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

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

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

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

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

This sampler packet (5 data sheets, 4 math worksheets) is a companion to the comprehensive rubrics in Life Skills Data Collection and Activity Ideas. These are more specific. They could be used to develop IEP goals and measure progress. I've used Planning a Purchase over and over and over. It's my favorite from this set. Following a Recipe is another favorite. Other sheets have been developed for individual students. A short introduction is provided for each section to explain how to use eac

Do you need a data sheet for tracking money skills? Do you need a lesson plan that paraprofessionals can use? Packet Includes: Data Sheet for sorting bills, counting bills, sorting coins, counting quartersLesson Plan including Error Correction Procedure and Alternate Activities Bill and Coin Cards If you are interested in extending this activity for students who need practice or scaffolding for independent work, a partial decision tree is included for the customizable Smart Steps Mobile app.

Practice making decisions using practical, everyday situations using the Smart Steps Mobile app (a free download from the App Store or Google Playstore). It includes practicing self-advocacy and pragmatic language skills through role-playing. This lesson plan includes: Introduction: Making Decisions and the Smart Steps Mobile app through a) two explainer cartoons, b) a class discussion of problems and typical responses, and c) diagrams of all of the app's features: Read-aloud button, Profile Sc

Do you have students who have difficulty:Remembering instructions, Remembering common classroom procedures, Solving everyday issues, Following a set of steps, or Following a schedule?Decision Trees, which look like flow charts, are a strategy to scaffold thinking. They can be used for: Everyday Social Problems, Classroom Routines, Academic Strategies, Job Skills, Home routines, Organization, and/orSocial Skills. This presentation explains how to plan and write decision trees, closing with a t