Living skills

Community outings can help teach students in a natural environment. Grab your free printables for high school students today and start practicing...

Last week over lunch my husband and I realized we were almost exactly 200 weeks from our triplets' high school graduation. To cope with the panic we felt at all the life skills they needed to know before we launched them into the world we started making a list. Because social media at its best is a quick way to crowdsource ideas, I posted on Instagram, Twitter and Facebook asking for suggestions. The list that follows is by no means exhaustive--and absolutely will need to be tailored…

Learn how to set up a vocational skills classroom or lab for your special needs students. This life skills classroom tour will give you ideas to incorporate vocational skills areas into your classroom. Each area of our life skills lab is designed to help students practice vocational skills, communication skills, independent living skills, and social skills. You’ll also find ideas for organizing adapted books, task cards and work bins and setting up interactive bulletin boards and word walls

Ideally community skills would be taught in the community. But what if you can’t practice community based instruction outside the classroom? Here are 8 ways to practice these skills in your classroom. These ideas include virtual fields and social stories to help prepare your students for CBI, practicing vocational skills through setting up and running a classroom grocery store, student business ideas, and ideas for creating interactive, functional bulletin boards to practice life skills.

Prepping for life skills groups and activities doesn't have to take a bunch of time...or printing! Learn several NO PRINT ways to address transition or functional language goals for older students.

Money, money, money, money, monnnnnney... So most of my students probably won't have to pay bills, but who knows maybe some of them will. Even if they never pay a bill in their life I figure it's good to know what's going on - because someone in their life is paying for all the things they have. So with this activity, I expect that my students will know what a bill is, the things we have to pay for (electricity, phones, internet, etc), and that money is need to pay for things - all good…

Education is important in one’s life, but to be a self sufficient adult, teens need to learn some life skills. These life skills for teens will help become independent & live life smoothly.

Last week over lunch my husband and I realized we were almost exactly 200 weeks from our triplets' high school graduation. To cope with the ...

Modern-day kids have more expertise in anything electronic or the latest gadgets, which is a good thing. However, no matter how much technology changes our lives, there are some basic life skills that kids need to know even today. Here is a list of many old fashioned skills that kids need to know before they move out and start life on their own.

Description information Worsheet on personal hygiene, additional worksheet for filling in answers