Introduce your students to the Daily Living Skills series with this informational power point presentation. The presentation explains WHY students will be using the program (to gain transition skills) and then explains HOW to use the Unit Checklist, Answer Key and Parent Letters. Use this presentation for your students, or as a Back-to-School or Parent Presentation for the community. Clear, concise and student-friendly, this presentation will set the stage for a successful implementation of this Life Skills Program.

With teachers moving to distance teaching and communities on lockdown, Sheltering in Place: Coping with COVID-19 from Susan Traugh’s Daily Living Skills is the tool you need to help students organize their lives while confined to their homes. Sheltering in Place provides instruction in adult living skills and transition skills for both mild-to-moderately affected special needs students and general education students alike. It is a stand-alone unit providing students with skills to live independently by being able to create a balanced daily schedule in this time of crisis. 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 and transition skills needed for adult independence. Carefully researched information on the virus and behavior during lockdown are provided in a calm, reassuring manner. Written on about the 3rd/4th grade level, workbooks are meant to be self-paced and adaptable. Each lesson is taught in a short one-to-four page format with follow-up activities/worksheets/quizzes to check for comprehension. Lessons include: What is COVID-19? What is social distancing/sheltering in place? Flattening the curve Stopping the spread Hands/Elbows/Face/Space/Home Myth busters Building a daily schedule Meals/work/exercise/destressing/sleeping What to do when worry takes over And more

These engaging videos are part of Susan Traugh’s Daily Living Skills—Making Meals series offering transitional skills for mild-to-moderately affected special needs students and general education students alike. The component workbook is written on a high third/low fourth grade level with airy-pages and bullet-point information for easy independent study, these books, nevertheless, respect teens’ maturity and humor while presenting U.S. federally mandated, Indicator 13 skills needed for adult independence. 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-three page format with follow-up worksheets/activities to check comprehension. Real world activities are provided whenever possible. Videos are meant to be used in conjunction with the workbook. Videos for this book include: Microwave Safety Microwave Oatmeal Microwave Popcorn Microwave Mac N Cheese Microwave Bean Burritos Microwave Hot Dogs One-Pan Pasta One-Pot Soup One-Pan Cake Videos are moderately paced, step by step and “clutter-free” so that students can focus on the skills being presented. Comprehension worksheets for each video are provided in the workbooks. Lessons in Daily Living Skills—Making Meals include: Recipes and comprehension-testing worksheets for all the recipes listed above. Additional recipes include Oven-Baked Chicken, Chicken and Rice, Sensational Salads, Lovely Lentils and Apple Crisp. All recipes use the “Cheap and Healthy Foods” discussed in the “Nutrition” book of the series. Finally, healthy alternatives to higher fat and sugar recipes are discussed. Also included are Parent Verification Letters, answer key and grading sheet. Combined with “Kitchen Basics,” “Nutrition,” “Grocery Shopping,” and “Making Meals,” these workbooks and videos provide an intensive and comprehensive unit on cooking and health.