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.

November 15, 2014

Teaching About Relationships

Having an open dialogue about relationships is one way in which teachers (and counselors, admin, and of course, parents) can have the biggest impact on a student's life. This lesson (SmartBoard version found here) can help you start discussion about the different types of relationships, traits of good and bad relationships, warning signs of abusive relationships, and jealousy. 
The bulk of this lesson is meant to guide classroom discussion. While sometimes this can be a challenge, students typically find this topic one they are very interested in (so much so, that it can be difficult to get them to STOP talking). Enjoy!