A survey of experts in mental retardation was conducted to assess the forthcoming Taxonomy of Community Living Skills, a guide for curriculum developers and administrators. Items in five domains (personal maintenance and development, homemaking and community life, vocational, leisure, and travel) were rated. Responses were generally favorable. Comments and suggestions made by the experts provided a basis for a revision of the taxonomy and its theoretical exposition.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
BarkerR. (1962). Ecological psychology: Concepts and methods for studying the environment of human behavior. Stanford, CA: Stanford University Press.
2.
BrolinD. (1978). Life-centerd career education: A competency based approach. Reston, VA: The Council for Exceptional Children.
3.
BrownL.Branston-McCleanM. G.BaumgartD.VincentL.FalveyM., & SchroederJ. (1979). Using the characteristics of current and subsequent least restrictive environments in the development of curricular content for severely handicapped students. AAESPH Review, 4 (4), 407–424.
4.
BrownL.FalveyM.VincentL.KayeN.JohnsonF.Ferrara-ParrishP., & GruenewaldL. (1980). Strategies for generating comprehensive longitudinal and chronological age appropriate plans for adolescent and young adult severely handicapped students. In BrownL.FalveyM.BaumgartD.PumpianI.SchroederJ., & GruenewaldL. (Eds.), Strategiés for teaching chronological age appropriate functional skills to adolescent and young adult severely handicapped students, Vol. IX (Part I). Madison, WI: Madison Public Schools.
5.
BruninksR.MeyersC.SigfordB., & LakinK. (1981). Deinstitutionalization and community adjustment of mentally retarded people. Monograph of the American Association on Mental Deficiency. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Deficiency.
6.
DeverR. (1983). Muscatatuck State Hospital and Training Center Curriculum. Butlerville, IN: Muscatatuck State Hospital and Training Center.
7.
DeverR. (1986). Taxonomy of goals and objectives for developmentally disabled learners (field test version). Bloomington, IN: Center for Innovation in Teaching the Handicapped.
8.
DeverR. (1988). Community living skills: A taxonomy. Monograph of the American Association on Mental Retardation. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Retardation.
9.
DeweyJ. (1902). The child and the curriculum. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
10.
GoldM. (1980). Did I say that?Champaign, IL: Research Press.
11.
GoldsteinH. (1974). Social learning curriculum. Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill.
12.
GrossmanH. (1973). Manual on terminology and classification in mental retardation. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Deficiency.
13.
GrossmanH. (1983). Classification in mental retardation. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Deficiency.
14.
HeberR. (1959). A manual on terminology and classification in mental retardation. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Deficiency.
15.
HeberR. (1961). A manual on terminology and classification in mental retardation. Washington, DC: American Association on Mental Deficiency.
16.
ItardJ. (1806). The wild boy of Aveyron (HumphreyG. & HumphreyM., transl). New York: Appleton-Century-Crofts.
17.
KokaskaC., & BrolinD. (1986). Career education for handicapped individuals. Columbus, OH: Charles E. Merrill.
RostenL. (1970). The joys of Yiddish. New York: Washington Square Press.
20.
ScheerenbergerR. (1983). A history of mental retardation. New York: Wiley.
21.
SmithB.StanleyW., & ShoresB. (1957). Fundamentals of curriculum development. Yonkers, NY: World Books.
22.
TabaH. (1962). Curriculum development: Theory and practice. New York: Harcourt, Brace Jovanovich.
23.
TannerD., & TannerL. (1980). Curriculum development: Theory into practice. (2nd ed.). New York: MacMillan.
24.
TylerR. (1957). The curriculum—then and now. Proceedings of the 1956 invitational conference on testing problems.Princeton, NJ: Educational Testing Service.
25.
WehmanP., & HillJ. (1982a). Preparing severely handicapped youth for less restrictive environments. Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps, 7, 33–39.
26.
WehmanP., & HillJ. (1982b). Vocational training and placement of severely disabled persons (Project Employability, Vol. III). Richmond, VA: Virginia Commonwealth University.
27.
WilcoxB., & BellamyT. (1987). The activities catalog: An alternative curriculum for youth and adults with severe disabilities. Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.
