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Welch, Jennifer S. – 1980
Designed to meet the needs of older nonreaders, this booklet provides teaching suggestions and classroom activities for functional or survival reading skills. The topics covered include using the telephone; figuring the cost of a purchase; following directions; survival vocabulary for public signs; vocabulary for the medicine chest; reading the…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adults, Basic Skills, Daily Living Skills
Peer reviewedBowe, Frank G. – Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education, 2003
In light of the large and growing numbers of "low functioning deaf" adults who read at very low levels, this article reviews research related to transition for adolescents with disabilities, especially those who are deaf or hard of hearing. It argues for a greater emphasis on vocational and independent living skills in transition programs.…
Descriptors: Adults, Curriculum Development, Daily Living Skills, Deafness
Peer reviewedWestling, David L.; Floyd, Jane – Journal of Special Education, 1990
This paper reviews 27 studies that taught community skills to persons with moderate to severe mental handicaps and tested the generalization of these skills. The review, which analyzed the degree of generalization that occurred and the effect of different strategies used, concludes that the general case method is the most effective strategy.…
Descriptors: Adults, Community Programs, Daily Living Skills, Experiential Learning
Download full textHarnisch, Delwyn L.; And Others – 1986
The report, which is part of a series, provides an analysis of approximately 100 documents focusing on education, employment, and independent living outcomes across 10 handicapping conditions, including those students considered to be disadvantaged. Document summaries are organized by the 3 outcome areas and 11 conditions (learning disabled,…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Adults, Annotated Bibliographies, Daily Living Skills
Steere, Daniel E. – Innovations: American Association on Mental Retardation, Research to Practice Series, 1997
This booklet discusses the importance to adolescents and adults with mental retardation of learning how to respond correctly to the many variations in home, work, and community activities in order to be successful in integrated settings. The difficulties individuals with mental retardation have in generalizing skills learned in one situation to a…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adult Basic Education, Adults, Case Studies
Lobb, Nancy – 1995
This set of six activity books and a teacher's guide is designed to help students from eighth grade to adulthood with special needs to learn independent living skills. The activity books have a reading level of 2.5 and address: (1) "How to Get Well When You're Sick or Hurt," including how to take a temperature, see a doctor, and use medicines…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Adults, Alcohol Abuse, Daily Living Skills
Andis, Kim; And Others – 1988
This sourcebook was developed to assist in systematically integrating persons with autism into the community. It offers practical methods and considerations in assessing student and family interests and needs, assessing community resources to meet the needs, and assessing students in community sites. Based on the assessments, individual student…
Descriptors: Adults, Autism, Communication Disorders, Community Resources
