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Teaching Meaningful Skills
Evaluation Quiz 2
WEEK WEEK 6
Teaching Meaningful Skills
What does teaching meaningful functional skills to individuals with disabilities
decreases?
The likelihood of problem bx
The more functional skills?
more independence
The increased independence allows you to...?
Greater control over one's life = the more enjoyable life becomes.
💡 Activities can become functional, and can have possible long term
outcomes.
💡 In many congregate settings for adults with severe disabilities, teaching
programs often focus on skills that have no meaningful of functional
utility for adults.
Guidelines for Determining Functional Skills for
Teaching Programs
Teaching Meaningful Skills 1
, What are the guidelines for determining functional skills for teaching
programs?
Consider functional skills someone would have to do for the client if the
client could not do them themselves
The more frequent someone is to perform a skill, the more functional the
skill is
Functional skills are also skills someone can be paid to perform
Functional skills are also skills to get something wanted or to get out of
something unwanted without using problem bx
Functional skills activities that someone else would have to do for an individual
if the individual could not do the activities
Elaborate?
Particularly useful for identifying self-help or daily living skills to teach
Consider the daily routine of the individual
The more clients can do things by themselves the more they become
independent
Most people would like to take care of their "personal needs" rather
than rely on someone else.
The more frequently a person is likely to perform a skill, the more functional
the skill is to teach
Skills for which a person can be paid to perform as part of a job are functional
skills to teach.
Elaborate on this?
Teach skills for which someone can be paid to perform as part of a job.
Most relevant for adults with disabilities.
Also pertains to adolescents acquiring skills to enter the workforce
after finishing schools.
Adults with DD are often involved in non-paid activities
Teaching Meaningful Skills 2
Teaching Meaningful Skills
Evaluation Quiz 2
WEEK WEEK 6
Teaching Meaningful Skills
What does teaching meaningful functional skills to individuals with disabilities
decreases?
The likelihood of problem bx
The more functional skills?
more independence
The increased independence allows you to...?
Greater control over one's life = the more enjoyable life becomes.
💡 Activities can become functional, and can have possible long term
outcomes.
💡 In many congregate settings for adults with severe disabilities, teaching
programs often focus on skills that have no meaningful of functional
utility for adults.
Guidelines for Determining Functional Skills for
Teaching Programs
Teaching Meaningful Skills 1
, What are the guidelines for determining functional skills for teaching
programs?
Consider functional skills someone would have to do for the client if the
client could not do them themselves
The more frequent someone is to perform a skill, the more functional the
skill is
Functional skills are also skills someone can be paid to perform
Functional skills are also skills to get something wanted or to get out of
something unwanted without using problem bx
Functional skills activities that someone else would have to do for an individual
if the individual could not do the activities
Elaborate?
Particularly useful for identifying self-help or daily living skills to teach
Consider the daily routine of the individual
The more clients can do things by themselves the more they become
independent
Most people would like to take care of their "personal needs" rather
than rely on someone else.
The more frequently a person is likely to perform a skill, the more functional
the skill is to teach
Skills for which a person can be paid to perform as part of a job are functional
skills to teach.
Elaborate on this?
Teach skills for which someone can be paid to perform as part of a job.
Most relevant for adults with disabilities.
Also pertains to adolescents acquiring skills to enter the workforce
after finishing schools.
Adults with DD are often involved in non-paid activities
Teaching Meaningful Skills 2
