Paradigm Shift in 1970s

• The behaviors our [students/consumers/learners] show are a reflection of our incompetence, not theirs. Marc Gold

• The work of Marc Gold and others brought about a shift in thinking about people with significant disabilities.

• New training techniques (in the 1970s) enabled people with significant disabilities to be successful learners and to become competent, valued workers.

• These techniques enabled teachers and trainers to become competent to teach work skills to learners who had previously found it difficult to learn to work.