Overview - A FUNCTIONAL CURRICULUM VOL. 1
Product Type: Books
Authors: Michael Bender, Peter J. Valletutti, Carol Ann Baglin, Audrey Hoffnung, and Bernita Sims-Tucker
Number of Pages: 262 pages
Reproducible: No
Age Appropriate Level: Yes
Copyright: 1996,1985,1976
This four-volume series, available individually or as a set, is designed to prepare students to function as independently as possible in an integrated society. Each volume provides scores of instructional strategies that facilitate the functional performance of children and youth with disabilities in a variety of life situations. The functional approach to teaching requires an instructional method that emphasizes the application of knowledge and skills in reality contexts. Life-skill topics addressed include: self-care, motor skills, household management, nonverbal and oral communication, functional academics, interpersonal, competitive job-findings, and leisure-time skills.
Each volume comes with general goals, an introduction to the curriculum, and specific objectives for suggested activities, which are now separated into new categories: Teacher Intervention and Family Intervention. Further, these editions include four distinctive age-appropriate levels for all activities: infant and toddler/preschooler, primary, intermediate, and secondary. Educators will find the detailed overview on functional curriculum quite helpful.
Volume I.
Covers the following units: Self-Care Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Fine Motor Skills, and Household Management and Living Skills. Sample activities in this section teach students proper toiletry and eating manners, getting around with a wheelchair or walker, building with blocks and finger painting, and buying and storing grocery items. Suggested readings and references are listed after every unit.
The teaching strategies covered in each book are applicable to all students with varying abilities and ages. All the activities covered are great with individual or small-group settings.