What do Students with Severe Disabilities Need to Learn?

Authors

  • Patricia Noonan-Walsh

Keywords:

SLD, Severe Learning Difficulties, Provision, Curriculum, Moderate Mental Handicap, Severe Intellectual Disabilities, Skill, Life Skills, Adulthood, Broad, Differentiation, Inclusion, Support, Accomodations

Abstract

In examining the issues underlying the provision of a curriculum devised for students who have a moderate mental handicap or severe intellectual disabilities, the question must be asked “Will this skill serve the student well in later life?”

References

Brown, L., Sweet M., Shiraga, B., York, J., Zanella, K., Rogan, P.(1984). Functional Skills in Programs for students with severe handicaps. Unpublished paper: University of Wisconsin, Madison and Madison Metropolitan School District.

Brown, L., Shiraga, B., Rogan, P., York, J., Zanella-Albright, K., McCarthy, E., Loomis, R., and Van Deventer, P. (1986). The “Why Question” in instructional programs for people who are severely intellectually disabled. Unpublished paper: University of Wisconsin and Madison Metropolitan School District

EHB Region Report (1987). Cited by Eithne Fitzgerald at the “Rights and Realities” Symposium organised by St. Michael's House Research, Dublin, September 1990.

Towards a Full Life. Government Green Paper on Services for the Disabled (1984). Dublin: Government Stationery Office.

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Published

1992-11-11

How to Cite

Noonan-Walsh, P. (1992). What do Students with Severe Disabilities Need to Learn?. REACH: Journal of Inclusive Education in Ireland, 5(2), 108–114. Retrieved from https://reachjournal.ie/index.php/reach/article/view/456

Issue

Vol. 5 No. 2 (1992)

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