The article discusses 11 steps involved in good teaching and in developing individualized education programs for handicapped students. (CL)

Over the past decade, increasing numbers of educators have used diagnostic/prescriptive instruction as a remedial system when working with problem learners. A basic philosophical controversy exists regarding two fundamentally different models--task analysis and ability training--which popularly serve to undergird diagnostic/prescriptive…

The paper describes the system of conductive education for use with cerebral palsy and multihandicapped children which is based on the research of A. Peto. Conductive education is explained to involve such techniques as individualization of program and instruction, task analysis, transdisciplinary team organization, generalization of all learning,…

Eight basic components of instructional programs for severely handicapped students are discussed. Components are seen to involve determination of content, rationale, method, materials, measurement and student performance. Emphasized is the need for a task analysis orientation to determine content and for developmentally sound longitudinal…