Functional life skills curriculum

The Unique Learning System is a great standards-based special education curriculum. Find out why I like it and what I think it offers teachers.

Here's 20 ideas for work tasks to target independence, life skills, fine motor skills, pre-vocational goals while students are learning from home.

Home can be such a TEDIOUS weekly task. I know its one of the last things we think of as teachers and I know I used to find myself scrambling to get ready each week. Every single year I change up my homework routine because every year I hate homework more and more. It can...

Job ideas for students in special education to do in the classroom and around school

The best-selling book for teaching basic life skills, fully revised and updated This book offers teachers and parents a unique collection of 190 ready-to-use activities complete with student worksheets, discussion questions, and evaluation suggestions to help exceptional students acquire the basic skills needed to achieve independence and success in everyday life. Each of the books activities focuses on specific skills within the context of real-life situations and includes complete…

Some household tasks can be put off, but meal planning and preparation have to be done each day. Here are tips for teaching your children about this life skill.

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A common activity in life skills classrooms includes grocery shopping activities for students. Teaching shopping is a critical life skill. And The primary shopping site for most adults is the grocery store. For effective independence

Keeping morning meeting age-appropriate for older students can be challenging. Here are 6 ways to incorporate a variety of age-appropriate activities.

Here is a new packet to download that includes 12 posters and 12 hand outs on life skills. The twelve life skills are: Oral Hygiene, Cleaning Your Room, Laundry, Personal Hygiene, Meal Preparation, Outdoor Chores, Shoe Tying, Kitchen Clean Up, Telephone Use, Table Setting, Dressing, and Shopping. Hang up the poster in the class or therapy room and review the steps of that life skill. There is a corresponding hand out to send home with tips and suggestions to help children learn that life…