How Much Time Should Be Spent on Skill Instruction and Friendship Development? Preferences of Parents of Students with Moderate and Severe/Profound Disabilities.

Hamre-Nietupski, Susan

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Publication Date: 1993

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How Much Time Should Be Spent on Skill Instruction and Friendship Development? Preferences of Parents of Students with Moderate and Severe/Profound Disabilities.

Hamre-Nietupski, Susan

Education and Training in Mental Retardation, v28 n3 p220-31 Sep 1993

Parents of students with moderate (n=38) and severe (n=15) disabilities indicated their preferences for the percent of a typical school week spent on functional life skills, academic skills, friendship/social relationship development, and other educational activities. Both groups of parents preferred that the largest percentage of time be spent on functional life skills. (Author/JDD)

Descriptors: Academic Education, Age Differences, Course Content, Curriculum, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Friendship, Interpersonal Competence, Moderate Mental Retardation, Parent Attitudes, Scheduling, Severe Mental Retardation, Time Factors (Learning), Time Management

Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Research

Education Level: Elementary Secondary Education

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Language: English

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