Endowment Helps Youth with Shedd Scholarships

The Corydon Democrat

Wednesday, January 25, 2006

Recently, the Charles L. Shedd Scholarship Fund has been created at the Harrison County Community Foundation.

The new endowment will provide scholarship support to youth residing in Harrison County who have been diagnosed with dyslexia and/or hyperkinesis (Attention Deficit Disorder/ADD and/or Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder/ADHD) and utilizing the services of the Charles L. Shedd Kentucky Association.   

The Charles L. Shedd Kentucky Association was founded in 1968 by concerned parents and teachers for people with dyslexia and hyperkinesis (ADD and ADHD). The Shedd program provides educational remediation through highly structured teaching methods and materials utilizing a multi-sensory approach and one-to-one instruction.  

The Southern Indiana Association for Dyslexia Inc. was founded under the direction of Dr. Charles L. Shedd who authored the materials used with his remediation techniques. SIAD initiated its remediation of dyslexic and hyperkinetic students in the summer of 1968 with a six-week tutoring program at Hazelwood Junior High School in New Albany.

The pilot program was followed by school year remediation sessions on Saturday mornings and Tuesday evenings in New Albany, Saturday morning tutoring sessions at Corydon Elementary School, in school and Saturday morning tutoring at Lanesville schools, and summer programs at Georgetown. In recent years, as those programs closed, referrals have been made to the Charles L. Shedd Kentucky Association in Louisville.

The Charles L. Shedd Kentucky Association currently offers Saturday morning programs throughout the school year and an intense summer remediation program.

The Shedd approach to the remediation of students who can¹t learn by  conventional classroom teaching methods is very successful and results in significant gains in reading and comprehension, as well as the self-confidence gained in knowing they can achieve to their potential. In addition, math and social studies are part of the Shedd summer sessions and good gains in these subjects are also achieved.

The directors of the Southern Indiana Association hope Harrison County residents will continue to benefit from this proven remediation.

Scholarships from this fund will be available beginning in January 2007. Parents seeking assistance should contact the Charles L. Shedd Kentucky Association at 1-502-893-0309.

Harrison County Community Foundation provided a matching gift to create this fund and any additional donation is eligible for a dollar for dollar match, up to $25,000.

Anyone who wishes to make a donation to the Charles L. Shedd Scholarship Fund may contact the HCCF staff at 738-6668 or mail donations to the Foundation, P.O. Box 279, Corydon, IN 47112. Checks should be made out to Harrison County Community Foundation with the name of the fund in the memo line.