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Life skills for young adults with learning disabilities
- Author:
- DEREKA Maria
- Journal article citation:
- Tizard Learning Disability Review, 9(3), July 2004, pp.14-20.
- Publisher:
- Emerald
Looks at the influence of normalisation on teachers' practice in Greek adult training centres and more specifically at curricula for young adults with learning disabilities. Examines whether the curriculum emphasises social and life skills through activities outside the learning environment, and the difficulties teachers face teaching these skills. Data were gathered through questionnaires and interviews with 44 teachers. Results suggest teachers avoid teaching life and social skills relating to activities outside the centre. Students visit mainly local shops and far fewer theatres, cinemas and public buildings, and in most such visits remain passive attendants without learning much in the way of life skills. Obstacles to teaching such skills outside centres are mainly lack of assistants, lack of time and lack of parental co-operation. It is difficult for teachers to reduce classroom teaching time and give students the opportunity to apply knowledge outside.