Our students have been given goals to continue learning life skills to help them in the future. Within the community class I work in, we encourage students with exceptionalities to familiarize themselves with aspects of their lives that will help them. For example, some of our students have fine motor skill issues, so we have wooden shoes that they can lace to help them with their fine motor skills as well as having the ability to lace their own shoes and tie them up independently. We also have boards equipped with buttons, snaps, zippers and buckles to help our students increase some independence in getting themselves ready as well as their fine motor skills. We have many different ways of creating life skill opportunities within our classroom. Three life skills that all children need are self-care, household tasks, and communication (Thornbury, 2022). Ensuring these children are equipped with these fundamentals helps them create independence opportunities throughout their entire lives. We find it very important in our classroom to provide real-world experiences and opportunities for our students. We practice having conversations about daily life, and increasing their vocabulary. We teach them about safety and what that looks like in different situations, i.e. online, at home, in the community.
Strategies to keep in mind:
Use specific language
Break down each task, if needed
Demonstrate appropriateness
Modeling proper techniques
Repeat until you are confident the child understands the skill
"Schools in 2023 are slowly but steadily realizing that academic performance alone does not measure their students' ability to succeed in adult life" (Positive Action Staff, 2023).
References
Positive Action Staff. (2023, September 27). Why Should We Be Teaching Life Skills in Schools in 2023? Positive Action. Retrieved October 12, 2023, from https://www.positiveaction.net/blog/teaching-life-skills-in-schools
Thornbury, L. (2022, June 3). Life Skills to Teach Kids with Disabilities. Mydoh. Retrieved October 12, 2023, from https://www.mydoh.ca/learn/blog/lifestyle/life-skills-for-teach-kids-with-disabilities/
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