Suggested Transition Activities for
"Acquisition of Daily Living Skills"
- Visit community agencies that provide
daily living skills training to adults
- Develop a contact list of agencies
that provide residential supports in this county
- Meet with and interview adults with
disabilities and their families who are receiving
residential supports
- Register with the Department of
Human Services
- Contact a DHS case manager to be
placed on the residential service waiting list
- Visit/tour a variety of adult housing
options with supports
- Develop a network of informal supports
(friends, neighbors, etc.)
- Explore possible technology and
adaptive assistance
- Develop emergency procedures for
use at home
- Take courses in foods, family life,
child development, and life management
- Understand directions for taking
medications
- Select a primary care physician
and dentist
- Schedule and keep medical appointments
- File taxes
- Take childcare classes
- Take a cooking class
- Knows where and how to find post
school housing
- Sign up for utilities (gas, water,
electric, telephone, cable, etc.)
- Learn to operate a washer and dryer
- Visit a local car dealer to determine
whether to buy or lease a car
- Prepare an initial housing budget
(down payment, furniture, bath towels, cleansers,
utilities, etc.)
- Cost compare for household items (appliances, linens, etc.)
- Meet with a doctor to discuss birth
control/family planning options
- Manage daily time schedule
- Open a checking/savings account
- Manage money and pay bills
- Meet with a family financial planner
- Listen to the weather forecast
to plan daily/weekly outings
- Develop a personal fitness routine
- Obtain a bank ATM card
- Visit a bank to discuss a car or
school loan
- Meet with a potential landlord
- Investigate local insurance companies
for automobile and rental or homeowner’s insurance
- Maintain a home or residence interior
and exterior
- Purchase food
- Prepare meals
- Purchase clothing and learn how
to care for clothes
- Learn about the physical and personal
care of children
- Learn and practice decision making
skills
- Time management skills
- Consumer skills
- Cares for personal toileting needs
- Dresses and undresses self
- Able to communicate personal information (i.e. name, address, gender,
telephone number)
- Prepares and serves foods which
require little or no cooking
- Demonstrates acceptable eating
behaviors (i.e. uses utensils appropriately, chews
with mouth shut, takes appropriate sized bites, uses
napkin, practices good manners)
- Makes local calls and responds
appropriately to incoming calls
- Dresses appropriately for specific
situations (i.e. weather, special events, casual,
seasonal)
- Able to maintain a comfortable
room temperature in the home (i.e. open and close
windows, adjust thermostat, open and close doors)
- Chooses and wears clothing appropriate
in size, color, pattern, and style
- Demonstrates safety precautions
in the home (i.e. use of locks, proper use of appliances)
- Recognizes when clothing repair
is necessary and can either mend the item or arrange
for assistance
- Demonstrates an understanding of
words found in the home environment (i.e. on appliances,
on medicines, on recipes)
- Acts responsibly in caring for
own and others’ property
- Able to prepare and serve simple
foods which require cooking
- Maintains a neat appearance (i.e.
hair style, proper use of make-up, appropriate shaving,
clean clothing)
- Maintains a clean body (i.e. bathes,
uses deodorant, brushes teeth, cares for menstrual
needs, washes/dries hair)
- Recognizes when specific things
need cleaning (i.e. sinks, floors, clothing)
- Able to determine temperature by
reading a thermometer
- Prepares and serves at least 3
simple meals which require little or no cooking
- Demonstrates proper judgment in
food storage
- Knows how and when to seek medical
assistance
- Treats minor illnesses (i.e. headaches,
nausea, fever, body aches)
- Maintains own bedroom
- Performs light household maintenance
(i.e. simple repairs, change light bulbs, unclog
drain)
- Demonstrates qualities of a good
citizen (i.e. obeys rules and laws, shows consideration
for others, respects the environment)
- Develops a shopping list based
on recognized household and personal needs
- Has an acceptable understanding
of concepts related to sexual awareness
- Sorts, washes, dries, folds, and
puts away laundry
- Performs basic first aid skills
(i.e. treating cuts and burns, performing the Heimlich
maneuver)
- Understands measurement as it applies
to everyday living
- Demonstrates advanced telephone
skills (i.e. long distance, phone card, directory,
directory assistance, taking messages, call waiting/forwarding,
cell phone)
- Performs written correspondence
- Practices preventive health care
(i.e. manages body weight, gets sufficient sleep,
does not abuse alcohol/drugs, makes and keeps routine
medical/dental appointments)
- Knows how to respond to household
emergency situations (i.e. plumbing problems, heating
problems, fire, accidents, poisoning, weather emergencies)
