Newsgroup: it.cultura.linguistica.inglese
Titolo: Resource Room...

Leggendo un articolo in inglese, dove si parla
di scuole americane, ho trovato il termine
"Resource Room", che sembra indicare una sorta
di comitato che da' consulenza agli insegnanti.
Es:
"relationship between the teacher, "Resource Room"
counselors and those psychiatrists who work with the
counselors".
Qualcuno sa spiegarmi che cos'e' e come si potrebbe
tradurre in italiano questa espressione?
Gia' che ci sono, vi sottopongo anche un altro dubbio. :)
"There are a number of people who clearly have ADHD
or the equivalent to the extent of not being able to adequately
function in life".
Io ho provato a tradurla cosi',  ma non mi convince...
"C'e' un certo numero di persone che chiaramente sono
affette da ADHD o da un'equivalente situazione per cui
non sono in grado di (funzionare, agire?) adeguatamente nella
loro vita".
Grazie di tutto.
^_^

 loro vita".
Anche qui il contesto mi sembra specializzato, ma io userei "funzionare".
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If you feel the need to e-mail me, un-not my address first.

 userei "funzionare".
Una persona non "funziona".
Io direi:
"...affette da ADHD o equivalente fino al punto di non 
avere un'adeguata capacità di affrontare la vita 
autonomamente."
(ho tirato ad indovinare un po')
Ma che cos'è ADHD? un disturbo mentale?
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oggi no, domani sì

 Ma che cos'è ADHD? un disturbo mentale?
Letteralmente: Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder. People with this
disorder are unable to remain focused on anything; their attention wanders.
They are also hyperactive, as opposed to those with ADD (Attention Deficit
Disorder), who have the attention-span problem, but are not necessarily
hyperactive.
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 hyperactive.
Today I absentmindedly rode my moped for a few miles without realising
I wasn't wearing a helmet, which I always wear.
What kind of disorder do I suffer from? :-DD


QUOTE A panel of experts convened by the National Institutes of Health
recently issued a report on ADD. Even while declaring it "a major
public health problem," the panel conceded that "a consistent
diagnostic test . . . does not exist"; "there are no data to indicate
that (ADD) is due to brain malfunction"; and "further research" is
needed "to establish the validity of the disorder."
But the fact that ADD may be a figment of the psychiatric imagination
does not stop doctors from diagnosing and treating it. ADD is said to
occur in 3 percent to 5 percent of American children, and the
treatment of choice is Ritalin, a stimulant similar to
amphetamine.UNQUOTE
The above quote is from this web site.
http://www.junkscience.com/dec98/sullum.htm
Like previously discredited fads in the American "scientific"
community, such as "repressed memory syndrome" (which purported to
dredge up horrible hidden memories from an adult's childhood) and
"facilitated communications" (which claimed success in communicating,
via a computer keyboard, with patients who suffered from severe
autism), ADD and ADHD have become the latest scapegoats in the school
systems of America, in an effort to find an excuse for the failure of
students to achieve, and to behave.
Granted, there probably are students who suffer from these disorders,
but no effort is made in the medical or academic community to make a
true diagnosis.
According to the experts, a true medical diagnosis of ADD takes about
six months, during which time no drugs should be administered. But, we
have school psychologists making this diagnosis on-the-spot, and
referring students and their parents to selected doctors, who
immediately prescribe expensive drugs, without any real attempt to
find the true cause of the students' problems, because these doctors
are well compensated by the drug companies.
The rate of "diagnosis" of ADD in the United States is fifty times the
rate of diagnosis in the UK. Either we are very sick here, have better
doctors here, or we are more gullible.
Joe from Massachusetts

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Oh, that's an easy one: AROMFAFMWROWWAH,WOAW Disorder. Look it up. :)
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 doctors here, or we are more gullible.
I would claim all three. I *my* day (I do hate saying that) we didn't need
Ritalin or fancy syndromes. You acted out, you got a "spacco na faccia" and
you behaved.
Look at me: I turned out okay. Didn't I? Huh? Well? Didn't I? DIDN'T I?
DAMMIT WHAT'S WRONG WITH YOU?? *WHY DON'T YOU ANSWER ME????* ARRGggghhhh.
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 are well compensated by the drug companies.
Just tell the doctor you're taking the pill and spend the money on
fine dinners ;)

 Look it up. :)
Is that written on the ceiling?!

 tradurre in italiano questa espressione?
A resource room is a room set up for special education classes, that
is, for classes for children with special educational needs, which can
be many and varied. The resource room contains all the extra equipment
and books, etc., which you would not find in the "mainstream"
classroom. Normally, the resource room would have one or more
assistants, in addition to the regular teacher, to assist the children
on a more individual basis.
I have no idea how to translate it into Italian. Perhaps there is an
educator in the group who could?
Joe from Massachusetts

 Is that written on the ceiling?!
You misspelled it, but it's not a big deal. However, there are no pills for
it. You must wear your helmet *all the time* from now on.
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--And cutting down on the sweets wouldn't hurt. :>)
Joe from Massachusetts

 educator in the group who could?
Grazie.
Io sapevo che esistono gli insegnanti di sostegno, queste
potrebbero essere, quindi, una specie di "classi di sostegno"?

 educator in the group who could?
Gia' che siamo in tema scolastico, uno/a "School Administrator"
sarebbe il/la preside? O e' un'altra figura che nelle scuole italiane
non esiste?
Grazie ancora.

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I think that "classi di sostegno" would probably be a good
translation, but Special Education (SPED) is a very complicated area
in the United States, and I don't think that the Italian idea is the
precise equivalent of the American idea.
A federal law, the "Individuals with Disabilities Education Act"
(IDEA) (1997), mandates the methods all schools must use in order to
provide special education facilities for children who cannot learn in
the traditional classroom environment. Included in this group are
children with mental impairment, emotional disorders, and physical
handicaps.
If a school is too small to adequately meet these standards, or if the
school lacks the capability to accomodate certain students, the
children may have to be transported daily to another school away from
their home, where they can receive the special classes they need.
An example of this would be that a profoundly deaf child would have to
be transported daily to a school for the deaf, and the cost of this
special school would be paid by the taxpayers in the town in which the
deaf child lives. At the High-School level, a deaf child would
probably have to be enrolled in a school which would require him to
reside at a special school for the deaf during the week, and come home
only on weekends. Again, all the cost would be paid by the taxpayers
in the town in which he lives.
Each school which has Special Education classes will have a "resource
room", where all the special computers, learning aids, games, test
materials, etc., are located. The resource room is used as an
evaluation and testing area for the special needs children. School
Psychologists and Speech Therapists would use the Resource Room for
their evaluations of special needs students. Many classes are also
held in the resource room, but the resource room is not necessarily
the only classroom where special education classes are held.
http://www.nichcy.org/idea.htm
In the typical American High School, there are three "tracks". 1- The
standard curriculum, in which the majority of students are enrolled.
2- "Honors" classes, which are accelerated classes in subjects such as
Mathematics, English, and Foreign Languages, in which only students
who have shown special ability can enroll. Students who intend to
continue their education at the University level often take advantage
of these courses, and often receive college credits for some of these
courses. 3 - Special Education classes.
Students who are placed in Special Education classes are removed from
the statistical database which tracks things such as drop-out rate.
Several years ago, the Superintendent of Schools of Houston, Texas,
Roderick R. Paige, now George Bush's Education Secretary, decreased
the dropout rate for the schools of his district using a number of
ploys, one of which was to place in Special Education classes those
students who appeared in danger of dropping out of High School.
Joe from Massachusetts

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"School Administrator" is a generic category for career educators
whose primary function is outside the classroom. School Principals are
one of the many people who fall under this category.
They even have their own organization, the "American Association of
School Administrators".
http://www.aasa.org/
Joe from Massachusetts

 one of the many people who fall under this category.
categories of people
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http://www.aasa.org/
Thanks a lot.
:)