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Title: Age Appropriate Post by: GershonNW on December 03, 2007, 08:09:03 AM have you considered facilitated learning ?
ask dayan krausz in manchester for further direction ! good luck from G rubinstein Title: Re: Age Appropriate Post by: EstherHirsch on December 03, 2007, 08:09:21 AM I am working closely with a young lady of 22 with cerebal palsy. She is quite disabled- almost no communication and has little use in her hands. Her parents are desperate that I do things that are age appropriate. ideas please.
Title: Re: Age Appropriate Post by: RivkaD on February 14, 2008, 06:12:55 PM Does she just have CP (a purely physical problem), or is her mental ability also lower? Parents can be very unrealistic in their expectations of their child with special needs, especially if the child is of lower mental ability. If her mental age is such that she really enjoys kindergarten games, then you will have to gently work at getting her parents to accept their child as she is, not as they wish she was.
Title: Re: Age Appropriate Post by: think613 on September 28, 2008, 10:28:40 AM I can't say anything about this particular situation, but in response to the previous poster: It's important to remember that CP is usually (not always, but usually) [i]not[/i] associated with mental retardation. So although it's often difficult to ascertain the actual level that an individual understands, it's important not to make assumptions and to keep aiming higher just in case the student does in fact understand more than we might give her credit for.
Esther -- You say "almost no" communication, but can she communicate whether or not she understands what you teach? Because generally, "age appropriate" for a person that age would include mostly information transmission. Title: Re: Age Appropriate Post by: EstherHirsch on October 05, 2008, 05:37:54 AM She really only communicates with her eyes and maybe a smile.
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