Teaching for disabled students

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Due to an intellectual disability or severe autism, the student's instruction is arranged in city-level special-education classes for extensive support. In these classes, instruction is arranged in an appropriate way for the student.

All students in city-level special-education classes have a decision on student-specific support. In these classes, instruction is arranged in an appropriate way for the student by subject, based on syllabuses of different scopes or by domain-based instruction.

The objectives set for the student are recorded in plan for providing student-specific support that is created for them. The aim is to ensure the balanced overall development of the student in cooperation with teachers, staff who assist in instruction, guardians, various experts and special employees. Assistants support the student’s overall development throughout the school day, including morning and day activities. Instruction is concrete and structured, utilizes the different senses and reviews subjects. 

Scaled-down subject syllabus means that the target level set for the student’s learning is determined in accordance with the student’s capabilities. However, the objectives must be sufficiently challenging for the student. Scaled-down subject syllabus is decided in decision on student-specific support. Plan for providing student-specific support contains separate justifications for scaled-down subject syllabus in each subject. For each subject, it will be separately assessed whether the student can study the subject in accordance with the general syllabus or if the subject’s syllabus needs to be limited. If it later becomes necessary to increase or decrease the number of scaled-down subject syllabus, a new plan for the implementation of support and decision on support based on it will be made.

Instruction for students with severe intellectual disabilities can be organized by domain-based instruction rather than by subject. Arranging instruction by domain-based instruction may also be justified for an otherwise disabled or seriously ill student due to health reasons. Arranging instruction by domain-based instruction rather than by subject is decided in the decision on student-specific support. Instruction is arranged by domain-based instruction only when it is found that the student is not capable of studying by subject, even with a scaled-down subject syllabus

The operating areas are: 

motor skills 
language and communication 
social skills 
day-to-day activity skills 
cognitive skills.

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Teaching for disabled students

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