Task analytic assessment provides a method which classroom teachers and other community service agents can utilize to assess the level of functioning of severely retarded individuals. Devices can be developed on an individualized basis by those working directly with the severely retarded; these then can be employed to suggest program goals and objectives, and to evidence the attainment of those objectives.
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