Hello Everyone, I'm not currently working any students that would necessarily fit into the category of having a significant cognitive or intellectual disability; however, this is likely going to become more common for all of us in the not too distant future. So, I have a few questions I'd like to have your feedback on. I would also like to know whether you are teaching in a Center, or working as a home teacher, should there be a difference in the strategies you are employing. So, first of all, what sort of cognitive and intellectual disabilities do you recall your students presenting, and how was your experience in working with them been? How do you first approach these situations when you know ahead of time there is some form of disability involved, i.e. are you starting as you would with any other student, or do you make adjustments from the beginning? Can you explain the different sorts of strategies you have used with conditions such as autism, intellectual disabilities such as mental retardation, and TBI? If you work in a Center, have your students with these sort of conditions been successful in transferring the skills they learned into their everyday lives? Finally, How do you measure success for your students that have these type of conditions? I'm planning on making a file of the various approaches each of you have used, so I have both some ideas to draw on, and so I know who to get hold of if I'm needing someone to bounce ideas off of. I would truly appreciate knowing your experiences and ideas, and if I can be of help in a similar way, to any of you, please let me know. Thanks, Jeff Altman