A STUDY OF TEACHING STRATEGIES AND LEARNING MATERIALS FOR MENTALLY RETIRED CHILDREN

The child with mental retardation has special needs in addition to the regular needs of all children, and parents can find themselves over whelmed by various medical, care giving, financial and educational responsibilities. Government of India, “The National Policy on Mental Handicap”, has emphasized the importance of home-based care with parents as partners in the care process. The present paper focused on the study of teaching strategies and learning materials for mentally retired children with prime objectives are (i) To understand teaching strategies the for mentally retired children (ii) To understand the learning materials for mentally retired children. (iii) To discuss the various activities for mentally retired children.