Functional Life Skills

For some, going on a shopping trip, using basic literacy skills, understanding what to do when seeing a warning sign or transitioning from school to work are very difficult tasks.  Functional Life Skills system provides easy-to-understand information that allows learners to become more capable of functioning independently in their homes, schools, communities and workplaces.   This system increases a learner's ability to make appropriate choices. Gaining functional literacy, social, life and work skills allows for freedom and independence. These programs are for anyone trying to become more functionally independent in our society.

 

Features of the Functional Life Skills System include:

 

• Multimedia software (live action video and human-quality audio) in adult format

• Corresponding print exercises to reinforce learning (approx. 100 hours of print, individual and group activities per program)

• Pre-Assessment in both print and software formats

• Post-Assessment

• Closed Captioning

• Options to adjust program to level of learner

• Two levels of audio: one very basic and one more advanced

• User results can be viewed and/or printed

 

Pre and Post Assessments are available for the following Function Life Skills:

LIFE SKILLS

Survival Signs and Words

Information Signs and Words

Safety Signs and Words

Community Signs and Words

Public Transportation Signs and Words

School Signs and Words

Shopping Signs and Words

Grocery Signs and Words

Restaurant Signs and Words

Emergency Signs and Words

Pharmacy Signs and Words

Words That Direct

Entertainment Inside the Home

Hygiene

Grooming

Dress

Money Words

Information Labels

Clothing Store Signs and Words

 

LITERACY SYSTEM

Nouns 1

Nouns 2

Nouns 3

Verbs 1

Verbs 2

Verbs 3

Describing Words

 

WORK SKILLS

Employment Information Signs and Words

Employment Safety Signs and Words

Tools At Work

 

SOCIAL SKILLS

Workplace Social Skills

Manners

Everyday Social Skills

Communication Skills