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Download full textWhinnery, Stacie B.; Whinnery, Keith W.; Eddins, Daisy – Physical Disabilities: Education and Related Services, 2016
This article addresses the challenges educators face when attempting to find a balance between both functional and academic skill instruction for students with severe, multiple disabilities including motor impairments. The authors describe a strategy that employs embedded instruction of early numeracy and functional motor skills during physical…
Descriptors: Numeracy, Psychomotor Skills, Teaching Methods, Educational Games
Kibler, Catherine – Perspectives for Teachers of the Hearing Impaired, 1986
A teacher of deaf and multihandicapped students (ages 14-16) describes how she used a teacher-designed activity to develop their game playing skills. (CL)
Descriptors: Deafness, Games, Multiple Disabilities, Secondary Education
Peer reviewedSiegel-Causey, Ellin; Bashinski, Susan M. – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 1997
Describes multiple techniques for facilitating development of initial communication repertoires for individuals with multiple disabilities, and integrates these techniques with strategies for increasing the alert, responsive behavior state through the Tri-Focus Framework, which emphasizes understanding the learner, broadening the communication…
Descriptors: Communication Disorders, Communication Skills, Environmental Influences, Interpersonal Communication
Lederer, James B.; And Others – 1981
The report describes evaluation of the Bergen County (NJ) program designed to develop positive self concept, foster appropriate communication skills, maximize physical growth and ability, and provide direction and counsel in making appropriate decisions for postschool life of approximately 135 multiply handicapped children (3 to 20 years old).…
Descriptors: Delivery Systems, Early Childhood Education, Elementary Secondary Education, Multiple Disabilities
Peer reviewedLangley, M. Beth; Lombardino, Linda J. – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 1987
The paper reviews the nonverbal behaviors of students with severe/multiple handicaps and demonstrates parallels between their communication development and that of normally developing children. Discussed are the roles of the adult and child in the communicative exchange and examples of communicative behavior typically seen in children with…
Descriptors: Communication Skills, Comparative Analysis, Developmental Stages, Interpersonal Communication
Peer reviewedBenham, Nancy – Perspectives in Education and Deafness, 1997
Describes the classroom environment and activities of a class of eight students (ages 3-12) with hearing loss and at least one other disability. The importance of positioning and the skills the students learn through toys (stimulation and learning), dressing (self-help skills), and lunch (making decisions) are discussed. (CR)
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Classroom Techniques, Decision Making Skills, Educational Strategies
Watson, Bevilie R. – 1984
This book deals with the promotion of body awareness through use of educational gymnastics, with handicapped or non-handicapped but poorly coordinated children of all age levels. The method provides an analytical approach to movement, encourages children to listen to language, and assists them in creating their own activities. The activities and…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Class Activities, Disabilities, Elementary Education
Roberts, Thomas G. – 1981
The final report summarizes activities regarding development of the Early Childhood Education for the Severely/Multiply Handicapped Project, a model demonstration program providing comprehensive and direct educational services to 0 to 6 year old children and their parents. The program and curriculum design is based on two phases--the early…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Demonstration Programs, Early Childhood Education, Individualized Education Programs
Bullis, Michael, Ed. – 1989
This booklet collects seven papers drawing on research performed through the Communication Skills Center for Young Children with Deaf Blindness of the Oregon State System of Higher Education and its affiliated sites. Papers include: "Research on Vision Assessment" (Pamela Cress); "Use of Microswitch Technology To Facilitate Social…
Descriptors: Classroom Environment, Communication Aids (for Disabled), Communication Skills, Deaf Blind
O'Shea, Dorothy J.; And Others – 1988
The project provided vocational training to four deaf/blind profoundly mentally handicapped, secondary students at the Monarch Center School Board of Alachua County in Gainesville, Florida. The training program was designed to develop the students' potential work and work-related skills and utilized a daily evaluation system to guide instructional…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Deaf Blind, Diagnostic Teaching, Instructional Effectiveness
Batson, Nancy F.; Quick, Jennifer; Bennett, Theresa – 1998
This final report discusses the activities of the Mississippi Early Education Program for Children with Multiple Disabilities, a program designed to train Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part H service coordinators and service providers to use family centered strategies. Two levels of training activities were implemented. The first…
Descriptors: Children, Early Intervention, Family Involvement, Family Programs
Peer reviewedEverington, Carolina; Stevenson, Thea – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1994
Six high school students with multiple disabilities, including mental retardation, were taught community living skills through the establishment of a shopping service for people who were elderly or who had disabilities. Students increased their competence in community survival skills and also experienced a new role as helper. (JDD)
Descriptors: Citizen Participation, Community Based Instruction (Disabilities), Community Services, Consumer Education
Peer reviewedLocke, Peggy A.; Mirenda, Pat – Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), 1988
An augmentative and alternative communication device was designed for a nonspeaking, blind, severely mentally retarded 11-year-old. The device consisted of a computer-supported expanded keyboard that produced synthetic speech output when tactile symbols were activated. Described are the assessment procedures, instructional procedures, and…
Descriptors: Artificial Speech, Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Blindness, Case Studies
