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Article: An overview of the techniques used to develop the literacy skills of adolescents with developmental delays.
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- Education
- Article date:
- September 22, 2004
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Literacy skills are very important in our daily life. Literacy skills help people function independently, foster relationships, develop self-esteem and interact with society. Developing literacy skills, therefore, empowers individuals with disabilities or developmental delays and facilitates their integration into communities. With increasing opportunities for inclusion in the Middle School grades, developing techniques to address the different literacy needs of individuals with developmental delays becomes more important. The literacy demands of adolescents have dramatically heightened from what was expected in the past and during elementary school; yet students' ...