Using Community Resources Bundle Pack from Susan Traugh's Daily Living Skills is a timely set of life skills/transition skills workbooks to help students understand how to use the various community resources available in most towns and counties. This workbook serves as both a traditional print version and an interactive version using Adobe Acrobat Reader. It meets federal guidelines requiring schools to introduce students to resources available in their community post high school and provides instruction in adult living skills and transitional skills for both mild-to-moderately affected special needs students and general education students alike and provides adult living skills for special needs teens to meet federal transition mandates, Indicator 13 requirements, and SCAN recommendations.
 
Books included in this bundle pack include: Using the Library, Community Resources, Enjoying Recreation and Independence Basics.
 
Like the other books in this series, these books contains airy-pages and bullet-point information for easy, independent study, yet, these books, nevertheless, respect teens’ maturity and humor while presenting federally mandated Indicator 13 skills and transition skills needed for adult independence. Each lesson is taught in a short one-to-four page format with follow-up worksheets/activities to check comprehension. Real world activities are provided whenever possible.
 
A preview for Enjoying Recreation is included here so that you might see the format and tone of all the books. You can preview the other titles by checking the individual books each located on this site. The content of each book is as follows:
 
Lessons in Daily Living Skills 'Using the Library' include:
 
Library Etiquette
Library Services
What to do at the Library
Library Layout
Circulation Section
Getting a Library Card
How the Library Works
Community Resources
Clubs & Events
Using the Computers
Using Call Numbers - Fiction
Using Call Numbers - Non-Fiction
Music and DVD’s
Community Services Resources
 
Lessons in Daily Living Skills 'Community Services' include:
 
What are community services?
In what town, city hub, or county would I find services
Etiquette in government buildings
The library
The DMV
Public transit
Adult education, community colleges, vocational training and DOR
Post office
Social security office
Social services department
Community center resources
Police/Sheriff departments
Fire department
When do I call and who do I call?
Urgent care and emergency rooms
What if I need help?
Emergency resources hotlines
 
 
Lessons in Daily Living Skills Enjoying Recreation include:
 
What is recreation?
Benefits of friends
Physical benefits of recreation
How to enjoy recreation
Going to the movies
Other indoor venues
Eating out--fast foods/sit-down dining
A word about tips
Enjoying sporting events
Attending--viewing--participating in spots
Being a good sport
Preparing to play
Family entertainment centers/theme parks/fairs & carnivals
Rules for behavior
Staying safe in crowded venues
Going out in nature
Finding places by me/Getting a pass
Rules for respecting nature
Using trails
Campfire safety
Staying in hotels/motels
How to find/compare hotels/motels
Etiquette in hotels/motels
 
Lessons in Daily Living Skills Independence Basics include:
 
What are Independence Basics?
How to Google
Don't Leave Home Without It (These)
Your Personal Signature
Where You Live
Finding My Place in the World
Getting Home
Staying in Touch--Informing before You Leave
Buddy Systems
Emergency Numbers You Should Have
Disability ID Cards
Emergency SOS
Understanding Your Challenges--Reading an IEP
Adult-ing--Keeping Organized
Tracking Apps
Safe Location Sharing
Stranger Danger
Kinds of Lures
When Danger Isn't a Stranger
Listen to Your Gut
Three Steps to Stay Safe
Safe Words
 
Additionally, each book provides a student grading sheet, answer key and a Parent Letter suggesting at-home activities for families in accordance with federal mandates for parent involvement.
 
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