TEDI 4 Week 3 - Developing a learning programme
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2019-06-01
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In this video, Karlien Spangeberg talks about the development of a learning programme that meets the needs of children and adolescents with severe to profound intellectual disability. The South African Department of Basic Education recognises the support needs of children with severe to profound intellectual disability, and has policy documents which adapt the curriculum for their needs. She discusses the importance of grouping children according to their developmental stage (awareness, engagement or active learning) and learning ability. She then discusses how to adapt the curriculum in order to address children in each of the different developmental stages and what support the caregiver needs to provide at each stage. She discusses practical activities for developmental-appropriate learning, such as the appropriate use of objects, and discusses some specific learning activities in terms of the three subject areas for learning (communication-language, visual-perceptive-cognitive, and life skills).
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Spangenberg, K. 2019. TEDI 4 Week 3 - Developing a learning programme. [MOOC]. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/37357