• Explicitly teach grooming and dressing skills as needed.
• Break down / task-analyze skills into steps.
• Model targeted skills, then provide practice opportunities.
• Systematically fade prompts to promote independence.
• Teach occupational awareness and exploration, as appropriate.
• Explain rationale behind essential grooming and self-care skills.
• Teach material in relevant contexts.
• Program for generalization of targeted skills.
• Reinforce students for generalizing information across material or settings.
• Use visual schedules and reminders to teach daily living skills.
• Explicitly teach safety and community awareness skills as needed.
• Teach students to provide personal identification information when asked.
• Target functional academics that will best prepare student for independent living and vocational contexts.
