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IN
MEMORIAM
PRISCILLA LUKE
VAIL
November 20, 1932
July 6, 2003
Priscilla Vail
was a kind and gentle person, and her insightful genius opened the
doors to perceptive thought, remediation and opportunity for the
learning different, their families and teachers.
Her writings
set the standard in the field. Smart Kids with School Problems,
Things to Know and Ways to Help is encyclopedic in its scope,
concise and witty, and filled with some of the best information
available on every aspect of learning and related needs of the learning
different. Her writings encompassed a wide range of the needs of
the learning different and mainstream students. For instance, she
explained the effect of emotion in relation to learning in Emotion:
The On/Off Switch for Learning. Even the titles of her books
demonstrate her abilities as a wordsmith, e.g., Seize the Meaning:
Help Your Child Move from Learning to Read to Reading to Learn.
Then, there
are at least three ways to gauge intellect: administering I.Q. tests,
following the guidelines set by Howard Gardner in Frames of Mind
on multiple intelligences as to the type of intellect such as musical
or mathematical, and using the list of characteristics of the gifted
set forth by Priscilla.
She shared
her brilliance in writing and speeches, and befriended all who ever
met her, offering her gifted and beneficial thoughts and support,
and sharing her love of country with those about her. She is sorely
missed, but her legacy in the wealth of information she left in
the scores of books she wrote is still accessible.
Please visit
her web site at www.priscillavail.com to read excerpts and for ordering
information.
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