Age Appropriate Activities for Adults with Profound Mental Retardation
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Table of Contents

Introduction v
Background, Clientele, Audience, Application v
Definitions of the Therapies vi
Interdisciplinary Collaboration viii
Part One: Population, Programs, and Communication. 1
Chapter 1: Population Descriptors  
Physical/Motor 2
Sensory 3
Communication 3
Chapter 2: Structuring Programs and Activities  
CreatingaGroup 5
Working with Individuals in Groups (Processes). 5
GroupStructureandActivities 7
Psychological Issues 7
Chapter 3: Considerations for Functional Communication  
Communication, Language and Speech 9
Communicative Competence 10
Verbal Versus Nonverbal Communication 10
Markers for Nonverbal Communication 11
The Communication Dictionary 12
Part Two: The Scenarios 15
Chapter 4: Introduction, Important Considerations  
Introduction 16
Important Considerations 16
Chapter 5: Activities of Daily Living 19
Chapter 6: SensoryStimulation 29
Chapter 7: Gross Motor 45
Chapter 8: Fine Motor 55
Chapter 9: Cognitive 69
Chapter 10: Communication 81
Chapter 11: Social/Recreation 87
Part Three: Materials and Resources  
Scenario Specific Materials including catalogs and books
97
Bibliography & Recommended Reading 107