Grammar rules are very difficult to teach a student with an ID because they are abstract. What Sue Buckley, a researcher in the U.K., recommends instead is language practice (15 minutes twice per day) to address telegraphic language, where the student is leaving out helper words and primarily speaking using keywords (caveman talk).
We address this in our curriculum by including a grammar page with each book to target a word or phrase to practice language using the topic of the book they are studying. This is one way we incorporate speech and language into the curriculum. Here is a short video.
I really like this curriculum! Our district uses “The Unique Curriculum ” & it’s awful! Our son hates school now that they use this…going on 4 years now. They refuse to do inclusion and we are at a loss as to what to do. We don’t have a way to do home schooling as we both have to work to survive. Any suggestions for us? Our son is 13 with a birth dx of Ds. He was a #2 preemie & has severe OT issues.
Hi Valorie, My daughter is in high school and she is now in a special education program. This curriculum is IDEAL for special education classrooms because it addresses many of their learning needs. It not only teaches content, but addresses missing or under-developed concepts and functional skills. Another thing that I love about this is that it addresses conversational skills. The teaching notes are provided for each page of the book so that the content is discussed with enough repetition to allow for people with intellectual disabilities to file it in long term memory. Feel free to share the link to our curriculum to see if your school is interested. We love working with schools and also offer training. https://www.austinlily.com