Urges more communication between practitioners and researchers in the field of severe disabilities. Describes the practical implications of current research in determining what, where, and how to teach students with severe disabilities. Questions for future research with direct impact on these students' classroom experiences are raised, including…

This article describes a process that teachers can use to translate information in research studies into practical lesson plans. Examples are drawn from the self-determination literature to illustrate how to identify the objective of the study, setting and materials, content taught, teaching procedure, and method of evaluation. (Contains…

This paper translates research findings on systematic preference assessment with individuals with nonsymbolic or limited symbolic communication skills into guidelines for planning such assessments to reduce the risk of missing or misinterpreting the person's preferences. It offers four questions for guiding the planning of preference assessments,…