What Is Life Skills?

Life Skills is a type of special education class that is designed for students with severe and/or multiple exceptionalities. It is made to teach basic skills that are essential for life (hence the name life skills). This means anything from cooking, cleaning, grooming to balancing a checkbook, cashing a check, filling out a time sheet, to even basic yes/no communication. Depending on the students needs, life skills class varies greatly.

February 11, 2010

Anxiety Meter


For students with anxiety, using a personalized "meter" may help. If you can personalize it to the specific child it will mean more to them. Even better if they help you make it. This meter uses a specific students own words as well as options that they came up with that would calm them down.
On the front, is the meter that lists what level the student is at. From "Fine" all the way to "Freaking Out!". After the student identifies were they are on the meter, they open it up to find the corresponding action. Similar to the "Incredible 5-Point Scale", this has proven itself as an incredibly useful tool.

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