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Sabornie, Edward J.; Beard, Gene H. – Teaching Exceptional Children, 1990
The article examines options in social skills training for students with mild disabilities. Described are behavioral interventions and five packaged curricula. Among eight guidelines for evaluating a package are efficacy of approach, cost, and concern for generalization. Teachers are encouraged to teach social skills both directly and incidentally…
Descriptors: Behavior Change, Curriculum, Elementary Secondary Education, Instructional Material Evaluation
Grayson, Patricia; And Others – 1987
Ninety-two learning-disabled children, aged 5-13, participated in an evaluation of the efficacy of a television-based social problem-solving curriculum. The 52 children in the curriculum group viewed 10 episodes from the "Inside/Out" series and participated in teacher-led discussions. The episodes dealt with expressing feelings, making…
Descriptors: Curriculum, Educational Television, Elementary Education, Instructional Effectiveness
Wehmeyer, Michael L.; Agran, Martin; Hughes, Carolyn – 1998
This book describes instructional methods for teaching basic self-determination skills to students with disabilities. The first section provides an introduction to self-determination as an educational and transition outcome, discusses the impetus for an educational focus on self determination, and describes the relationships between transition…
Descriptors: Decision Making Skills, Disabilities, Educational Strategies, Elementary Secondary Education