Transcript Physical and Health Disabilities

Physical and Health
Disabilities
Curriculum
&
Task Analysis
Curriculum
• Goals
• Standards
• Learning outcomes
Curriculum
• Curricular options
– General education curriculum with
accommodations
– General education curriculum with
accommodations and modifications
– Life skills curriculum
– Curriculum in modified means of communication
and task performance
• Fundamental curricular options
– Self-determination
– Transition
General Education Curriculum
with Accommodations
• Core courses
• Electives
• Basic academic skills
Accommodations vs.
Modifications
• Accommodations
– Supports to aid access to the curriculum
– Does not change “what” is expected, just “how” it
is expected
• Modifications
– Changes or adapts “what” is being taught
– May change content, outcomes, or levels of
complexity
General Education Curriculum with
Accommodations and Modifications
• Same as previous
• Modified through:
– Curricular analysis
• Requirements
• Proficiency level
– Thinking and problem-solving skills
– Learning and strategies and study skills
– Natural supports
Life Skills Curriculum
• Functional academics
– Reading
– Writing
– Mathematics
– Listening
– Speaking
Life Skills Curriculum
• Daily and community living skills
– Vocational
– Home and family
– Leisure
– Community/transportation
– Health
– Relationships
– Social skills
Curriculum in Modified Means of
Communication and Task Performance
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Physical tasks
Speech and language
Assistive technology
Augmentative and alternative
communication
• Information acquisition and
management
Assistive Technology
• Curricular software
– Support general education curriculum
– Modify general education content
• Hardware for access to curriculum
– Access curricular software
– Access curricular materials
– Access functional life skills materials
Task Analysis
• Definition - Content and sequence of skills,
behaviors, and activities to be taught through
instruction
• Benefits
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Identify students strengths and needs
Observe and record the learning process
Prioritize instructional goals
Plan for sequence of instruction
Assessment Tool
• Formative assessment - how a student
is doing in the process
• Summative assessment - what a
student has learned
Process
• Using typical sequences
• Defining results of trials
• Differentiating motor from cognitive
difficulties
• Identifying student response difficulties
and needs
• Determine type and amount of
assistance needed
Outcomes
• Use as a screening
• Compare skills
• Develop curriculum
Situation Analysis
• Ecological inventory - evaluating a student in
an environment where the student functions
• Format
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Domain
Environment
Sub-environment
Activity
Skills