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Teaching Academic Skills to People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability

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Adaptive Behavior Strategies for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities

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This chapter provides an overview of educational needs of students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) in academic subject areas and research-based instructional strategies to address their needs in educational settings. A review of recent academic intervention research is provided with a focus on variations in participant characteristics (e.g., age, diagnosis, functional ability) across academic subject domains (e.g., literacy, mathematics, science). Based on results of the synthesized literature, the chapter offers practical recommendations for educators to select appropriate academic goals and effective instructional strategies for students with IDD to support them to achieve meaningful academic outcomes in educational settings.

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  2. College of Education, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX, USA

    Russell Lang

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Kim, S.Y., Lory, C., Kim, S.J., Gregori, E., Rispoli, M. (2021). Teaching Academic Skills to People with Intellectual and Developmental Disability. In: Lang, R., Sturmey, P. (eds) Adaptive Behavior Strategies for Individuals with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Autism and Child Psychopathology Series. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-66441-1_5

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