Life skills are taught from preschool all the way up to high school and when the student transitions to a job placement. Some of the first life skills many of our teams focus on are self-care skills in the restroom.
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| Toileting Sequence |
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| Grooming Schedule Jody Chick Yellow Springs HS, Yellow Springs |
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| Paper Towel Visual Reminder Anne Rosenbaum Orchard Park Elementary, Kettering |
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| Handwashing Routine Carrie Prickett Jane Chance Elementary, Miamisburg |
Teaching early life skills can also start in the cafeteria. We love this visual for helping students respond to Yes/No questions and make food choices in the lunch line. This team used a plastic 8x10 picture frame and changed the pictures daily.
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| Greene Intensive Needs Classroom |
Another common area for teaching life skills is in the kitchen. Many of our teams cook regularly to develop cooking skills and we also see lots of great visuals for organizing the kitchen and kitchen safety.
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| Jennifer McGowan Smith Middle School, Vandalia |
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| Kitchen Area Picture and Word Lablels Jennifer Jette and Amanda Gallup Vandalia-Butler HS, Vandalia |
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| Stove Safety Sign Tabitha Eaton Main Elementary, Beavercreek |
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| Kitchen Area Picture Symbol Labels Tabitha Eaton Main Elementary, Beavercreek |
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| Microwave Color Cues Rick Wical Ankeney Middle School, Beavercreek |
Some other great visual reminders we have seen include a reminder for what lunch money is needed each day:
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| Jennifer Jette Vandalia-Butler HS, Vandalia |
a script for answering the classroom phone,
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| Robbie Whorton Trotwood-Madison HS, Trotwood |
and visuals for doing laundry.
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| Rick Wical Ankeney Middle School, Beavercreek |
Many of our high school teams are working on vocational life skills and need supports for building these skills within the classroom and the community. ALIST Teacher Robbie Whorton has a great job board that she uses in her classroom with time cards for each student and individualized job assignments with descriptions. What a great idea!
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| Robbie Whorton Trotwood-Madison HS, Trotwood |
The students in ALIST teacher Jennifer Jette's class have a variety of community job placements that they go to each week. Jennifer provides her students with visual checklist to help them gather necessary materials needed for each placement.
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| Jennifer Jette Vandalia-Butler HS, Vandalia |
Visual Supports is an Evidence-Based Practice for students with autism so we love to see so many fabulous examples in the classrooms we coach!
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