Conestoga Valley townlively.com
NOVEMBER 13, 2024
SERVING THE LOCAL COMMUNITIES SINCE 1954
VOL LX • NO 47
CDC helps kids comprehend reading in entirely different ways BY JEFF FALK
how the brain processes language. Words and sentences look the yslexia is something that same, but it’s daunting to read. we might not fully under- Students work so hard to get stand. Dyslexia may be through paragraphs that by the something we don’t talk enough end of them they don’t remember about. Dyslexia might be more the meaning. You have to break prevalent than we realize. the reading code. We teach kids I t ’s a lear ning how to break that disorder that code, so it frees the Children’s Dyslexia brain up.” “We teach Center (CDC) of Located at kids how to be Lancaster can help 213 W. Chestnut confident readers St., Lancaster, CDC manage and, in and writers.” some instances , of Lancaster teaches even overcome. school-age children “What everyone with dyslexia from needs to understand is that L a n c a s t e r, Da u p h i n , Yo r k , (dyslexia is) neurological, it runs Chester and Lebanon counties in families and it affects language how to read, write and spell. processing,” said Heather Brown, Much of the work is performed who’s been CDC of Lancaster’s in one-on-one settings after director for 10 years. “What it’s school. not is reading backwards. It’s CDC of Lancaster also trains about how kids process language, adults how to tutor kids with
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See Children’s Dyslexia Center pg 9 A student works with an instructor on reading at Children’s Dyslexia Center of Lancaster.
BY JEFF FALK
The development of Lancaster County is rooted in agriculture and family living. It’s a past that the Farm and Home Foundation of Lancaster County (FHFLC) wants to honor but not dwell on. FHFLC seeks to sustain, p re s e r ve a nd s u p p o r t t h e evolved agricultural industry in Lancaster County. The nonprofit accomplishes its mission by providing a hub for the farming community, implementing programs, fostering
relationships and educating youths. “Agriculture is very important in Lancaster County,” said FHFLC president Steve Spayd. “Lancaster County is still the leading agricultural county in the state. Our farms have gotten larger, and they’ve gotten more technical. Hopefully, at the end of the day, we can say we’ve made progress. I don’t think we’re working harder; we’re working smarter.” FHFLC, which is directed by a 15-member board, might be See Farm and Home pg 5
Everybody needs a little Elsie from time to time BY JEFF FALK
They say that dogs are man’s best friends. That’s certainly true of Elsie, who’s everybody’s friend. Elsie, a 4-year-old Labradoodle, is a social facility dog at Brownstown Elementary School, 51 School Lane Ave., Brownstown. She goes to school with her owner and primar y handler, Christine Colantoni, every day and makes herself available to anyone - students and staff Elsie, a facility dog at Brownstown members alike - who needs the Elementary, allows budding
type of comfort and affection that only dogs can provide. “It’s truly unconditional love and just a trust for humans,” said Colantoni of the universal relationship that exists between dogs and people. “(Dogs) just want to be companions. For the kids, it teaches them responsibility. (Dogs) trust us to do the best for them, and in turn they do their best for us.” Elsie’s duties at Brownstown Elementar y School are more informal than they are formal. But that doesn’t mean she doesn’t See Facility dog pg 2
learners to read to her.
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