Lecture by best-selling author presented by the
Roberts Learning and Literacy Center

LAKELAND, Fla. (Oct. 19, 2006) — Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A., author of the best-selling “The Out-of-Sync Child” and several other works on sensory processing disorders and learning differences, will speak at Florida Southern College on Wednesday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. The lecture and discussion is presented by the Roberts Learning and Literacy Center and will take place in Branscomb Auditorium on the FSC campus. A book-signing will follow, and a limited number of books will be available for purchase. The lecture is free and open to the public.

Kranowitz, who taught for 25 years at St. Columba's Nursery School in Washington, D.C., has written three best-selling books and produced videos, audio tapes and manuals on sensory processing disorders. She collaborated with an occupational therapist to develop an innovative program to screen young children for this common but misunderstood and misdiagnosed condition.

The Roberts Learning and Literacy Center at Florida Southern College, which was funded through a recent gift from Marjorie and Hal Roberts of Lakeland, provides specialized instruction and seminars in the early diagnosis and intervention of dyslexia and other learning and literacy challenges.

For more information about the lecture, contact Chanel Dedes at 863-680-4113.

About Florida Southern College
Founded in 1885, Florida Southern College is a private, comprehensive, United Methodist college with a liberal arts core. The college maintains its commitment to academic excellence through 38 undergraduate majors and distinctive graduate programs in business administration, education, and nursing. Florida Southern has a 13:1 student/faculty ratio, provides strong student/faculty mentorship programs, boasts 25 NCAA Division II national championships, and is ranked by U.S. News and World Report as one of the top ten Southern Comprehensive Colleges-Bachelor’s institutions and by the Princeton Review as a “Best Southeastern College.” Located on scenic Lake Hollingsworth, Florida Southern is the home of the world’s largest single-site collection of Frank Lloyd Wright architecture.