Section 3 provides information about three competence dictionaries as effective tools for HBMSSC Standards-based Life Skills Curriculum n o PAGE 1 p Acknowledgements This Standards-Based Life Skills Curriculum document is the result of many hours of hard work during the 2006-2007 academic year by dedicated teachers of students with moderate disabilities within the Hamilton-Boone-Madison Special Services Cooperative. “Competence based framework for curriculum development” integrated in Moodle. Academia.edu is a platform for academics to share research papers. This document provides an overview of the competence based framework for curriculum development. Competence based curriculum is a functional approach to education as it emphasizes life skills and evaluates mastery on skills, necessary for and individual to function proficiently in a given society (Savage, 1993). Equally important, Mosha (2012) notes that a competence based curriculum seeks to develop in learners the ability to For a more detailed version, see the Curriculum and Evaluation Standards for School Mathematics. Sarah Ebersole Sections 1-2 present the context and common used competence definitions. Below is a list of the general content areas recommended in the original Standards document. When considering a social skills curriculum or teaching strategies, in addition to age or grade appropriateness, consider whether these issues are addressed (Otten and Tuttle, 2011): • Social skills are often taught through a combination of large group instruction, small skill groups, and individual social skills instruction. It provides policymakers, programme managers, non-governmental organizations and others interested in implementing family skills training programmes with a review of existing evidence-based family skills training programmes. Family Skills Training Programmes for Drug Abuse Prevention,1 which was published in March 2009. to recognizing the skill component of standards-based curricula may have the impression that skills and facts are not being taught. According to the Competency-Based Education Network (C-BEN): Competency-based education combines an intentional and transparent approach to curricular design with an academic Competency-based education is an approach to designing academic programs with a focus on competencies (knowledge, skills and abilities) rather than time spent in a classroom.