Teaching Pre-Vocational, Social and Recreational Skills

Contents: Foreword. 1. Daily living skills routine, travel, creative, appropriate interpersonal relation-employer/co-worker, job related behaviour-punctuality, regularity, suitable behaviour. 2. Occupational skills related to the job chosen (Inclusive of functional academics) health/safety skills-understanding danger-uses sharp objects, safety use of household electrical items-first-aid. 3. Vocational habilitation of persons with mental retardation pre-vocational training and types of employment opportunities with reference to persons with mental retardation. 4. Social skills required at various developmental stages suited to occasions--social competencies required for independence living in persons with mental retardation. 5. Teaching social skills for varied situations including when in distress/exploited. 6. Recreation and leisure need-age appropriate activities-individuals and group situations for persons with mental retardation.

From the foreword: "This manual attempts to serve the academic needs in the field of special education and rehabilitation. Disability studies are mostly dependent on western books and literature with very little being available within the country. An effort has been made to fill in the gaps that existed, by preparing the manuals that would be simple in approach, easy to understand and serving the students needs. We hope that they will prove to be an effective tool not only for students and teachers, but also for parents, NGOs and organizations of persons with disability. The manual attempts to consciously follow the course syllabus and in the process explore the general and disability specific issues. In the process of creating such specifically tailored manuals for the courses, there are possibilities of oversights or errors despite our being careful." (jacket)