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A Curriculum For The Profoundly Retarded Children In A Development Center For Handicapped Minors, Charles William Koontz
A Curriculum For The Profoundly Retarded Children In A Development Center For Handicapped Minors, Charles William Koontz
Walden Dissertations and Doctoral Studies
The development of the infant from birth to four years will approximately parallel the stages of development of the profoundly retarded children enrolled in the Development Centers for Handicapped Minors ( DCHM ) in California. The retarded child is a human being and may be assumed to have the same basic equipment as the normal child. If we expand and prolong the development stated of the normal child we will be able to lead the DCHM child through these states in slow motion to insure progress.
To develop a curriculum, an assessment of the abilities of the child was necessary. …