title: Teaching functional reading in context to severely retarded and severely retarded autistic adolescents of limited English proficiency.
abstract: Practical information on how to teach severely retarded and severely retarded autistic students of limited English proficiency is presented. Specific information is given on developing a functional word list for these students that utilizes both Spanish and English. Other helpful techniques for teaching students in both languages are offered.
mesh_terms: D000293:Adolescent; D001321:Autistic Disorder / Q000628:therapy*; D004495:Education of Persons with Intellectual Disabilities; D006801:Humans; D007802:Language; D011932:Reading; D012073:Remedial Teaching; D012917:Social Adjustment; D012931:Social Environment