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Setting Individual Goals for Pupils with Profound Intellectual and Multiple Disabilities--Engaging in the Activity Area-Based Curriculum Making
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Peltomäki, Satu; Pirttimaa, Raija; Pyhältö, Kirsi; Kontu, Elina K. – Education Sciences, 2021
The activity area-based curriculum model (AACM) is used in the Finnish basic education to support pupils--most of whom have profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD)--who could benefit more from skills that advance independent life coping. Existing studies have concentrated mainly on the Individual Education Plan (IEP) goal-setting…
Descriptors: Goal Orientation, Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Curriculum Development
Music Education for Pupils with Severe or Profound and Multiple Difficulties--Current Provision and Future Need.
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Ockelford, Adam; Welch, Graham; Zimmermann, Sally – British Journal of Special Education, 2002
Investigation of the use of music in the education of students at British schools for students with severe/profound or multiple difficulties found music was a significant component of students' lives and education. The article urges research on this population's musical behavior and needs and development of musical education guidelines and…
Descriptors: Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries, Multiple Disabilities, Music Education
Interaction as Curriculum.
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Nind, Melanie; Hewett, Dave – British Journal of Special Education, 1988
The Harpersbury Hospital School in Hertfordshire, England, developed a curriculum of "mothering," or intensive, structured interaction teaching, to promote development of language, cognition, and sociability in pupils with severe and complex learning difficulties. The process approach is based on the critical learning that infants…
Descriptors: Child Development, Cognitive Development, Curriculum Development, Foreign Countries
Microcomputer Software Screens for Earliest Skills.
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Watts, Trevor – British Journal of Special Education, 1990
Computer-assisted instruction can aid in the implementation of British National Curriculum requirements with children having profound and multiple learning difficulties. Suggestions are given for developing visual skills, auditory skills, cognitive skills, vocalization, communication, fine motor skills, and gross motor skills. (DB)
Descriptors: Basic Skills, British National Curriculum, Computer Assisted Instruction, Curriculum Development
Behavior Disorders in Schools: A Practical Guide to Identification, Assessment and Correction.
Alberta Dept. of Education, Edmonton. Special Educational Services Branch. – 1986
Intended for teachers, this guide defines behavior disorders and discusses their identification and assessment as well as classroom strategies. The first section, a user guide, considers placement alternatives for students with special education needs and provides an overview of the material presented in the remainder of the manual. Section I…
Descriptors: Behavior Disorders, Classroom Techniques, Curriculum Development, Educational Diagnosis
Alternative Futures for the Education of Students with Severe Disabilities. Proceedings of the Conference on Severe and Multiple Handicaps: Alternative Futures (Edmonton, Canada, May 6-8, 1987).
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Baine, David, Ed.; And Others – 1988
This book contains 23 papers given at a 1987 Edmonton (Canada) conference. Papers have the following titles and authors: "Current Trends and Future Challenges in the Education of Students with Severe Handicaps" (Dick Sobsey); "How Often Do You Need to Collect Student Performance Data? A Study of the Effects of Frequency of Probe Data Collection…
Descriptors: Computer Uses in Education, Curriculum Development, Deaf Blind, Delivery Systems