Professional Development
Attitude and skills to deal with people with intellectual disabilitiesBack
- discard prejudices and learn about them in an objective manner
- accept and respect them
- exercise more patience and understanding towards them
- provide opportunities for them to learn and try so as to make them more independent
- encourage more often and criticize less
- communicate with them in simple clear language with the help of gesture
- keep reward and punishment clear and distinct - praise and reward be given for desirable behavior, immediate punishment be given for undesirable behavior