Life Skills and Community Based Instruction
Welcome
to the Cottage
Mrs. Canada and Ms. Elizondo
Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence is the key to unlocking our potential.
Winston Churchill
| Bell Schedule |
The
Cottage Schedule 2009-2010 |
|
Period
1 8:00 – 8:45 |
Social Studies / Study Skills |
|
Period
2 8:50 – 9:35 |
English Language Arts |
|
Period
3 9:40 – 10:30 |
Science / Community Based Instruction |
|
Period
4 10:35 – 11:20 |
Math / Science / Life Skills |
|
Period
5 11:25 – 12:10 |
Adapted PE |
|
Lunch 12:10 – 12:50 |
LUNCH |
|
Period
6 12:55-1:40 |
Life Skills / Social Studies |
|
Period
7 1:45 - 2:30 |
Life Skills / Community Based Instruction |
|
Period
8 2:35 – 3:20 |
Technology Applications |
Upcoming Events
Monday November 23rd - Wichita Falls to see Disney's A Christmas Carol in 3D
Monthly Lessons
| Month | Content | Skills |
| September | Social Skills | School behavior |
| Making friends | ||
| Conversations | ||
| Manners | ||
| Courteous/Discourteous behavior | ||
| October | Occupational Guidance and Preparation | Identify importance of working |
| match interests with job choices | ||
| Collect/develop personal data card for completing applications | ||
| Complete sample application | ||
| Identify/practice appropriate interview skills | ||
| Meeting job requirements | ||
| Train for and work at a job in either the community for school setting | ||
| November | Money | Identifying coins and bills |
| Counting coins and bills | ||
| Dollar up method of payment | ||
| Counting change | ||
| December | Health & Hygiene | Importance of hygiene |
| Practice basic grooming habits | ||
| Identify possible personal exercise routines | ||
| Identify clothing suitable for various weather conditions | ||
| Identify characteristics of a person neat in appearance | ||
| January | Money Management | Identify need for money |
| Saving money | ||
| Budgeting | ||
| Banking skills | ||
| Use of sales ads | ||
| Estimating shopping costs | ||
| Add list of costs with calculator | ||
| February | Nutrition | Identify basic food groups/food pyramid |
| Identify appropriate foods for meals | ||
| Plan weekly menu | ||
| March | Cooking Skills | Read recipes |
| Construct shopping list from recipe | ||
| Identify proper food preparation/procedures | ||
| Identify/demonstrate use of kitchen tools | ||
| Use appropriate measurements | ||
| April | Survival Skills/Community Signs and Voc. | Identify traffic/community signs |
| Identify/define common safety words | ||
| Identify method to alert someone when help is needed | ||
| Phone Skills | Using a telephone | |
| 911 | ||
| How to take a message | ||
| How to use a phone book | ||
| May | Body Language/Voice Inflection | Intended meaning of tone-of-voice cues |
| Identify feelings/emotions from a facial expression | ||
| Identify appropriate feelings/actions reserved for family, friends & strangers | ||
| Housekeeping | Determine housekeeping needs | |
| Use appropriate cleaning tools for various housekeeping needs | ||
| Identify appropriate cleaning solutions to use for various household chores |
Community
Based Instruction Program:
The
central feature of community-based instruction is the concept of a
classroom without walls. Many students with disabilities have
difficulty transferring skills from a simulated situation to a real
one. The CBI Program allows students to learn skills in the actual
environment. These students will be instructed in these
settings on a regularly scheduled basis, learning work or community
skills and appropriate related behaviors.
Our goals for students with intellectual disabilities:
1. To equip the student for as independent a life in the community as possible
2. To provide an opportunity to develop job skills by working in
local businesses in the community
3. To provide choices for appropriate leisure skills and adequate
training to acquire those skills
4. To teach appropriate social behavior
5. To provide an opportunity for non-disabled people to interact
positively with people with intellectual disabilities
Units
of Study:
Functional
English – Reading / Grammar / Functional Words
Functional Math Skills – Daily Living Math, Basic Computation,
Money
Pre-Vocational Skill – Job Readiness
Personal Management & Independent Living Skills
Leisure Skills
Annual Goals:
1. To acquire
and develop functional skills that will maximize his/her potential
for independent living
2. To improve personal management skills through demonstration of
designated behaviors in the school and community
3. To improve leisure skills by demonstrating skills in the school
and community
4. To improve pre-vocational skills by demonstrating appropriate
work behaviors in the classroom, community, and job-site
Class
Rules:
Be on
time
Be prepared
Stay on task
Have a good attitude
Appropriate behavior
Be responsible for yourself
Links
Sep 11, 2009 8:58 PM
