I believe that direct instruction can be very beneficial to all students in the classroom, but especially for students with intellectual disabilities. Students with low incidence disabilities already have low self-esteem due to them realizing that they learn differently from their peers. When you implement the first step in Direct Instruction, you’re learning your student. You are trying to figure what motives them, what are their strengths and weaknesses, and what background knowledge do you need to know about the student in order to better to prepare for lessons. This will allow the student with disabilities to feel more comfortable and motive to learn in the classroom. You are also making the student feel comfortable when applying step
