Jean Watson's Ten Carative Factors may be applied to teaching handicapped students and as well, these factors present a method of teaching that is likely to be successful and to instill self-dignity in handicapped students in the learning process.
             I. HUMANISTIC-ALTRUISTIC SYSTEM OF VALUE
             The first carative factor is one that when used in teaching the handicapped student, vests in the student true value of who the student is and as well vests value in the students abilities. This instills in the student self-worth and dignity in the learning process.
             Teaching the student in the spirit of faith that they are able to learn and in the spirit of hope for their learning experience provides the student with the capacity to have faith in themselves and with hope for their own learning experience rather than causing the student to feel that their learning experience is somehow diminished because of their handicap and learning disability.
             III. CULTIVATION OF SENSITIVITY TO SELF AND OTHERS
             When the learning environment is one that is sensitive to the handicapped student and their disability, the handicapped student learns in an environment that teaches them that it is okay to be sensitive to themselves and to others and in this learning environment the handicapped student is capable of not only learning but in assisting other students who are handicapped with their learning.
             IV. DEVELOPMENT OF A HELPING-TRUST, HUMAN CARE RELATIONSHIP
             So many times the handicapped student feels that they are somehow 'less' than other students who are not handicapped however through a learning experience characterized by helping and trust in what is a human relationship characterized by caring, the handicapped student is able to gain a new view of themselves and others in the world and to learn that they are not necessarily as limited by their handicapped as they had previously concei
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