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"With learning-disabled stu-
dents, sometimes the education-
al strategy has to be changed,"
said Mrs. Naftaly. "One thing for
sure, it has to be interactive. We
can't rely on the old standby of
passive students just listening to
a lecture. The conversation in the
classroom has to go both ways."
Elissa Berg, Temple Kol Ami's
director of education, said there
are other factors to weigh. Learn-
ing Hebrew can throw some chil-
dren into what she calls
"overload."
"We're asking these kids to
master Hebrew after they've
been in school,all day. And for
years, learning disabled kids
have had to master Hebrew
when the training for teachers
just wasn't as good as it is now."
There's another dynamic as
well. Many times, especially in
afternoon religious schools, the
students, weary after a long day
in public school, might not be as
well behaved. Sometimes, the
classroom structure is a bit loos-
er. A learning disabled student's
needs are just the opposite. He
needs structure, the sort that the
special education instructors now
are giving.
Ms. Berg has seen success
with the program. One child, who
was failing, is now at the head of
his class, thanks to the training

he received. It wasn't so much
the content but the approach,
said Ms. Berg. The special edu-
cator teaches the student how to
reframe information and learn it
his or her way.
Kol Ami also worked with a
dyslexic student. At first, the stu-
dent "pulled the wool over the
eyes" of his teacher by memoriz-
ing information. When it became
clear, though, that the student
couldn't process the right-to-left
reading of Hebrew, he was given
methods of learning to overcome
the challenge.
"Every child is capable of
learning," said Ms. Naftaly. "But
we have to provide him or her
with the opportunity to be able
to learn."
Mrs. Naftaly added that the
Agency for Jewish Education will
check with the student's public
school teachers to see what works
and what doesn't. Also, parents
are included as partners in the
educational process.
"We know that some of our
children are frustrated all day
long," said Mrs. Naftaly. "But
when they come to Hebrew
school, we want that to be the
best time of their day."

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For more information
about the program, call Ani-
ta Naftaly at AJE, (810) 354-
1050.

Double Vision

A psychiatrist combines psychic skills with
traditional medicine.

ELIZABETH APPLEBAUM ASSOCIATE EDITOR

I

variably, physicians insist they
have no talent for it. Attorneys,
too, usually shake their heads
at the very suggestion they
might have "the gift."
---- -Yet Dr. Judith Orloff is con-
vinced that with a little practice,
anyone can unleash his psychic
abilities. ._
"It's in everyone," she says. "It
just needs to be awakened."
Dr. Orloff, who was visiting De-
troit this week, is the author of
Second Sight: A Psychiatrist Clair-
voyant Tells Her Extraordinary
Story ... And Shows You How to
Discover Your Psychic Gifts. She
believes she was born with the
skill ("the gift," she calls it), in-
herited from her grandmother
and also exhibited by her mother,
aunt, cousin and niece. But it took
a long time to discover it.
A native of California, Dr. Orloff
writes in her book of a youth filled
with confusion and turmoil, often
characterized by drug abuse. She
believes this was due in large part
to her inability to understand her
psychic gifts.
There was a terrible car acci-
dent. Visits to therapists. Long

talks with her parents. And then,
at long last, an understanding
that she had a special skill. She
could sense things, see into the fu-
ture and often predict human be-
havior.
Today, Dr. Orloff incorporates al
both her professional training and
psychic skills, combining "the wis-
dom from both worlds" when she
works with clients. So in addition
to the usual psychiatrist's dialogue
("Yes," "I see," "And how did that
make you feel?"), Dr. Orloff will
use her intuition, her "sixth
sense."
So far, the public seems to be
eating it up. Dr. Orloff sayS her
patient waiting list comprises
2,000 names.
Her colleagues haven't always
been as enthusiastic. "Some think
of it as sacrilege," she says. Oth-
ers have been more supportive. A
number (coincidentally, all
women) are enrolled in a course
Dr. Orloff is teaching on how psy-
chiatrists can develop and use
their psychic abilities to treat 1ml
clients.
She encourages everyone in-
terested in learning about his own

