Academic or Functional Life Skills? Using Behaviors Associated with Happiness to Guide Instruction for Students with Profound/Multiple Disabilities

<table class="table-group" id="tab2"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td align="left">Student</td><td align="center">Classroom</td><td align="left">Indices of happiness operational definition</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">1</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="left">Smiling, laughing, maintaining eye gaze, vocalizing, reaching out with left hand, and engaging in rocking </td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">2</td><td align="center">A</td><td align="left">Smiling, laughing, maintaining eye gaze, vocalizing, relaxing extremities, and turning her head towards a person/activity while opening her mouth</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">3</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="left">Smiling, laughing, maintaining eye gaze, vocalizing, raising her arms, remaining calm, and relaxing extremities</td></tr><tr><td align="center" colspan="3"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td align="left">4</td><td align="center">B</td><td align="left">Smiling, laughing, maintaining eye gaze, vocalizing, relaxing extremities, and turning head toward activity</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="3"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Individual student operational definitions for behaviors associated with happiness.

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Table 2: Academic or Functional Life Skills? Using Behaviors Associated with Happiness to Guide Instruction for Students with Profound/Multiple Disabilities 

Table 2 | Academic or Functional Life Skills? Using Behaviors Associated with Happiness to Guide Instruction for Students with Profound/Multiple Disabilities 