Becoming Likeable* is from Susan Traugh’s Daily Living Skills series offering life skills and transitional skills for mild-to-moderately affected special needs students and general education students alike. This workbook serves as both a traditional print version and an interactive version using Adobe Acrobat Reader.
You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 10 or higher installed in order to take advantage of all the interactive features of this workbook. This is a free program that can be downloaded from: https://get.adobe.com/reader/.
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 transition skills and Indicator 13 skills needed for adult independence.
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 Becoming Likeable include:
Why’s It Matter?
How Can I Tell (if I’m Annoying)?
Ten Keys to Likeability
Key 1-Don’t Compete
Key 2-Ask Questions
Key 3-Pay Attention
Key 4-Be Positive
Key 5-Smile
Key 6-Don’t Judge
Key 7- Open Up–A Little
Key 8-Be Who You Are
Key 9-Touch
Key 10-Bring Value
The Unspoken Rule–Have Integrity
Additionally, this book provides a student grading sheet, answer key and a Parent Letter suggesting at-home activities for families in accordance to 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: Building Character, 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, Safe Dating, Staying Healthy, Time Management, Transportation, Voting, Who Am I? College and Career
*For consistency’s sake the preferred English spelling of “likeable” is used throughout this book. While it is not the PREFERRED American spelling, it is considered an acceptable spelling.
A Teacher’s Manual (sold separately) provides tips on organizing and setting-up a transition program, pre- and post-test assessments, class grading sheets, written ITP goals for each workbook to plug into annual IEP’s, and code numbers and definitions for federal transition standards for each book.
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2022/23 Complete Bundle - Part 1 - 20 titles
2022/23 Complete Bundle - Part 1: includes 20 Daily Living Skills titles including the 321 page Teacher's Manual. Designed for mild to moderately affected special needs high school students, but appropriate for any your person wanting independent living skills. These materials meet Federal Mandates for transition services for special needs teens and indicator 13 requirements. Download the free videos that come with Making Meals and Cleaning House and you will have a multi-year living skills program with everything you need from soup to nuts. This money-saving bundle provides nearly all the books in the series (new books become available every 1-2 months) and, when purchased in this bundle are priced at a 20% discount. Written on a high third/low fourth-grade level, each unit is filled with airy pages and lots of bullet-point facts and information so that reluctant readers can use the program independently. Yet, while supporting their ability level, this program also honors the humor and sensibilities of teens and young adults. Each 2-4 page lesson has a quiz or activity for students to check comprehension and each is focused on helping students determine their needs and desires for the program. The 321-page Teacher's Manual is also available with this bundle for teachers who prefer this support. The manual contains tips for implementation of the program and program management along with written ITP goals for each workbook, a class grading system for most units and notes (as needed) for most workbook. (The Teacher's Manual is revised each summer to add new books written that year--you will be notified.) Finally, a PowerPoint Presentation is also provided (free separate download) on this site which will allow you to introduce the program to students, parents and/or administrators in a quick, yet comprehensive manner. All units have a lesson/quiz format to constantly check for comprehension, a complete grading sheet, answer key, parent verification letters to document compliance with federal standards and airy, third-grade reading level pages.
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The Social Skills Bundle is the bundle pack you’ve been asking for containing four Daily Living Skills units focusing on social skills and designed for mild-to-moderately affected special needs high school students, but appropriate for any young person wanting transition and independent living skills. This transition to adult life program provides in-depth lessons on the following social skills: Everyday Manners Making Conversation Fair Fighting Safe Dating All units have a lesson/quiz format to constantly check for comprehension, a complete grading sheet, answer key, parent verification letters to document compliance with federal standards, and airy, third-grade reading level pages. All workbooks meet Indicator 13 requirements of the federal transition standards. The Tables of Contents for each workbook are included in the "Preview" section of each individual book on this site. To preview the program format, tone, and reading level, download the free unit—Doing the Laundry—which is also available on this site.
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