Hey You! Wondering whether you have to work on being liked or respected in the workplace? Have your parents instilled in you the following proverb: treat people like you want to be treated? At the beginning of my career, I believed that to get promoted or to get the job done, one had to be […]
Hey You! Wondering whether you have to work on being liked or respected in the workplace? Have your parents instilled in you the following proverb: treat people like you want to be treated? At the beginning of my career, I believed that to get promoted or to get the job done, one had to be […]
Washing Dishes is from Susan Traugh’s Daily Living Skills series offering transitional skills for mild-to-moderately affected special needs students and general education students alike. It is a stand-alone unit providing students with skills to understand the reason for and steps necessary for washing the dishes. This workbook serves as both a traditional print version and an interactive version using Adobe Acrobat Reader. You must have Adobe Acrobat Reader 10 or higher installed in order to take advantage of all the interactive features of this workbook. This is a free program that can be downloaded from: https://get.adobe.com/reader/. Like the other books in this series, it contains airy pages and bullet-point information for easy independent study, yet, these books, nevertheless, respect teens’ maturity and humor while presenting federally mandated transition goals and Indicator 13 skills needed for adult independence. Written on a 3rd/4th-grade level, workbooks are meant to be self-paced and adaptable with student interests and goals driving most units. Each lesson is taught in a short one-to-four page format with follow-up worksheets/activities to check comprehension. Real-world activities are provided whenever possible. Lessons in Daily Living Skills Washing Dishes include: Why we wash dishes How components of dishwashing work Know your tools Methods of washing dishes (hand-washing vs. dishwasher) Preparing the workspace Steps to washing Cleaning the sink Sanitizing the sponge Dealing with knives Pots and pans Pros and cons dishwasher vs. hand-washing Loading a dishwasher Understanding dishwashing soap Choosing a cycle Finishing the job Unloading the dishwasher Additionally, this book provides a student grading sheet, answer key, and a Parent Letter suggesting at-home activities for families in accordance with federal mandates. A preview of this book is provided here, or sample the series with our free book, Doing Laundry. Titles in the Daily Living Skills transition series include: Becoming Likeable, Becoming Self-Aware, Building Character, Building Self-Esteem, Celebrating Holidays, Cleaning House, Decision Making, Doing Laundry, Dress for Success, Everyday Manners, Fair Fighting, Getting a Paycheck, Grocery Shopping, Hygiene for Girls, Hygiene for Guys, Interviewing Skills, Kitchen Basics, Making Conversation, Making Meals, Managing Stress, Nutrition, Overcoming Failure, Paying Bills, Picking Produce-Fruits, Picking Produce-Veggies, Practicing Patience, Practicing Self-Advocacy, Safe Dating, Seeking Employment, Staying Healthy, Time Management, Transportation, Voting, Who Am I? College and Career, Work Games A Power Point Presentation introducing the program to students, parents, and staff is available free of charge on this site. A Teacher’s Manual providing tips on implementation, ideas for organization, federal standards codes and definitions met with each book, and written ITP goals for most of the workbooks is also available for purchase on this site. Earn points for purchase by rating this product. If you find it deficient, please give me a detailed explanation so that I might improve the product. Follow me here and on Facebook at Transition 2 Life.
