The topic of nutrition as presented in this month’s unit titled, “Nutrition: A Healthy Me.” The
unit provides lessons and activities about the importance of having a balanced diet and exercise including activities in the
Transition Passport: Daily Living/Health evaluation tools. As we assist our young adults in the transition from school to work, it
is necessary that they receive training in nutrition and exercise skills. Healthy living skills begin with making a plan, knowing
your responsibilities and having the right tools. This unit will provide our young adults with the tools needed to learn about how
to make good food choices and include regular exercise for a healthy lifestyle.
The unit stories help young adults learn the importance of good nutrition and exercise for a healthy life. In the first story, Emily and
Kyle make different choices when eating at a buffet restaurant. Kyle learns that just because you can eat all you want doesn’t mean
you should. In the second story, Kyle explores different options for exercise. He finds that going to a gym is not fun for him. Emily
shares with Kyle how he can get exercise while having fun by playing sports and other fun activities. Three articles offer more
information and activities that give our young adults the opportunity to learn about food groups, quantities and portion size, and how to
make good snack choices.
Regular monthly lessons are provided which offer the opportunity to practice the skills needed to emphasize nutrition and exercise for
a healthy life. Nutrition needs are addressed in banking and budgeting where the importance of budgeting for needs before spending
money on wants is stressed. Daily living skills involved in food and exercise are part of a regular monthly lesson offering five recipes
where our young adults can practice healthy food choices in the kitchen. Social and communication skills are the focus of lessons
presenting daily social trivia scenarios offering more opportunity for our young adults to practice skills needed to stay healthy.
Employment continues to be a regular focus for several lessons each month. Lessons include exploring different jobs, reading job
ads, completing job applications and practicing interview skills. Simple, realistic scenarios address job skills and interactions at work.
The final lesson highlights volunteering as a way to practice job skills and gain practical work experience. This month's volunteer
activity is organizing a Healthy Snack Expo to raise awareness of the importance of healthy food choices for a healthy life. The activity
can be role played if it is not practical to participate in a real-life situation. Job skills are emphasized as team members take on various
tasks.
Wednesday, October 3, 2018
Wednesday, August 29, 2018
September 2018
The topic of laws and rights is presented in this month’s unit titled,
“Understanding Laws and Rights.” The unit provides lessons and activities about individual rights to encourage
and foster as much independence as possible. This unit also includes activities in the Transition Passport: Daily
Living/ At Home/Evaluation Tools. As we assist our young adults in the transition from school to work, it is
necessary that they receive training in self-advocacy skills and problem-solving skills. Self-advocacy skills begin
with knowing your rights, knowing the laws and knowing your responsibilities. This unit will provide our young
adults with the tools needed to learn how to stand up for their rights.
The unit stories help young adults learn the importance of understanding their personal rights. In the first story, Jasmine has a job that she likes and does well at. When a new co-worker begins harassing her at work, Jasmine struggles to decide what to do. The story follows Jasmine as she finally shares her concerns and gets the help she needs. In the second story, peer pressure is at play as a young man, Juan, is asked by a friend to steal. Juan finds the strength to say no to someone he thought was his friend. Three articles offer more information and activities that give our young adults the opportunity to learn about personal rights, rights in the community and rights at work.
Regular monthly lessons are provided which offer the opportunity to practice self-advocacy and problem-solving skills. The right to spend their own money is addressed in banking and budgeting where the importance of budgeting for needs before spending money on wants is stressed. Daily living skills are revisited in a regular monthly lesson, offering five recipes where our young adults can learn independence in the kitchen.Social and communication skills are the focus of lessons presenting daily social trivia scenarios offering more opportunity for our young adults to practice skills needed to problem-solve.
Employment continues to be a regular focus for several lessons each month. Lessons include exploring different jobs, reading job ads, completing job applications and practicing interview skills. Simple, realistic scenarios address job skills and interactions at work. The final lesson highlights volunteering as a way to practice job skills and gain practical work experience. This month's volunteer activity is helping at a Parent Open House Reception. The activity can be role-played if it is not practical to participate in a real-life situation. Job skills are emphasized as team members take on various tasks.
The unit stories help young adults learn the importance of understanding their personal rights. In the first story, Jasmine has a job that she likes and does well at. When a new co-worker begins harassing her at work, Jasmine struggles to decide what to do. The story follows Jasmine as she finally shares her concerns and gets the help she needs. In the second story, peer pressure is at play as a young man, Juan, is asked by a friend to steal. Juan finds the strength to say no to someone he thought was his friend. Three articles offer more information and activities that give our young adults the opportunity to learn about personal rights, rights in the community and rights at work.
Regular monthly lessons are provided which offer the opportunity to practice self-advocacy and problem-solving skills. The right to spend their own money is addressed in banking and budgeting where the importance of budgeting for needs before spending money on wants is stressed. Daily living skills are revisited in a regular monthly lesson, offering five recipes where our young adults can learn independence in the kitchen.Social and communication skills are the focus of lessons presenting daily social trivia scenarios offering more opportunity for our young adults to practice skills needed to problem-solve.
Employment continues to be a regular focus for several lessons each month. Lessons include exploring different jobs, reading job ads, completing job applications and practicing interview skills. Simple, realistic scenarios address job skills and interactions at work. The final lesson highlights volunteering as a way to practice job skills and gain practical work experience. This month's volunteer activity is helping at a Parent Open House Reception. The activity can be role-played if it is not practical to participate in a real-life situation. Job skills are emphasized as team members take on various tasks.
Monday, April 2, 2018
April 2018
This unit provides lessons and activities that assist team members in making informed decisions about what they do in their free
time. This includes selecting, planning and participating in a variety of leisure activities. As we assist our young adults in the
transition from school to work, it is necessary that they receive direct instruction on how to use their free time to participate in
activities that are both enjoyable and rewarding. This unit will provide our young adults with the tools needed to identify their
interests, find and plan new activities to try and maintain a healthy work-life balance.
The unit stories help young adults learn the importance of making well-informed decisions about leisure time activities. In the first story, a young woman finds out that having too much free time can get boring. She learns that it is important to find a healthy balance between work and play. In the second story, a young man watches his family have fun as they try new things at an amusement park. He learns that to know what he does or does not like, he must try it first! Three articles offer more information about important leisure time choices that team members must make for themselves, including how to choose and plan for the right leisure activity.
Regular monthly lessons offer our young adults the opportunity to practice making choices. The importance of planning ahead for expenses related to free time activates is addressed in banking and budgeting lessons. Team members are given the opportunity to explore their interest in cooking as a leisure activity during the monthly recipe lesson. Community living skills related to recreation and leisure activities are the focus of the daily social trivia lesson, offering more opportunity for our young adults to make smart choices about how they spend their free time.
The opportunity to build upon employment skills and job awareness is emphasized across several lessons each month. Vocationally-focused lessons include the opportunity to discuss maintaining a realistic balance between work and play while also refining important work skills. The final lesson highlights volunteering to practice job skills and gain practical work experience.
The unit stories help young adults learn the importance of making well-informed decisions about leisure time activities. In the first story, a young woman finds out that having too much free time can get boring. She learns that it is important to find a healthy balance between work and play. In the second story, a young man watches his family have fun as they try new things at an amusement park. He learns that to know what he does or does not like, he must try it first! Three articles offer more information about important leisure time choices that team members must make for themselves, including how to choose and plan for the right leisure activity.
Regular monthly lessons offer our young adults the opportunity to practice making choices. The importance of planning ahead for expenses related to free time activates is addressed in banking and budgeting lessons. Team members are given the opportunity to explore their interest in cooking as a leisure activity during the monthly recipe lesson. Community living skills related to recreation and leisure activities are the focus of the daily social trivia lesson, offering more opportunity for our young adults to make smart choices about how they spend their free time.
The opportunity to build upon employment skills and job awareness is emphasized across several lessons each month. Vocationally-focused lessons include the opportunity to discuss maintaining a realistic balance between work and play while also refining important work skills. The final lesson highlights volunteering to practice job skills and gain practical work experience.
Tuesday, February 27, 2018
March 2018
This month’s topic is Daily Living Skills as presented in this month's unit titled, “Keeping My Home
Safe.” The unit provides lessons and activities that address the importance of maintaining a clean, safe living space. As we
assist our young adults in the transition from school to work, it is necessary that they receive training related to the social skills
and problem-solving skills that can help them make safe choices at home and beyond. Making safe choices begins with
understanding the responsibilities that are associated with living in a safe home. This unit will provide our young adults with the
information needed to maintain a safe living space, including the knowledge needed to form safety plans, stay organized and
deal with basic home upkeep and repair needs.
The unit stories help young adults learn the importance of having a set plan in place to manage safety needs, including fire safety and pest control. In the first story, a set of roommates realize they are not prepared to safely handle a house fire. They work hard to create a fire safety plan, buy the right fire safety tools and educate themselves on how to deal with house fires. They learn that it feels good to have safety plans in place at home. In the second story, an unexpected visit from a landlord leads to the discovery of pest-control problems in Sadie and Lindsey’s home. The girls take the pest-free promise and learn that there are things they can do to keep harmful pests out of their home. Three articles offer more information about home safety, including electrical safety, preventing accidents indoors and preventing accidents outdoors.
Regular monthly lessons offer our young adults the opportunity to practice making safe choices related to maintaining a safe home. Planning to purchase cleaning supplies, safety tools and pest-control products are addressed in the banking and budgeting lessons. Daily living skills that are needed to stay safe in the kitchen are addressed in cooking activities, which include five different recipes. Social and problem-solving skills are the focus of lessons presenting daily social trivia scenarios offering more opportunity for our young adults to make good choices about their home safety needs.
The importance of building positive employment skills continues to be a focus of several lessons each month. Vocationally-focused lessons include opportunities to practice reading job ads, completing job applications and practicing interview skills. Simple, realistic scenarios address job skills that are beneficial for our young adults to practice. The final lesson highlights volunteering to practice job skills and gain practical work experience.
The unit stories help young adults learn the importance of having a set plan in place to manage safety needs, including fire safety and pest control. In the first story, a set of roommates realize they are not prepared to safely handle a house fire. They work hard to create a fire safety plan, buy the right fire safety tools and educate themselves on how to deal with house fires. They learn that it feels good to have safety plans in place at home. In the second story, an unexpected visit from a landlord leads to the discovery of pest-control problems in Sadie and Lindsey’s home. The girls take the pest-free promise and learn that there are things they can do to keep harmful pests out of their home. Three articles offer more information about home safety, including electrical safety, preventing accidents indoors and preventing accidents outdoors.
Regular monthly lessons offer our young adults the opportunity to practice making safe choices related to maintaining a safe home. Planning to purchase cleaning supplies, safety tools and pest-control products are addressed in the banking and budgeting lessons. Daily living skills that are needed to stay safe in the kitchen are addressed in cooking activities, which include five different recipes. Social and problem-solving skills are the focus of lessons presenting daily social trivia scenarios offering more opportunity for our young adults to make good choices about their home safety needs.
The importance of building positive employment skills continues to be a focus of several lessons each month. Vocationally-focused lessons include opportunities to practice reading job ads, completing job applications and practicing interview skills. Simple, realistic scenarios address job skills that are beneficial for our young adults to practice. The final lesson highlights volunteering to practice job skills and gain practical work experience.
Monday, January 29, 2018
February 2018
This unit, titled “Alcohol, Drugs and Tobacco” provides lessons and activities that address the importance of social skills and problem-solving skills related
to alcohol, drugs and tobacco. As we assist our young adults in the transition from school to work, it is necessary that they
receive training related to the social skills and problem-solving skills that can help them make smart and healthy life choices.
Making smart choices begins with understanding the facts about alcohol, drugs and tobacco, as well as knowing when and how
to say no. This unit will provide our young adults with the tools needed to stand up to peer pressure, lead a healthy lifestyle, and
make smart, well-informed life choices.
The unit stories help young adults learn the importance of making smart choices in situations that involve alcohol, drugs or tobacco. In the first story, a young man allows peer pressure to get in the way of his better judgement and makes the mistake of drinking too much alcohol. He learns that not all friends are good friends, and vows to be more responsible with alcohol in the future. In the second story, a young woman makes the personal choice not to drink, do drugs or smoke. When she goes to a party, she is prepared to say no to people that try to pressure her into doing things she does not want to do. Three articles offer more information about alcohol, drugs and tobacco, as well as effective methods for dealing with peer pressure.
Regular monthly lessons offer our young adults the opportunity to practice making smart and healthy choices. Hobbies and activities that can be done in place of drinking, smoking or doing drugs are addressed in banking and budgeting lessons. Daily living skills that are needed to live a healthy lifestyle are addressed in cooking activities, which include five different recipes. Social and problem-solving skills are the focus of the daily social trivia lesson, offering more opportunity for our young adults to make smart choices in situations that involve alcohol, drugs, tobacco and peer pressure.
Employment continues to be a regularly emphasized topic throughout several lessons each month. Vocationally-focused lessons include opportunities to practice reading job ads, completing job applications and practicing interview skills. Simple, realistic scenarios address job skills that are beneficial for our young adults to practice. The final lesson highlights volunteering as a way to practice job skills and gain practical work experience.
The unit stories help young adults learn the importance of making smart choices in situations that involve alcohol, drugs or tobacco. In the first story, a young man allows peer pressure to get in the way of his better judgement and makes the mistake of drinking too much alcohol. He learns that not all friends are good friends, and vows to be more responsible with alcohol in the future. In the second story, a young woman makes the personal choice not to drink, do drugs or smoke. When she goes to a party, she is prepared to say no to people that try to pressure her into doing things she does not want to do. Three articles offer more information about alcohol, drugs and tobacco, as well as effective methods for dealing with peer pressure.
Regular monthly lessons offer our young adults the opportunity to practice making smart and healthy choices. Hobbies and activities that can be done in place of drinking, smoking or doing drugs are addressed in banking and budgeting lessons. Daily living skills that are needed to live a healthy lifestyle are addressed in cooking activities, which include five different recipes. Social and problem-solving skills are the focus of the daily social trivia lesson, offering more opportunity for our young adults to make smart choices in situations that involve alcohol, drugs, tobacco and peer pressure.
Employment continues to be a regularly emphasized topic throughout several lessons each month. Vocationally-focused lessons include opportunities to practice reading job ads, completing job applications and practicing interview skills. Simple, realistic scenarios address job skills that are beneficial for our young adults to practice. The final lesson highlights volunteering as a way to practice job skills and gain practical work experience.
Tuesday, January 2, 2018
January 2018
This month’s unit, "Looking Good Every Day," addresses the topic of taking care of grooming and hygiene needs. The unit provides lessons and activities about the importance of personal grooming
including activities in the Transition Passport: Personal Life/ Personal Care. As we assist our young adults in the transition
from school to work, it is necessary that they receive training in daily living and personal care skills. Taking care of personal
grooming needs means that your young adult may need to learn new skills. Knowing how to take care of themselves and
their clothes are skills needed for independent living. Some people may need support people to come in to help with some
of these skills. This unit will provide our young adults with the tools needed to learn about daily grooming tasks that are part
of keeping clean and well.
The unit stories help young adults learn the importance of feeling and looking good every day. The first story shares the daily hygiene routine of a young man who uses a wheelchair. The need to have a daily grooming routine to be sure you are clean and healthy is stressed. Even cleaning the young man’s wheelchair is part of a regimen of personal care. Team members will learn that having someone to assist in personal care may be an important part of keeping clean and well. The second story shows what can happen when personal hygiene is neglected. Sasha is confused about the negative reaction of co-workers on a day when she has not taken the time to shower, brush her teeth and put on clean clothes before going to work. She learns the consequences of making a poor choice related to personal hygiene. The three articles offer practical information on specific grooming tasks; how often to do each and how to perform these properly. Team members will learn skills needed to be clean and neat.
Regular monthly lessons are provided which offer the opportunity to practice the skills needed to care of themselves. Personal care needs are addressed in banking and budgeting where the importance of budgeting for needs before spending money on wants is stressed. The monthly cooking lesson offers five healthy recipes for our young adults to practice using their Daily living skills. Social and communication skills are the focus of lessons presenting daily social trivia scenarios offering more opportunity for our young adults to practice skills needed to care for personal hygiene.
Our regular focus on employment continues in several lessons each month. Lessons include exploring different jobs, reading job ads, completing job applications and practicing interview skills. Simple, realistic scenarios address job skills and interactions at work. The final lesson highlights volunteering as a way to practice job skills and gain practical work experience. This month's volunteer activity is volunteering at a nursing home arts and crafts fair. The activity can be role played if it is not practical to participate in a real-life situation. Job skills are emphasized as team members take on various tasks.
The unit stories help young adults learn the importance of feeling and looking good every day. The first story shares the daily hygiene routine of a young man who uses a wheelchair. The need to have a daily grooming routine to be sure you are clean and healthy is stressed. Even cleaning the young man’s wheelchair is part of a regimen of personal care. Team members will learn that having someone to assist in personal care may be an important part of keeping clean and well. The second story shows what can happen when personal hygiene is neglected. Sasha is confused about the negative reaction of co-workers on a day when she has not taken the time to shower, brush her teeth and put on clean clothes before going to work. She learns the consequences of making a poor choice related to personal hygiene. The three articles offer practical information on specific grooming tasks; how often to do each and how to perform these properly. Team members will learn skills needed to be clean and neat.
Regular monthly lessons are provided which offer the opportunity to practice the skills needed to care of themselves. Personal care needs are addressed in banking and budgeting where the importance of budgeting for needs before spending money on wants is stressed. The monthly cooking lesson offers five healthy recipes for our young adults to practice using their Daily living skills. Social and communication skills are the focus of lessons presenting daily social trivia scenarios offering more opportunity for our young adults to practice skills needed to care for personal hygiene.
Our regular focus on employment continues in several lessons each month. Lessons include exploring different jobs, reading job ads, completing job applications and practicing interview skills. Simple, realistic scenarios address job skills and interactions at work. The final lesson highlights volunteering as a way to practice job skills and gain practical work experience. This month's volunteer activity is volunteering at a nursing home arts and crafts fair. The activity can be role played if it is not practical to participate in a real-life situation. Job skills are emphasized as team members take on various tasks.
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