I. Course Catalog Description
Special Education Life Skill Classes are designed to meet the needs of each student as stated in their Individual Education Plan through the use of sensory therapy, assistive technology, visual technology, visual, auditory, and kinesthetic application for daily lessons.
Life Skills Math: Students will understand and apply numbers, ways of representing numbers, the relationships among numbers and different number systems.
Life Skills English: Students will increase language expression skills by exposure to voice, main idea, conventions, word choice, fluency, and organization. Students will develop functional writing skills to meet their individual needs and abilities for maximum independence.
Life Skills Social Studies: Students will increase their knowledge of how history is the story of events, people, and places in the past as well as being created in the present.
Life Skills Science: Student’s unique needs will be met as they work with the four focus areas of Animals, Plants, Weather, and the Human Body.
Life Skills Job Skills: Engage the student to use both aptitude and ability assessments to explore career options.
Life Skills Independent Living: Students will increase their knowledge of nutrition, hygiene, Community Safety and Warning signs, and independent functioning to their best ability.