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| It Doesn't Add Up if You Don't Employ Effective Instruction: Mathematical Skills |
| Sunday, May 28, 2017 |
| 8:00 AM–8:20 AM |
| Convention Center 405 |
| Area: EDC |
| Instruction Level: Basic |
| Chair: Johanna Ruth Hawkins (University Of Wales, Bangor) |
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Use of an Individualised Curriculum to Increase Numeracy Skills in Children With Intellectual Disabilities |
| Domain: Applied Research |
| JOHANNA RUTH HAWKINS (University Of Wales, Bangor), Corinna F. Grindle (Bangor University), Rina Cianfaglione (Positive Behaviour Solutions), J. Carl Hughes (Bangor University) |
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| Abstract: There is limited research on the acquisition of Maths and numeracy skills for children with Intellectual Disabilities (ID) a special school. We conducted research on the delivery of an adapted Maths Recovery program with three secondary aged children with ID who attended a special school in the UK. The design was a series of single case designs with repeated measures. Over an eleven week period the adapted Maths Recovery programme was delivered by teaching assistants. They had received a short training session on Discrete Trial Teaching and how to follow the teaching manual accompanying the program, but otherwise had no prior knowledge of ABA methodology. Results are discussed with reference to increased numeracy ability in the three children and the practical strategies required to support children with ID so that they may benefit from the program. The adapted Maths Recovery curriculum can successfully be used with children with ID in special school settings and can improve their numeracy skills. Our data show promising results and support the rationale for larger evaluation studies |
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