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Download full textSloppy, Sandra L. – 1997
This report describes a project conducted to develop and publish instructional materials for educationally disadvantaged adults in independent living situations to assist them in developing skills such as bill paying, making and keeping appointments, and other related issues. After experimenting with other communication methods serving this type…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Daily Living Skills, Instructional Materials, Material Development
Peer reviewedScheibe, Jim; Tolonen, Howard – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1973
Described are individualized study units (self-contained teaching and learning materials designed to teach a single concept and structured for individual or independent use) which were prepared as curriculum materials for vocationally oriented educable and trainable mentally retarded, learning disabled, or emotionally disturbed students in…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Emotional Disturbances, Exceptional Child Education, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedGiere, Sheila; And Others – Australia and New Zealand Journal of Developmental Disabilities, 1989
A functional program including planning, shopping, purchasing, and meal preparation was developed which used a photographic format (to minimize reading) and budget guide. Trial with eight young adults whose disabilities ranged from mild to severe indicated that nonreading individuals could learn all aspects of meal preparation. Skills also…
Descriptors: Consumer Education, Cooking Instruction, Daily Living Skills, Generalization
Tripathi, Virendra – Literacy Discussion, 1975
One of the recent innovations of significance in developing nations is the concept of linking literacy education to problems related to socio-economic development. The article describes the Problem Oriented Materials Preparation Project of Literacy House, Lucknow, India. (Author/BP)
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Developing Nations, Instructional Materials, Integrated Activities
Cooper, Gloria S.; And Others – 1977
The six sections of this audio tape script and accompanying audio tapes correspond to a student workbook, all of which comprise, along with an instructor's guide, the Adult Basic Education (ABE) Level I (grade 1.5) package on the metric system, designed to provide the ABE student with skill in using the metric system, particularly in relation to…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Audiovisual Aids, Daily Living Skills, Instructional Materials
White, Robert; Jordan, William – Adult Literacy and Basic Education, 1986
This investigation examines the problems of low ability readers and proposes possible solutions including a series of reading strategies. Additionally, it shows that using vocational reading material in adult education classes gives students a survey of occupational areas, imparts life skills, and prepares them for job entry by giving background…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Daily Living Skills, Instructional Materials, Job Training
Mori, Allen – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1978
Descriptors: Annotated Bibliographies, Career Guidance, Daily Living Skills, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedGoodson, Ludwika A. – Journal of Vocational Rehabilitation, 1995
This article describes the development of training materials for individuals with developmental disabilities and their families and discusses statewide systems efforts to promote self-determination. The materials, developed by Florida agencies, are designed to enable individuals and family members to envision and realize choice, inclusion, and…
Descriptors: Agencies, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills, Developmental Disabilities
Peer reviewedLeff, Ruth B. – Mental Retardation, 1975
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Exceptional Child Education, Instructional Materials, Mental Retardation
Cowan, Cheryl; And Others – 1988
This guide presents a set of instructional materials that facilitate process learning of second languages. The guide consists of introductory information, and a series of situations to be used as classroom language use exercises. These situations allow the student to use the language being studied while learning it. The situation topics include…
Descriptors: Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Instructional Materials
Lipstreu, Betty Lee – Academic Therapy, 1987
The paper details teaching methods that have proved successful in teaching money management skills to secondary special education students (e.g., use of real money, organization of money before counting, transitions when counting different bill denominations, instruction in various bill combinations, sequence of introducing coin combinations, and…
Descriptors: Basic Business Education, Computation, Daily Living Skills, Instructional Materials
Peer reviewedRivera, William M. – Community College Review, 1975
The Apperceptual Interaction Method (AIM), developed by World Education, teaches coping skills to Adult Basic Education and English as a Second Language students. AIM develops teaching materials locally in the form of leaflets which students build into books. Special emphasis is placed on solving practical life problems. (NHM)
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills, English (Second Language)
Internal Training Services, Media, PA. – 1987
This manual consists of reproducible forms that were collected or developed to represent the vast assortment of forms that may be encountered in the transaction of one's personal finances and related affairs. The items represent typical forms encountered by a resident of Pennsylvania, based on a review of forms collected throughout the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Daily Living Skills, Functional Reading
Exceptional Parent, 1987
Suggestions are presented for helping disabled individuals learn to use or adapt toothbrushes for proper dental care. A directory lists dental health instructional materials available from various organizations. (CB)
Descriptors: Assistive Devices (for Disabled), Daily Living Skills, Dental Health, Disabilities
Instituto Nacional para la Educacion de los Adultos, Mexico City (Mexico). – 1986
These workbooks are part of a Mexican series of instructional materials designed for Spanish speaking adults who are in the process of becoming literate or have recently become literate in their native language. The workbooks, divided in two volumes, are designed to teach skills required in managing ordinary financial transactions and daily tasks…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Daily Living Skills, Foreign Countries
