This is an introduction to Crime Awareness for teenagers and adults with special educational needs. It is a full course and includes student worksheets, teaching slides and other extras. The resource is intended to introduce students to crime awareness, including: Personal values Wrongdoing and crime Irish legal and justice system Prison life Topics include: How values help Wrongdoing and its impact Attitudes and crime Restorative justice Prisoners’ rights Effects of prison Prison officers Alternatives to prison These worksheets are designed to cover the following learning outcomes: Explain personal values and factors which influence them. Identify situations of wrong doing and their impact on the individual, family and society. Describe the difference between wrong doing and crime, and personal attitudes to crime. Discuss factors which influence participation in offending behaviour and criminal behaviour. Describe the impact of crime on victims’ feelings. Explain restorative justice, its purpose, the process and the people involved in the process. Discuss prison life, its impact on the prisoner, the family and friends, daily routine, prisoners’ rights and prison officers’ duties. Describe elements of the Irish legal justice system including arrest, court appearance, verdict, Juvenile Liaison Officer, Community Garda, underage crime. Role-play a scenario involving negotiation of agreement by all parties following committing an offence. Describe the learning gained from participation in the role-play prior to reaching agreement. Discuss the application of the justice system to young people and how it might be improved. Discuss the effectiveness of prison and its alternatives on behaviour. Can this resource be used online? This resource is a digital resource. If you have purchased this resource and would like to use it for online teaching, you have permission to do so. A fillable and printable version is included. Students can type in their answers online, or worksheets can be printed. Teachers can also use them for whole-class teaching using a projector or interactive whiteboard. What materials are included? All components are available in the zipped folder, i.e. student worksheets and teaching slides. Student Worksheets: 125 Pages Teaching Slides: 73 Slides

This is an introduction to Being Part of a Community for teenagers and adults with additional educational needs. It is a full course and includes student worksheets, teacher notes. teaching slides and extras. The resource is intended to introduce students to** being a helpful and productive member of the community**, including: Relating to others Using local facilities Moving to different environments Being safe in the community Contributing to the community These worksheets are designed to cover the following learning outcomes (among others): Acknowledge unfamiliar people Show enjoyment from an interaction with another person or other people Respond consistently to familiar people Communicate an ability to connect people with their roles Engage in supported activities on daily life skills Be a member of one or more groups in or outside of school, actively participating where possible Participate appropriately in using different areas/rooms in their immediate environment Visit and participate appropriately in using facilities in their environment Show respect for items belonging to others and use them appropriately Co-operate in preparing for and transitioning to a new location Respond to cues (visual, verbal, gesture, sound) to locate familiar places Communicate ‘No’ Observe rules of safety in different environments Show recognition of places and people in the community who can help us Behave appropriately in familiar routine or special events and where possible play their expected role within it Show awareness that actions have consequences Participate in the care of the immediate and local environment Engage in a task or job in the community Topics include: Relationships with others Daily skills Facilities, e.g. at school/centre, in town Respecting places and people’s things Preparing to go somewhere Asking for help Safety when out Taking care of Earth Helping the community Can this resource be used online? Yes, it is a digital resource. If you have purchased this resource and would like to use it for online teaching, you have permission to do so. A fillable and printable version is included. Students can type in their answers online, or worksheets can be printed. Teachers can also use the resources for whole-class teaching using a projector or interactive whiteboard. What is included? All components are available in the zipped folder, i.e. student worksheets, teacher notes. teaching slides and extras. Student Worksheets: 133 Pages Teaching Slides: 56 Teacher Notes: 34 Pages