Life skills activities for secondary students with special needs / Darlene Mannix.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Mannix, Darlene.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Teenagers with disabilities--United States--Life skills guides.

Teenagers with disabilities.

Life skills--Study and teaching (Secondary)--United States.

Life skills.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (538 p.)

Edition:

2nd ed.

Place of Publication:

San Francisco, CA : Jossey-Bass ; Chichester : John Wiley [distributor], 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ready-to-use lessons for teaching basic life skills to adolescents with special needs This book offers teachers and parents a unique collection of more than 200 worksheets to help adolescents with special needs build the life skills they need to achieve independence and succeed in everyday life. The book provides 22 complete teaching units focusing on basic life skills such as handling money, succeeding at school, using the Internet safely, getting and keeping a job, and much more. The book contains 90 reproducible worksheets for teaching students how to apply these life skills to rea

Contents:

Life Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs, Second Edition; Jossey-Bass Teacher; Contents; About This Book; About the Author; Parent Activities and Suggestions; Part One: Self-Awareness; Chapter 1: My Character; Chapter 2: Uniquely Me; Chapter 3: Personal Life Choices; Part Two: People Skills; Chapter 4: Relating to Others; Chapter 5: Friendship Skills; Chapter 6: Being Part of a Family; Chapter 7: Communication Skills; Part Three: Academic and School Skills; Chapter 8: Reading Skills; Chapter 9: Writing Skills; Chapter 10: Math Skills; Chapter 11: Study Skills

Part Four: Practical Living SkillsChapter 12: Information Skills; Chapter 13: Money Skills; Chapter 14: Travel; Chapter 15: Clothing; Chapter 16: Living Arrangements; Chapter 17: Eating and Nutrition; Chapter 18: Shopping; Chapter 19: Exercise/Health and Hygiene; Part Five: Vocational Skills; Chapter 20: Present Skills and Interests; Chapter 21: Getting a Job; Chapter 22: Working; Part Six: Problem-Solving Skills; Chapter 23: Handling Problem Situations; Chapter 24: Making Decisions; Chapter 25: Resource Management; Chapter 26: Goal-Setting; Chapter 27: Risk-Taking

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

Previous ed.: West Myack, NY: Center for Applied Research in Education, 1995.

ISBN:

0-470-53848-1

1-282-46137-0

9786612461378

0-470-53846-5

OCLC:

606844411