Susan Traugh

Use “Self-Improvement Month” to get your students on the right foot for school—and life. It can often be difficult for students with special needs to keep their lives organized and efficient. This free lesson from Daily Living Skills can help your students begin the school year with a new set of healthy lifestyle choices. Self-Improvement Starts with Small Steps This free lesson begins with the basics. But these are the foundation on which all other skills rest. A healthy die

It seems there’s a natural disaster every day. This makes it vitally important to teach our teens with special needs how to prepare for and react to an emergency as part of their transition skills for adult living. Help on the Web The U.S. government provides a valuable website at Ready.gov for any emergency that happens across the country. Whether you’re preparing for a flood, earthquake, hurricane, tornado, or other disaster, they have an impressive array of resources to he

How can students create an eye-catching resume when they have no work experience? This is an age-old question that young people moving out into the workforce have faced forever. It can be an especially difficult question if those young people have special needs that must also be addressed. “Update Your Resume” week falls in the month of September and coordinates with the beginning of school. For those students getting ready to transition into the world of employment, this is

Teaching teens self-care is a vital skill for adult living. September is Self-Care Awareness Month and a good time to teach teens with special needs how to take care of themselves. Self-Care involves a variety of skills young people need to live healthy lives and understanding the basics of those skills can be—literally—life-saving. Increasing Awareness of Self-Care Self-Care Awareness starts with that very awareness that self-care is necessary. Many teens, especially those w