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Resources, support and help for the child with developmental disabilities.
Teaching the Life Skills
Life skills training for students with disabilities. What are the life skills?
Mental Illness and Children
Signs of Mental Illness in Children. Symptoms of mental illness.
Mild Intellectual Disability/MID or Mild Mental Retardation
An overview of MID or Mild Mental Retardation disability, its impact in the classroom and best practices to support these students.
Teaching Down's Syndrome Students
Down's Syndrome. How to teach a child with Down's Syndrome. Down's syndrome in the classroom.
Teaching Life Skills
Life Skills Support in the Classroom
Mild Intellectual Disability (MID) or Mild Mental Retardation
This particular disability will vary in name and criteria somewhat among the various education jurisdictions. However, you'll find information about intellectual disabilities and how to support these students.
A Plan To Modify Behaviors for Mentally Retarded Students
One of the most effective techniques for teaching retarded students stems from the effective writing of and the implementation of the behavior objectives. Find out how!
A 'Gentle Teaching' Approach For Mentally Retarded Students
An excellent approach to meeting the needs of the mentally challenged student. This a non violent approach for helping children with special needs and some challenging behaviors focuses important goals.
Behavior Intervention Plans
Behaviour intervention is critical for the mentally retarded child. Here, you'll find support strategies to help you pinpoint and postively change behaviours for this exceptionality.
Classroom Strategies
A few quick pointers and strategies for the mildly retarded student in the inclusional classroom.
Development and Behavior Resources
Early intervention, suppport and behavior resources for the mildly retarded child. How the schools can help.
Fact Sheet
Find out what mental retardation is, what the signs are and how it's diagnosed. Many tips for parents and teachers to support the student with this exceptionality.
Special Olympics Homepage
Special Olympics is a non-profit, international program of sports training and competition for individuals with mental retardation.
Strategy Instruction
Strategy Instruction is a tool, plan, or method used for accomplishing a task. Strategy instruction is clearly explained here and can be a great benefit to the instructor or educator of a retarded child.
The Council of Mental Retardation
The Council on Mental Retardation is a private non-profit association of families and friends of persons with mental retardation and offers advice, support and strategies.

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