Posts Tagged Retardation
Training teachers to address the needs of students with severe mental retardation
Children with severe mental retardation are becoming an integral part of public education, and spending increasing amounts of time in regular classrooms. Teachers and teacher educators are being confronted with the complex educational, social, medical, and psychological needs of these young children. In reviewing the current practices of classroom activities, it is constructive for teacher educators to reflect on mental retardation as it relates to the concept of educability. One operational example of educability is presented in the story of Helen Keller.
The Lesson of Helen Keller
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