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.

October 13, 2014

Bullying in Schools

One of our nation's worse epidemics in schools is bullying. It's something that often goes ignored until someone gets seriously hurt. Teachers, administration, and even students, need to become more proactive if we are to stamp out bullying. The following lesson is a good way to open up discussion between teachers and students. Get the SmartBoard Lesson here and the case study (Eve's Story) here.