A health promotion curriculum that addresses the unique learning needs of adults with intellectual and/or developmental disabilities (IDD) who require ongoing daily supports, have limited readings skills, and would benefit from learning about improved nutrition and activity.
This Instructional Manual and the accompanying Resource Guide are designed to help teachers and other educators assist individuals with intellectual or developmental disabilities (I/DD) in their exploration of self and sexuality.
The Feeling Faces assist children with understanding their feelings and the feelings of others. It is important to teach children words to use to express feelings in replace of the use of challenging behavior. The feeling posters can be used in a variety of ways to help children learn social emotional skills around use of emotional literacy and vocabulary.
Can you teach empathy? Yes. But teaching empathy depends on more than being a good role model. It depends on more than assigning kids a few educational activities. We need to understand the psychology of empathy, and the basic skills that children need to share emotions, read minds, and offer help.
