LESSON PLAN IN FOUNDATION OF SPECIAL AND INCLUSIVE EDUCATION:

INTELLECTUAL DISABILTY

I. OBJECTIVE
After this lesson you will be able to:
1. Define intellectual disability
2. Identify children with intellectual disability
3. Differentiate APA and AAIDD
4. Enumerate the characteristics of intellectual disability
5. Explain the causes of intellectual disability
II. SUBJECT MATTER
Intellectual Disability
Reference: Inclusive Education in Early Childhood Setting Module by DCUlidan &
JPPPaderes.
III. MATERIALS
Power point presentation
Projector
Laptop
IV. PROCEDURE
A. Preparatory
Prayer
Greetings
Checking of the attendance
B. Motivation
The teacher will ask the students if they are familiar with the word intellectual
disability. The teacher will then show pictures of different examples of people
with intellectual disabilities. Autism, down syndrome, fragile x syndrome, Prader-
Willi syndrome
C. Presentation of discussion
Intellectual disability definition
According to IDEA, intellectual disability (formerly known as mental retardation)
is defined as significantly sub-average general intellectual functioning existing
concurrently with deficits in adaptive behavior manifested during the
developmental period that adversely affects a child’s educational performance.
Identification
Characteristics
The American psychiatric association (APA)
 Mild intellectual disability
 Moderate intellectual disability
 Severe intellectual disability
 The American association on intellectual and developmental disabilities (AAIDD)

 Intermittent support
 Limited support
 Extensive support
 Pervasive support

D. ACTIVITY
Write 5 characteristics of a child with intellectual disability

V. ASSESSMENT