K-8 FLS Curriculum

Overview
Life Skills K-3 3-6 6-8 Subdomains Supporting Activities Assessments

Employment/Education ● Write first and ● Verbalize personal ● Write all personal ● General Job Skills ● Cafeteria Jobs ● Cafeteria job task
last name information information needed ● General ● Edmark Reading analysis
for job application Education/Training Program ● Sight word charts
● Employment ● Reading A-Z ● Brigance math
Setting ● Scootpad Math assessments
● Career Refinement ● Kahn Academy ● PAAP
● Informal Transition
Assessments. for
Employment/Career
Planning (brown
book)

Home and Family ● ● ● ● Home ● Classroom Jobs ● Task Analysis

Management ● Weekly cooking sheets
● Financial ● Grocery Shopping ● Recipe to-do lists
Management ● Grocery lists
● Family Life
● Child Rearing

Leisure Pursuits ● Indoor/Outdoor ● Special Olympics ● exercise data

Activities (outdoor activities sheets
● Travel and travel) ● Observation/anecdo
● Entertainment ● Bocce Tournaments tal records
● Apple picking ● Informal Transition
● Swimming Assessments for
● Participation in Independent Living
school activities - (purple book)
winter carnival, bake

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sale, etc.

Community Involvement ● Citizenship ● Volunteering at the ● volunteer time cards

● Community animal shelter ● Transition Planning
Awareness ● Transition Planning Inventory
● Services/Resource Inventory ● task analysis
s ● Project Unify ● Informal Transition
Initiatives (“Spread Assessments for
The Word To End Independent Living
The Word”) (purple book)

Physical/Emotional Health ● Physical Health ● Walking ● exercise logs/data

● Emotional Health ● Special Olympics ● Informal Transition
● Swimming Assessments for
Independent Living
(purple book)

Personal Responsibility ● Personal ● FLASH program ● Goal-setting charts

and Relationships Confidence/Unders ● Transition Planning ● anecdotals
tanding Inventory ● journals
● Goal Setting ● ● Informal Transition
● Self-Improvement Assessments for
● Relationships Independent Living
● Personal (purple book)
Expression
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Employment/Education Domain
Employment/Educati K-3 3-6 6-8 Life Demands Supporting Activities Assessments
on Subdomains

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Functional Literacy ● Functional Writing ● Edmark Reading ● Edmark Reading
Skills (completing Program Assessments
forms, etc.) ● Scootpad Math ● Brigance Inventory
● Functional ● Brigance Functional ● PAAP
Vocabulary (signs, Writing, ● Sight word
labels, etc) Money/Finance, and assessments
● Financial Literacy Common ● Dave Ramsey’s
Signs/Labels Financial Peace
Modules Quick Start Budget
● Dave Ramsey’s forms
Financial Peace ●
Quick Start Budget
forms
● Dolch Sight Word
charts

General Job Skills ● seeking and ● Cafeteria Jobs ● Cafeteria job task
securing a job ● resume’ writing analysis
● learning job skills ● cover letter writing ● resume critique
● maintaining one’s ● Interviewing skills ● cover letter critique
job ● Conflict Resolution ● Interview role play
skills and checklist
● Conflict Resolution
role play rubric

General ● utilizing academic ● Brigance Speaking ● Brigance Inventory

Education/Training and system and Listening Skills ● Vocation
survival skills Module Rehabilitation
(organizational ● Career Center visits record review
skills, time ● Vocational ● Transition Plan
management) Rehabilitation Inventory

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● requesting referrals & planning
employment ● Time sheets/work
services (voc. logs
rehab., ● Google calendar on
unemployment) the iPad
● accessing support
services of training
setting

Employment Setting ● Answering the ● Brigance Telephone ● Brigance Inventory

telephone, taking Skills Module ● observations
messages & ● Cafeteria jobs ● While You Were
making calls ● On-The job training Out slips
● recognizing job ● “What’s In A ● Informal Transition
duties and Paycheck?” Assessments. for
responsibilities classroom activities Employment/Career
● exhibiting ● Role plays Planning (brown
appropriate work ● Answering the book)
habits/behavior phone, making calls ● Task Analysis
● getting along with & Filling out “While Sheets
employer and you were out” slips
coworkers for phone calls
● understanding ● Constructive
company policies Feedback sessions
● understanding
take-home
pay/deductions
● understanding
safety regulations

Home and Family Domain

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Home and Family Subdomains Life Demands Supporting Activities Assessments

Home Management ● identifying and implementing safety ● Brigance Clothing Module ● Transition Plan Inventory
procedures ● Brigance Travel and Transportation Module ● job checklists
● cleaning dwelling ● task analysis
● maintaining a yard
● laundering clothes and household items
● performing/contracting home repairs and
improvements
● reacting to environmental dangers
(pollution, extreme weather conditions)
● travel and transportation

Financial Management ● maintaining a budget ● Brigance Money and Finance Module ● Transition Plan Inventory
● handling banking services
● paying bills
● purchasing day-to-day items
● renting an apartment
● making major purchases (credit cards,
loans)
● buying insurance
● obtaining government assistance as
needed

Family Life ● maintaining physical/emotional health of
family members
● scheduling and maintaining daily, monthly,
yearly events
● managing outgoing/incoming mail
● Brigance Health Module ● - Informal Transition Assessments
● Relationship video series for Independent Living (purple
book)

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Leisure Pursuits Domain
Leisure Pursuits Subdomains
Indoor and Outdoor Activities
Travel
Entertainment
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Community involvement Domain
Community Involvement
Subdomains
Citizenship
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Life Demands Supporting Activities Assessments
● playing table or electronic games ● Special Olympics ● Informal Transition Assessments for
● performing individual physical activities ● Walking Independent Living (purple book)
● participating in group physical activities ● Swimming
● engaging in general recreation activities ● Bocce Tournament
● engaging in individual hobbies and crafts
● attending special events (fairs, parades,
etc.)
● preparing to go on a trip (destination, ● Special Olympics - Summer/Winter Games ● Checklists of items needed
transportation arrangements, ● Field trips
accommodations, packing, budget)
● engaging in in-home activities (TV, videos, ● ● Informal Transition Assessments for
music) Independent Living (purple book)
● attending out of home events (theaters,
spectator sports, concerts, performances,
etc.)
● going to socially oriented events
(restaurants, parties, etc.)
Life Demands Supporting Activities Assessments
● understanding legal rights ● Mock Elections at PRHS ● Mock election ballots
● understanding tax obligations ● Brigance Transition Inventory
● obeying laws and ordinances
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Community Awareness
Services/Resources
Physical/Emotional Health
Physical/Emotional Health
Subdomains
Personal Hygiene
Emotional Health
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● knowing major events at the local, ● Current event scavenger hunt ● task analysis sheets
regional, national, world levels ● checklists
● using mass media (TV, radio, ● Brigance Transition Inventory
newspapers, Internet)
● knowing about the wide range of services ● field trips utilizing public transportation ● task analysis
available in the community ● Brigance Transition Inventory
● using government agencies (motor
vehicles, etc.)
● accessing public transportation
● accessing emergency services/resources
Life Skill Supporting Activities Assessments
● Identifying body parts ● FLASH Program ● Brigance Transition Inventory
● Hygiene (male & female) ● Special Olympics ● FLASH Activities
● Menstrual cycle ● Walking ● Role Playing
● understanding illness and medical/dental ● Cooking
needs
● preventing illness and accidents
● recognizing health risks
● reacting to medical emergencies
● administering simple first aid
● using medications
● recognizing and dealing with substance
use/abuse
● preventing pregnancy
● understanding and recognizing signs of ● Social Work Skills Group ● Brigance Transition Inventory
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emotional needs ● FLASH Program ● FLASH Activities
● managing life changes ● Role Playing
● managing stress
● dealing with anxiety and depression
● coping with separation/death of family
members and friends
● understanding emotional dimensions of
sexuality
● living a healthy lifestyle
● planning a nutritional diet
● exercising regularly