Buying Insurance-Daily Living Skills

Buying Insurance is from Susan Traugh’s Daily Living Skills series offering transitional skills for mild-to-moderately affected special needs students and general education students alike. It is a stand-alone unit providing students with skills to understand the reason for and steps necessary to buy various kinds of insurance needed for adult living.

Like the other books in this series, it contains airy-pages and bullet-point information for easy independent study, yet, these books, nevertheless, respect teens’ maturity and humor while presenting federally mandated, Indicator 13 skills needed for adult independence and Common Core Standard Compliant information.

Written on a 3rd/4th grade level, workbooks are meant to be self-paced and adaptable with student interests and goals driving most units. Each lesson is taught in a short one-to-four page format with follow-up worksheets/activities to check comprehension. Real world activities are provided whenever possible.

Lessons in Daily Living Skills Buying Insurance include: what is insurance, how it works, insurance vocabulary, comparing plans, medical, dental and vision, life, renter’s and homeowner’s, what is my stuff worth, auto/liability/ comprehensive and collision, how to get the best rates and how to buy insurance. Additionally, this book provides a student grading sheet, answer key and a Parent Letter suggesting at-home activities for families in accordance with federal mandates.

A preview of this book is provided here, or sample the series with our free book—Doing Laundry.

Titles in the Daily Living Skills transition series include: Becoming Likeable, Becoming Self-Aware, Building Character, Building Self-Esteem, Celebrating Holidays, Cleaning House, Decision Making, Doing Laundry, Dress for Success, Everyday Manners, Fair Fighting, Getting a Paycheck, Grocery Shopping, Interviewing Skills, Kitchen Basics, Making Conversation, Making Meals, Managing Stress, Nutrition, Overcoming Failure, Paying Bills, Practicing Patience, Safe Dating, Seeking Employment, Staying Healthy, Time Management, Transportation, Voting, Who Am I? College and Career, Work Games

A Power Point Presentation introducing the program to students, parents, and staff is available free of charge on this site.

A Teacher’s Manual providing tips on implementation and written ITP goals for most of the workbooks is also available for purchase on this site.