EC4CEEB11F5E6&index=3 4 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BSv6xHnJokA&feature=BF&list=PL4F2EC4CEEB11F5E6&index=4 5 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HOTlEUIDtOc&feature=BF&list=PL4F2EC4CEEB11F5E6&index=5 6 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BmK45VFCl5Q&feature=BF&list=PL4F2EC4CEEB11F5E6&index=6 7 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JeWnEGGrwrU&feature=BF&list=PL4F2EC4CEEB11F5E6&index=7 8 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KudmBPSbqgU&feature=BF&list=PL4F2EC4CEEB11F5E6&index=8 9 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ByjSIcIyDN4&feature=BF&list=PL4F2EC4CEEB11F5E6&index=9

--- Video clips on YouTube from 'Competition' by Rick Lavoie

1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIsvQAwbTfE&feature=BF&list=ULqskb1wuz3dA&index=13 2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xapfiMAqqz8&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL 3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIsvQAwbTfE&feature=mfu_in_order&list=UL

--- Other video clips on YouTube showing Rick Lavoie

Social Skills & LD http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODxwotH5IEo When the Chips are Down http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZRIKkU6IVRQ&feature=related Air and Rest http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RIsvQAwbTfE&feature=BF&list=ULqskb1wuz3dA&index=13

SOURCES OF THE VIDEOS (or DVDs)
How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T City Workshop ISBN# 0-7936-4262-0 [] or []

Beyond F.A.T. City, A Look Back, A Look Ahead ISBN# 0-7936-9009-9 [] or []

//- Citation from version of tape we have//
Understanding Learning Disabilities: How Difficult Can This Be? The F.A.T City Workshop Presented by Richard D Lavoie Copyright 1989 Eagle Hill Foundation, Inc Distributed by PBS Video 800-424-7963