Click on any of the categories below for a list of related skills.
Self Care
- Proper grooming
- Bathing
- Showering
- Haircuts
- Styling hair
- Getting dressed
- Tying shoes
- Proper Hygiene
- Toileting/Potty training
- Oral Hygiene
- Adolescent Hygiene
- Sneezing, coughing, blowing nose
- Mask wearing
- Dress appropriately
- Season
- Weather
- Coordinating colors and patterns
- Social situation, work, uniform
- Good lifestyle habits
- Proper amount of sleep
- Manage screen time
- Avoid substance abuse
- Maintain physical fitness, nutrition and weight
- Prevent illness
- Get to school, work or appointments on time
Daily Living
- Basic housekeeping tasks
- Sweep
- Mop
- Vacuum
- Dust
- Do dishes
- Clean bathrooms
- Take out trash
- Change bed sheets
- Set up routines
- Healthcare
- Recognize signs of illness
- Treat minor illness at home
- Basic first aid
- Know how to obtain health care
- Care for, use, and maintain prosthetic devices or sensory aids
- Recognize potential problems
- Recognize signs of illness
- Identify location of pain
- Identify unfamiliar odors
- Identify unfamiliar sounds
- Safety
- Identify safety signs
- Know how to evacuate a building in an emergency
- Understand basic safety procedures
- Obey safety rules when walking or riding a bicycle
- Food
- Plan meals
- Shop for food
- Read labels
- Compare prices
- Pay at register
- Clean food preparation areas
- Follow recipes
- Basic knowledge of balanced nutrition
- Store food properly
- Demonstrate proper eating habits
- Drink plenty of water
- Clothing and Laundry
- Wash clothing
- Use dryer or hang clothes
- Iron and mend clothing
- Use dry cleaner
- Use laundromat
- Purchase clothing
- Recognize unwearable clothing
- Use tools
- Scissors
- Pliers
- Hammer
- Screwdriver
- Wrench
- Other tools
Social Skills
- Self Identity
- Identify physical and psychological needs
- Identify interests and abilities
- Identify emotions
- Demonstrate knowledge of physical self
- Use appropriate methods to cope with stress
- Express feelings of self-worth
- Describe others’ perception of self
- Develop confidence in self
- Developing Relationships with Others
- Accept and give praise
- Accept and give criticism
- Demonstrate listening and responding skills
- Develop respect for the rights and property of others
- Identify both verbal and nonverbal communication
- Making Friends
- Demonstrate knowledge of important character traits
- Be a friend to others
- Read social cues and respond appropriately
- Participate in conversation with a give and take
- Practice common courtesies: kindness, sharing, understanding, taking turns
- Outside of the home
- Demonstrate proper behavior, manners and social etiquette
- public places
- dating
- eating out
- Recognize authority and follow instructions
- Demonstrate proper behavior, manners and social etiquette
- Identify and distinguish the proper way to answer and use the telephone
Independent Living
- Count money and make correct change
- Use technology
- Perform or arrange for home maintenance
- Financial skills
- Manage a savings and checking account
- Maintain a personal budget and keep records
- Demonstrate personal finance decision-making skills
- Make responsible expenditures
- Calculate and pay taxes
- Use credit responsibly
- Pay bills on time
- Deal with renting or leasing
- Demonstrate knowledge of civil rights and responsibilities
- Get legal aid
- Report a crime
- Register with Selective Service at age 18
- Demonstrate knowledge of local, state, and federal governments
- Demonstrate knowledge of the law and ability to follow the law
- Demonstrate knowledge of citizen rights and responsibilities
- Vote
- Demonstrate knowledge of available community resources
- Choose and plan activities
- Demonstrate knowledge of the value of recreation
- Engage in group and individual activities
- Plan vacation time
- Plan a social event
- Engage in hobbies, sports, music, arts and crafts
- Travel and transportation
- Differentiate between right side and left side, front and back, to demonstrate location.
- Demonstrate knowledge of traffic rules and safety
- Demonstrate knowledge and use of many means of transportation including carpools
- Understand and use a map, GPS
- Drive a car; obtain a learner’s permit, then a driver’s license
- Obtain car insurance
- Use the bus system
- Use ride share like Uber
- Get around the community and be able to travel.
- Cope with changes in travel schedule
- Cope with being lost
- Follow travel safety procedures
- Take responsibility
- Do things without help
- Accept responsibility for actions
- Cope with changes
- Seek assistance when needed
- Recognize problems
- Anticipate consequences
- Develop and evaluate alternatives
- Develop goals, solutions, and plans
- Recognize and respond to emergency situations
Job Skills
- Preparing for the Work Force
- Maintain post school occupational adjustment
- Attend prevocational learning stations or centers
- Take advantage of in-school work experiences
- Take advantage of volunteer experiences
- Serve in community rotations
- Take advantage of work/study services
- Take advantage of the Job Training Partnership Act (JTPA)
- Attend vocational classrooms
- Obtain special vocational education
- Obtain on-the-job training
- Explore occupational possibilities
- Locate sources of occupational and instructional information
- Investigate local occupational and instructional opportunities in the community; make site visitations
- Choosing a job or career path
- Classify jobs into categories
- Make realistic occupational choices
- Identify requirements of appropriate and available jobs
- Identify occupational aptitudes
- Identify main occupational interests
- Identify major occupational needs
- Getting a job
- Search for a job
- Apply for a job
- Interview for a job
- Identify personal values met through work
- Identify societal values met through work
- Identify the rewards of work
- Skills for a good work ethic
- Follow directions and observe regulations
- Recognize the importance of attendance and punctuality
- Recognize the importance of supervision
- Demonstrate knowledge of safety
- Demonstrate knowledge of competitive standards
- Know how to adjust to changes in employment
- Demonstrate stamina and endurance
- Demonstrate satisfactory balance and coordination
- Demonstrate manual dexterity
- Demonstrate sensory discrimination
- Meet demands for high-quality work
- Work at a satisfactory rate
- Being a good coworker
- Work well with others
- Do things without help
- Accept responsibility for actions
- Cope with changes
- Seek assistance when needed
- Work through problems
- Use appropriate channels for grievances
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