Smart Steps

This is a comprehensive unit with slides, teacher notes, and printables. Download and use the Free Smart Steps Mobile app for practice. General overview: Smart Steps Mobile app, a coach in your phone. Common Interview Questions What Not to Say in an Interview Asking for Accommodations Printables: Pre and Post Student Survey Observational Rating Scale Interview Questions Notes/ Teaching Guide: Slide by slide, what to say and do Screenshots of worksheets and assessments to use at each s

This is a more in-depth version of the free download called Understanding Your Paystub. It's also Lesson 1 of the TAXES Unit which includes 4 additional lessons. (Because of file size, the unit was separated into two packages sold separately. See Lessons 2-5 as a separate download.)Skills: Convert a % to a decimal.Add, subtract, multiply and divide money amounts.Read and locate information on a selected tax chart. Transfer money amounts from one spot to another.Follow formula provided. Vocab

Many of us avoid making phone calls, but it is an important skill to develop. In this unit, learners will study vocabulary, read and discuss a comic strip modeling the process, play vocabulary games, and address higher level thinking skills. Data collection ideas are provided. Goal Statement: Given a scenario, make a mock phone call, scoring 8/8 on an observation form over 3 trials. Overview: Warm Up activity: Informally assess the group. Introduce vocabulary list (Grade 2 or Grade 5) Read an

Packet includes: 2-page Cover Sheet /Lesson Plan, Powerpoint presentation (12 slides), a 2-page Handout, and a 2-page Key. (See below for PAID version contents.) Vocabulary: Gross pay, Deductions, Net Pay, Current Pay Period, and Year-to-Date. Skills: Changing a % to a decimal to find tax amounts from a given %; Totaling taxes, and calculating Net Pay for the Current Pay Period and Year-to-Date pay period. A table is used to find the State Tax Rate for a given salary. Lesson Plans include common

This is a succinct set of charts and forms that you can use over and over to: Write IEP goals using the sample goals or a mix-and-match chart of phrases. Measure IEP goals10 point Vocational Skills Rubric Work Task Checklist form (with a sample In-Building Job Checklist)Workbox Tracking Form for beginners Bonus Materials: How to Task AnalyzeSample Task Analysis for doing laundryVisual Prompting Tool (laundry template; add photos for your setting)This is provided as a .doc file so that you can ed

This is an 8 day unit (1 day for presentation; 5 activity days; 1 day to discuss actual bus trip; 1 day for the bus trip). It includes lesson plans, worksheets, and checklists for planning and conducting this community based instructional activity. Since the worksheets and lessons are designed to preteach in the classroom, it can be used even if you are not able to actually practice using the public bus. Skills: Compare and contrast school bus with public busLocate information using internet

This zip file comes with: 46 slides 31 pages of detailed lesson plans, student materials, and a data sheetUnit Lessons are each 50 minutes. Lesson 1: Executive Functioning Skills Lesson 2: Self Advocacy Lesson 3: Smart Steps Mobile App Lesson 4: Plan My Accommodations Lesson 5: Make an Appointment and Meet with College Counselor Lesson 6: Talk with Instructors Lesson 7: Communicate with Testing Center Lesson 8: Using Technology to Support Executive Functioning and Self Advocacy Skills Lesson P

This is an exercise for college students and teachers to practice communication and conferencing skills with parents. Objectives: - Encourage and seek participation from parents and colleagues in a mock IEP meeting. - Demonstrate respect of family culture when interacting. - Write effective emails with a positive opening comment, a body with a short paragraph for each point, and a closing statement with follow up planned. - Plan phone calls and conferences reflecting a positive opening com

Stocking shelves, an entry level job, is a skill that can be practiced ahead of time. In this unit, participants read a comic story with Sophia, who is new at a grocery store. She works through a couple of decisions and asks her supervisor a question. Discussion questions are provided. Then review vocabulary, practice sequencing the steps, problem solve, and role play using the free Smart Steps Mobile app. This zip file contains 3 booklets: Instructional ManualStudent Book, Readability 2.0 Stu

Getting ready and out the door in the morning is a common challenge. Cover this important lifeskill with a comic strip, comprehension and discussion activities, and role playing using the free Smart Steps Mobile app. Data collection and a unit assessment are included. Differentiate with two readability levels: 2.0 and 5.0 Includes 3 booklets: Instructional Manual, Student Copy 2.0 and Student Copy 5.0Each booklet contains (instructional manual contains additional notes, keys and instructions)

Mateo in the Morning is a unit about getting ready in the morning. It models how one young man does it.Students are invited to reflect and plan their own morning routine.They practice by role playing using the Smart Steps Mobile app (free download on the App Store).They reflect on how they are doing and make plans for continuous improvement. Data sheets are included.Before you get started, here are a couple of notes about formatting: There are two levels of student materials: • A2 (2.0 readabili

These are a few tools that I routinely use to organize myself in my roles as Case Manager and Co-Teacher. Includes: Time-saving tips and ways to use the forms. IEP Checklist IEP Goal Summary ChartIEP Accommodations At a Glance TemplateTest Tracking SheetClass Participation Points Sign Out SheetI'm providing this as a Word document so that you can edit forms to meet your needs.

The Taxes Unit introduces vocabulary related to completing a tax return. At the end of the unit, students complete a simulation on the IRS website to calculate whether they are withholding enough money from their assigned paycheck. For this unit, it's most helpful if students have a computer or mobile device with internet access. At the minimum, the teacher could demonstrate it as a class exercise. Without internet access, you could complete Lessons 2, 3 and 4. Using the Paystub and Filing St

Expiration dates are important at home and on some jobs. Stockers at grocery stores and drug stores often sort out expired products as they are facing the shelves. Food safety is also an important life skill. Goals: Look at a date and tell whether it is expired. Compare the current date with a given date and tell how they are related (past or future). Explain how to tell whether food should be thrown away. Lesson: Using the slides provided: -Use our senses to tell whether food has spoiled

This started as a file with wallet-sized, EDITABLE emergency phone cards. Students need these in case they are on their own without a phone. Staff can carry a master copy during field trips. I added an 8-step lesson plan including the following activities: Sequencing cards (with suggestions for modification)Phone call script (carefully formatted for easy reading)Phone call scenarios for group and individual practice Data sheet, great for IEP data collectionThis is a .doc file so that you can

Do you need some ideas for IEP Goals and Data Collection? Do you want to work on meaningful skills in an inclusive classrooms? Are you looking for ideas to apply functional skills? This is a set of 14 rubrics: Math (counting, fractions, time and calendar, money, community application)Language Arts (basic reading, comprehension, writing, community application)Health and GroomingSafetyCooking and CleaningCommunity Participation, Self Advocacy and EtiquetteI've used these extensively and find that

Students need to know some personal information. What they don’t have memorized, they need to be able to locate using their student ID, a personal data card, a pocket resume, the internet, and so on. That’s what this unit is all about. In addition to a data collection form with questions that a student might need to know on an everyday basis (and a blank version for you to customize), additional activities in this packet require other types of practical reading and writing: Some require that th

The Smart Steps Life Skills Rating Scale consists of 89 skills in several categories: HomeFoodMoneyHealth and HygieneSocialSelf-CareSelf-Advocacy and Self-DeterminationSocial Communication at Work, School, or Out with FriendsInternet skillsSchool TransportationJob SeekingCollege PlanningThe student or young adult rates themselves: NA: No experience with this skill yet1-2: No or mostly no3-4: Yes or mostly yes They add up their scores for a total. Next: Identify 3 strengths and 3 skills to wor

I taught 18-21 year olds for several years, and we spent a lot of time in the community. Community-based instruction is valuable for generalizing academic skills, and it also offers gifts of unplanned, unexpected teaching moments, too, doesn't it? A weekly activity was to plan a menu, go grocery shopping, make lunch, and clean up. Other days, we practiced shopping or price checking at drug stores, party supply stores, and discount stores. We went out for lunch at a variety of restaurants and ex

Money Skills are so important in life and they provide a helpful foundation for many other math concepts and skills. I’ve designed this unit for those students who need more repetition and practice to develop money skills. Data sheets and lesson plans are designed for 1-1 or small group instruction. 17 sets of activity cards can be made into matching activities for independent work. Lessons are carefully sequenced so that they build slowly. A paraprofessional should be able to pick it up and