Life skills lessons special education

Life skills students can work on at home

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Are you struggling trying to find functional life skills curriculum in your special education classroom? Read on to learn more...

Over 100 Independent Functioning and Independent Living Life Skills IEP Goals, including ADLs, food prep, shopping, functional reading, and essential life skills.

Special education teachers, this one’s for you! If you are a special education teacher, it is essential that you teach your students life skills and independent living skills. These skills help students navigate their daily lives effectively and independently. And you don’t have to wait until secondary school to teach life skills. Here are some of the most important life skills you can teach in the special education classroom and resources to help you teach them effectively.

Who is prepping more work boxes this summer? I just love getting new ideas, especially for our older life skill students! Christina Bailey, a transition life skill teacher, offered to share a bunch of her work boxes on my blog! Thank you Christina! Christina works with transition aged students (19-26 years old) with severe cognitive and/or health impairments. Her school serves students from multiple school districts within the county who learn best in an alternative placement. Are you ready?…

In my very first self-contained classroom, I was lucky enough to have an instructional kitchen attached to my classroom. Instead of only utilizing that space on "Fun Fridays" for cooking, we decided to use the space to teach our students some basic functional life skills. Daily Living Skills It can never be too early to

Self-advocacy is the ability to speak up for yourself or on the behalf of someone else or for a cause. It is also the ability to know your rights and responsibilities and to reach out

Need help structuring life skills lessons across grade levels? Our resource on special education life skills curriculum, high school special education classroom setup life skills, elementary special education life skills, and visual schedules makes planning easier. Pin this guide for lesson ideas that grow with your students!

These FREE worksheets include 2 pages from our Daily Health & Hygiene Skills resource. These worksheets help students stay safe while navigating the real world, and instructions on how to create an emergency house and car kit. These worksheets can be used on their own, or paired with the individual resource. And the best part is, it's FREE.