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More About This Title Life Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs, Second Edition
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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 real-life situations.
- A revised and updated edition of the classic book for teaching basic life skills to adolescents with special needs
- Includes complete teaching units with reproducible worksheets and discussion questions that teach basic life skills
- Offers ideas for fostering skills like using the Internet, handling money, succeeding at school, getting and keeping a job, and more
- Mannix is the best-selling author of Social Skills Activities for Special Children, Life Skills Activities for Special Children, and Writing Skills Activities for Special Children
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Darlene Mannix, M.A., has 26 years of experience as a classroom teacher and has taught both general education and special education. She is the best-selling author of numerous books for special educators including Life Skills Activities for Special Children, Social Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs, and Writing Skills Activities for Special Children.
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About This Book xii
About the Author xiv
Parent Activities and Suggestions xv
Part One: Self-Awareness 1
Chapter 1: My Character 2
Chapter 2: Uniquely Me 19
Chapter 3: Personal Life Choices 33
Part Two: People Skills 55
Chapter 4: Relating to Others 56
Chapter 5: Friendship Skills 79
Chapter 6: Being Part of a Family 105
Chapter 7: Communication Skills 128
Part Three: Academic and School Skills 160
Chapter 8: Reading Skills 161
Chapter 9: Writing Skills 175
Chapter 10: Math Skills 194
Chapter 11: Study Skills 213
Part Four: Practical Living Skills 238
Chapter 12: Information Skills 240
Chapter 13: Money Skills 263
Chapter 14: Travel 298
Chapter 15: Clothing 313
Chapter 16: Living Arrangements 324
Chapter 17: Eating and Nutrition 340
Chapter 18: Shopping 351
Chapter 19: Exercise/Health and Hygiene 360
Part Five: Vocational Skills 380
Chapter 20: Present Skills and Interests 381
Chapter 21: Getting a Job 403
Chapter 22: Working 425
Part Six: Problem-Solving Skills 444
Chapter 23: Handling Problem Situations 445
Chapter 24: Making Decisions 459
Chapter 25: Resource Management 476
Chapter 26: Goal-Setting 491
Chapter 27: Risk-Taking 504
