Classroom Observation Paper

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Just as you noted in your post, I too, questioned if input from family or caregivers would be beneficial to the study. The researchers sampled a population of individuals diagnosed with an intellectual disorder falling in the severe/profound, moderate and mild range of functioning. When I originally read this I questioned how participants, especially those failing in the severe/profound range communicated their response to the researchers. Through my own observations and work experience with individuals with a development disability, expressive and receptive communication is a common struggle for individuals and appears more common with individuals falling in the severe/profound range of functioning, therefore I questioned functional abilities