This study aimed to: (1) describe the teachers' level of understanding of Domestic Activity Daily Living (DADL) learning for students with ID; (2) describe the activities that the teachers possibly performed, especially in systematic instructions (SI); and (3) the teachers' level of understanding of integrating functional academics in DADL. The…

This study examined the effects of a professional development (PD) intervention on inservice teachers' use of embedded instruction practices within inclusive preschool classrooms. The results of a multiple baseline across participants design suggested the PD intervention was effective in increasing teachers' implementation fidelity of embedded…

Explicitly communicating objectives is a tenet of effective instruction for students with learning difficulties, yet the practice is often overlooked in research. This case study of a novice middle school geography teacher illustrates how the qualitative and quantitative differences in the ways a teacher communicates the learner expectation can…

This resource is part of a series produced by the Center for Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI) to assist teachers and those who support teachers to plan teaching and learning from College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) for all students, including students with disabilities, English learners, academically at-risk students, students…

This resource is part of a series produced by the Center for Standards and Assessment Implementation (CSAI) to assist teachers and those who support teachers to plan teaching and learning from College and Career Ready Standards (CCRS) for all students, including students with disabilities, English learners, academically at-risk students, students…

Presented is a procedure for design and implementation of a teaching system involving individual educational plans for multiply handicapped visually impaired children. (IM)

This manual is designed for professional development of both new and experienced Florida adult educators by providing them with insight into general characteristics of learning disabilities in adults. It is one of three manuals developed to supplement a previous series of professional development manuals. Each of its five units consist of some or…

This teacher's guide, part of a small-engine repair series on restoring fuel systems, is designed for use with special needs students in Texas. In the guide, prerequisite skills are identified to give teachers the option of addressing these skills before or during the presentation of the fuel-system lessons. Objectives are arranged so that they…

Written for Adult Basic Education teachers of developmentally disabled adults reading at or below a second grade level, this resource curriculum contains materials in the employability behaviors area. The curriculum is divided into the four domains sections of Communication, Intra/Interpersonal, Worker Habits, and Appearance. Under these four…

An instructional interaction model for use with severely handicapped students is presented. The three stages in the development of instructional management are described, and it is explained that the model is designed to increase interaction between the teacher and students to facilitate the student's acquisition of a specified behavior. (PHR)

Presented is the eighth of 12 instructional kits, on teaching methods, for a performance based teacher education program which was developed by Project CHILD, a research effort to validate identification, intervention, and teacher education programs for language handicapped children. Included in the kit are directions for preassessment tasks for…

Reported are 15 classroom programs which were conducted (1972-73) with 14 students as part of a Madison, Wisconsin project to develop a public school instructional program for severely handicapped children. Ss are described as children who would usually be labelled custodial, autistic, or pretrainable and who would be excluded from involvement in…

The resource manual, in two parts, provides a compilation of methods for enhancing the development of handicapped children from birth to 5 years in the areas of motor, communication, cognition, self help, and social skills. The manual is intended to aid in (1) assessing and identifying target behaviors to be achieved, (2) identifying methods for…