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Barcott, Richard A. – Education and Training of the Mentally Retarded, 1973
Evaluated was a new programed instructional unit in time-telling skills with 16 educable mentally retarded children from special intermediate or junior high classes. (DB)
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Elementary School Students, Evaluation, Exceptional Child Research
Goransson, Kerstin, Ed.; Hedman-Hellin, Lena, Ed. – 1984
The manual discusses the role of aids in helping intellectually handicapped persons function as independently as possible. An introductory chapter considers the notion of intellectual aids as tools that people use to facilitate their interaction with the environment. Interaction is further conceptualized in terms of a goal-directed will, awareness…
Descriptors: Bus Transportation, Daily Living Skills, Equipment, Foreign Countries
Download full textThurlow, Martha L.; Turnure, James E. – 1976
Instructional units on time and money were presented to 249 educable and trainable level mentally retarded children. Pretesting showed that Ss had a poorer understanding of time and money concepts than 229 nonretarded controls of the same MA. Significant performance increases from pretest to posttest resulted in the retardates' posttest scores…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Exceptional Child Research, Mental Retardation
Loprest, Pamela; Maag, Elaine – Urban Institute (NJ1), 2003
The early onset of disability (at birth through young adulthood) can affect a person's employment outcomes in myriad ways. In addition to the direct effect of disability on employment, early onset of disability likely affects the acquisition of education and job skills (human capital). This reduced "investment" in human capital in turn may reduce…
Descriptors: Human Capital, Disabilities, Probability, Job Skills
Wisconsin Univ. - Stout, Menomonie. Dept. of Rehabilitation and Manpower Services. Materials Development Center. – 1978
Designed for use in group and shelter homes, this curriculum is intended to impart the necessary skills for independent living. It should also better prepare mentally and physically handicapped individuals with the training required to handle the responsibilities accompanying competitive employment. These fourteen courses are included: money…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Behavioral Objectives, Course Descriptions, Daily Living Skills
