The education of students with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PIMD) challenges practitioners, families and policy makers. These challenges have philosophical, ethical and moral dimensions and variously impact curriculum, assessment and pedagogy for these students. The imminent arrival of the Australian Curriculum throws a spotlight on education generally and curriculum development specifically for these students. This paper reviews the nature of education for students with PIMD as a context for putting forward (the improvement of) quality of life as a preferred focus for curriculum and program development. The authors argue that this focus is consistent with the tenets of inclusion, has an emerging evidence-base, and is fa...
Curriculum content, the issue of what to teach is fundamental. For students with intellectual disabi...
Background: Individuals with intellectual disability experience higher rates of physical and mental ...
This report analyzes how curriculum, especially current standards-based reform efforts relating to c...
The nature of student wellbeing, although now subject to some consensus, continues to engender debat...
The education of Australian students with the most severe intellectual disabilities continues to pre...
The nature of student wellbeing, although now subject to some consensus, continues to engender debat...
The education of school students with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities presents diver...
During the last two decades in the United States, there has been an increase in research studies on ...
Aim: Although children with disabilities have the right to be included into the school system, child...
Until recently in the Netherlands, students with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PI...
Until recently in the Netherlands, students with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PI...
Various international reports over several decades present a less‐than‐favorable educational experie...
This paper introduces a newly accredited university programme for students with an intellectual disa...
The focus of debate around the issue of equity and schooling has concentrated mainly upon access as ...
BackgroundThis study focuses on the support of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disab...
Curriculum content, the issue of what to teach is fundamental. For students with intellectual disabi...
Background: Individuals with intellectual disability experience higher rates of physical and mental ...
This report analyzes how curriculum, especially current standards-based reform efforts relating to c...
The nature of student wellbeing, although now subject to some consensus, continues to engender debat...
The education of Australian students with the most severe intellectual disabilities continues to pre...
The nature of student wellbeing, although now subject to some consensus, continues to engender debat...
The education of school students with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities presents diver...
During the last two decades in the United States, there has been an increase in research studies on ...
Aim: Although children with disabilities have the right to be included into the school system, child...
Until recently in the Netherlands, students with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PI...
Until recently in the Netherlands, students with profound intellectual and multiple disabilities (PI...
Various international reports over several decades present a less‐than‐favorable educational experie...
This paper introduces a newly accredited university programme for students with an intellectual disa...
The focus of debate around the issue of equity and schooling has concentrated mainly upon access as ...
BackgroundThis study focuses on the support of persons with profound intellectual and multiple disab...
Curriculum content, the issue of what to teach is fundamental. For students with intellectual disabi...
Background: Individuals with intellectual disability experience higher rates of physical and mental ...
This report analyzes how curriculum, especially current standards-based reform efforts relating to c...