Teaching Core Content with Real-Life Applications to Secondary Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities

Autor/inn/en	Collins, Belva C.; Karl, Jennifer; Riggs, Leah; Galloway, Carey C.; Hager, Karen D.
Titel	Teaching Core Content with Real-Life Applications to Secondary Students with Moderate and Severe Disabilities
Quelle	In: TEACHING Exceptional Children, 43 (2010) 1, S.52-59 (8 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0040-0599
Schlagwörter	Core Curriculum; Individualized Education Programs; Federal Legislation; Disabilities; Individualized Instruction; Relevance (Education); Daily Living Skills; Mental Retardation; Program Development; Educational Objectives; Educational Environment; Generalization; Maintenance; Prompting; Teaching Methods; Feedback (Response); Data Collection; Secondary School Students + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Kerncurriculum; Individualized education program; Individualisierendes Lernen; Bundesrecht; Handicap; Behinderung; Individualisierender Unterricht; Relevance; Relevanz; Alltagsfertigkeit; Geistige Behinderung; Programmplanung; Educational objective; Bildungsziel; Erziehungsziel; Lernumgebung; Pädagogische Umwelt; Schulumwelt; Benutzerführung; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Data capture; Datensammlung; Sekundarschüler
Abstract	Many students identified as having moderate and severe disabilities (MSD) benefit from a curriculum that includes instruction on the functional skills that they will need to successfully transition to adulthood. In particular, this includes students with cognitive disabilities who are most likely to qualify in the 1% who are eligible for the alternate assessment developed by states in compliance with the requirements of No Child Left Behind. Because of the need to teach both functional and core content, teachers of students with MSD may find themselves in a quandary when prioritizing skills and designing instruction. Although functional skills may be prioritized by the team developing the individualized education program (IEP), teachers also need to balance these skills with core content that must be addressed. Core content and functional content can be addressed in the same lesson which is especially beneficial when teaching secondary students with moderate and severe disabilities. This article provides guidelines for teaching core content with meaningful applications to facilitate successful transitions for secondary students with MSD using two approaches. The first approach consists of a teacher identifying core content that can be embedded in instruction while teaching life skills; the second approach consists of a teacher identifying functional applications that can be added as nontargeted information when teaching required core content. (Contains 3 tables and 2 figures.) (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10