FISH: Functional Independence Skills Handbook: Assessment and Curriculum for Individuals with Developmental Disabilities

FISH contains (a) an assessment instrument that can assist the professional in determining goals for future educational or developmental training programs for a person with developmental disabilities and (b) sample lesson plans with teaching technique examples for each item evaluated. The assessment directly relates to the accompanying curriculum. The gaining of information for the test often provides more parent or related discipline involvement. If used for pretraining and follow-up skills assessment, this material may be helpful in evaluating the effectiveness of an educational or rehabilitation program in providing clear accountability for teaching efforts. Administrators are drawn to this program because student progress is visually observable.

William K. KillionYH