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Quality of Life - Lev 21

The Goodness of fit
Between
the individual's abilities & disabilities, wishes & interest
Between
the environment, social & physical
According
to a person's beliefs, attitudes perceptions & values.

Based on this definition the curriculum goal is:
To enhance the student personal development, readiness & the
ability to pursue life of quality.

Secondary Aims:

To enhance Self-Awareness as prerequisite for autonomy.

To enhance an Appreciation of free choice, setting of goals
actions for fulfilling the goals and evaluation of outcomes.

To enhance Motivation for continual learning & involvement in
social and vocational life after leaving school.

To enhance Independent Living Skills as an important
ingredient of autonomy though not identical with it.

To enhance Work Personality the wish and capacity to be engaged in productive and creative life.

To develop Specific Vocational Skills according to personal
capabilities and inclinations.

To enhance the Capacity and Readiness to be involved in a
meaningful interpersonal relationship.

autonomy
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