Life Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs

By Darlene Mannix

Book Overview

A comprehensive, step-by-step, guide to 109 of the most commonly used intellectual, achievement, perceptual, and language tests used in special education as well as rating and adaptive behavior scales. Includes descriptions for each test and subtest, scoring, strengths and weakness. Shows how to interpret test scores for student IEPs in order to plan appropriate remedial instruction.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0787966207
• ISBN13: 9780787966201
• Release Date: July 1995
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass
• Length: 523 Pages
• Weight: 3.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 8.2" x 11.1"

Customer Reviews

Recommend for teachers

I teach a small group of developmentally delayed high school students and this book provides great activities. I modify when needed. I like to emphasize and use new vocabulary. This book provides pre-made lesson plans. I referred to CASAS for associated standards. Good luck!

Life Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs

I just started using this book 1 month ago with a developmentally handicapped class in our secondary school. I have been looking for months for suitable resources. I really recommend this book. The students are enjoying the discussions and completing the activities.

Great Resource!

I am a speech therapist working with special needs kids in high school and junior high. This is a wonderful resource full of information I can use with all my kids. The book is clearly sectioned into activities and concepts which can go beyond classroom objectives and into real life situations. I really enjoyed activities geared towards the older population covering more sensitive subjects such as alcohol, suicide and sex. The special needs population needs more hands on information covering these topics and this book presented the material in a easy to understand and practical manner. I was also really impressed with the extension activities provided and short exercises given with every subject. What a timesaver!!

Fabulous resource

Excellent source of activities for use with LEP population. Good for counseling end educational activities.

Great Ideas!

I have used this book to plan lessons for my secondary students who have severe cognitive disabilities. My main problem with the book is that it relies heavily on worksheets and activities that require the student to be able to read. Since my students do not read, these worksheets were not appropriate for me. I was able, however, to adapt and modify the ideas to meet my needs. As a reference tool for ideas, it is a great book.