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Duran, Elva – Psychology: A Quarterly Journal of Human Behavior, 1985
Discusses the importance of combining functional reading with meaningful daily activities in the student's home, school, community, and vocational training areas. Emphasizes the need for severely handicapped and severely handicapped autistic students of limited English proficiency to be provided instruction in English as well as Spanish.…
Descriptors: Autism, Children, Elementary Secondary Education, English (Second Language)
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Cassidy, Jack; Shanahan, Timothy – Journal of Reading, 1979
Describes how to select functional materials and techniques for teaching reading survival skills. (DD)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading, Reading Material Selection
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Blair, Susan M.; And Others – Journal of Reading, 1980
Consists of practical classroom techniques. Topics covered are: (1) reading/studies skills techniques for college freshmen, (2) teaching main ideas, (3) a team approach to content area reading, (4) readers theatre, (5) survival skills, (6) passage dependence tests, (7) leisure reading, and (8) using music in informal diagnosis and motivation. (MKM)
Descriptors: Content Area Reading, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading, Higher Education
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Kozleski, Elizabeth B. – Exceptionality: A Research Journal, 1991
This study evaluated ease of learning 5 visual symbol sets (photopictorial, rebus, Blissymbolics, orthography, and Premack-type tokens) with 4 autistic students (ages 7-13). A second article describes the development of instructional procedures for the students, noting the contribution of behavioral, cognitive developmental, and information…
Descriptors: Autism, Communication Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Expressive Language
Jansen, Mogens – 1980
Reading disability is described in this paper as a relative state that will appear different across societies and over the years. It is noted that researchers who claim that their objective is to find methods and materials to make remedial reading unnecessary are unrealistic. An overview of the Danish educational system and society during the last…
Descriptors: Adult Literacy, Comparative Education, Educational Change, Educational Needs
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Schloss, Patrick J.; And Others – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1993
This methodology for teaching basic meal preparation skills to students with mental retardation uses convenience foods and involves learning meal preparation reading vocabulary and common procedures. Instructional techniques include sight word development, use of rebus symbols, and graduated prompts (verbal, modeling, or physical guidance). A list…
Descriptors: Basic Vocabulary, Cooking Instruction, Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education
Brigham, Rick; Snyder, Jim. – 1986
The guide is intended to help teachers of mildly handicapped (learning disabled, behavior disordered, and mildly retarded) students develop and modify language arts activities keyed to specific learning needs. A preliminary chapter discusses principles of teaching for mastery and generalization including sequential modification, identifying and…
Descriptors: Daily Living Skills, Elementary Secondary Education, Functional Reading, Generalization
Puerto Rico State Dept. of Education, Hato Rey. Office of Special Education. – 1989
As part of the special education curriculum developed by the Puerto Rico Department of Public Instruction, this teacher's guide (in Spanish) presents a basic curriculum for reading skills. The curriculum is designed so that the defined skills will meet the needs of children with disabilities. The form in which teachers and other professionals will…
Descriptors: Beginning Reading, Disabilities, Educational Objectives, Elementary Secondary Education
Rader, Martha; Metha, Arlene – 1980
Intended for use at all levels, this interdisciplinary curriculum guide deals with instructional strategies for serving special populations in vocational education. It consists of four volumes of materials devoted to the needs of handicapped persons, persons in multicultural educational programs, women, and vocational students with reading…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Guides, Disabilities