B. Programme duration

The programme was implemented over an 11-week period, of which the first three weeks were devoted to the pre-assessment of functional skills and the development of individualized education programmes. Afterward, an intervention period of eight weeks took place. During these eight weeks, the students received 20 lessons per week, amounting to 45 minutes. In total, they received 160 lessons. After the intervention period, the students in the experimental and control samples were re-evaluated using the functional skills assessment forms used in the pre-assessment. The overall scores were calculated for each independence domain strand. Additionally, the overall score for independence skills in all strands was calculated for each student in the experimental and control groups.