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Annamarie Elisabet Wyngaard; Catharina Jacoba Elizabeth Uys – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: When supporting learners with severe intellectual disabilities, teaching methods needs to be adapted. Vona du Toit Model of Creative Ability (VdTMoCA) aims to enhance participation and facilitate adaptive responses through targeted intervention principles. This study aimed to develop and evaluate the impact of an intervention programme…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Independent Living, Severe Intellectual Disability, Students with Disabilities
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Wu, Ya-ping; Chen, Ming-chung; Lo, Ya-yu; Chiang, Chun-han – Research and Practice for Persons with Severe Disabilities, 2020
This study examined the effects of an intervention that integrated peer-mediated instruction (PMI) with augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) using speech-generating devices (SGDs). Nine trained peer tutors without disabilities taught science concepts and modeled use of SGDs following a script to three elementary school students with…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Intervention, Peer Teaching, Augmentative and Alternative Communication
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Watkins, Richard; Apanasionok, Magdalena; Neil, Julie – Primary Science, 2020
In their recent review of special educational needs in schools, the Education Endowment Foundation (EEF, 2020) highlights the fact that teaching strategies that are known to work well for mainstream learners are also likely to be effective for pupils with special educational needs and disabilities (SEND). In this article, the authors explain how…
Descriptors: Students with Disabilities, Special Needs Students, Teaching Methods, Science Instruction
Abu Alghayth, Khalid Mohammed – ProQuest LLC, 2019
This study explored teachers' perspectives of AT use, effectiveness of AT, elements teachers' take into consideration when selecting AT, barriers, and resources needed for effective use of AT with students with severe intellectual and developmental disabilities. In order to answer this study's research questions, I employed a sequential…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Assistive Technology, Technology Uses in Education, Students with Disabilities
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Preece, David; Zhao, Yu – British Journal of Special Education, 2015
This article reports on research undertaken to investigate how multi-sensory storytelling (MSST) was being used within schools for students with profound and multiple learning difficulties and other special educational needs. Semi-structured interviews (n?=?27) and observations (n?=?18) were undertaken in five schools in the East Midlands and…
Descriptors: Story Telling, Severe Disabilities, Severe Intellectual Disability, Special Education
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Ten Brug, Annet; Munde, Vera S.; van der Putten, Annette A.J.; Vlaskamp, Carla – European Journal of Special Needs Education, 2015
Introduction: Multi-sensory storytelling (MSST) is a storytelling method designed for individuals with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD). It is essential that listeners be alert during MSST, so that they become familiar with their personalised stories. Repetition and the presentation of stimuli are likely to affect the…
Descriptors: Severe Intellectual Disability, Multiple Disabilities, Attention, Teaching Methods