Contained in this teaching guide are two units that offer teaching strategies and activities for use with severely and multiply mentally impaired elementary aged students. The with severely and multiply mentally impaired elementary aged students. The guide is intended to provide structured experiences to foster the use of augmentative and…

Competency based modules are presented for educating paraprofessionals to work with severely and multiply handicapped persons. Objectives, suggested learning activities, and performance criteria are listed for six modules (sample subtopics in parentheses): human growth and development (prenatal influences); orientation to disability and…

The resource file contains information on learning activities, materials, and equipment to help teach severely multiply handicapped students individually or in small or large groups. Tables for each objective outline materials needed and procedures for the following areas: self care (knowledge and concepts, cleanliness, eating, dressing, toileting…

Suggestions for curriculum development for educable mentally handicapped, visually handicapped students aged 13 to 18 years are presented. A discussion of communication skills includes the areas of listening, oral communication, reading, writing, and spelling and teaching methods for each. The goals of the computation skills sequence, basic…