Please Be Patient With Me: Challenges of Learning to Read as an Adult
Learning to read as an adult comes with unique challenges that deeply affect confidence, engagement, and persistence in learning. This session will explore common barriers faced by adult literacy learners, including stigma, trauma, and the demands of acquiring foundational literacy skills as an adult.
Participants will learn how these challenges impact learner engagement and outcomes, and consider strategies for fostering patience, empathy, and supportive learning environments. Judge Mitchell will share his personal story of learning to read as an adult, and how that journey informs his compassion and approach in serving children and families from the bench.
