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Cap4Kids.org.
Retrieved from
http://cap4kids.org/columbus/employment-job-training/
Cap4Kids.org is a great site that offers a variety of resources for teens and
young adults. Under the employment and job training tab is a list of
resources and contact information for organizations that are currently
offering assistance to those wishing to gain employment. Cap4kids.org is a
national site, but has a tab to click on for resources specific to the Columbus,
Ohio area.
Chalsty, J. (2014). Teach Life Skills and Change Our World: Jill Siegal
Chalsty at TedxCharleston. Retrieved from
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Azy6DD2bDHg
This is a great clip on Youtube that discusses the importance of teaching life
skills in the classroom. The clip portrays a powerful message to the audience
in that paints a picture of how life skills can help to determine which path in
life a student decides to travel.
Cote, D., Pierce, T., Higgins, K., Miller, S., Tandy, R., and Sparks, S.,
(2010). Increasing Skill performances of problem solving in Students
with Intellectual Disabilities. Education and Training in Autism and
Developmental Disabilities, 45(4), 512-524. Retrieved from
http://proxy.ashland.edu:2048/login?
url=http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?
direct=true&db=ehh&AN=55732496&site=ehost-live
This article discusses a specific problem solving strategy that was trialed
with participants and proved to work. It discusses how to use the strategy
effectively and why the strategy has proven to be effective. The article is a
bit lengthy, but worth the time for someone wanting to learn more about
problem solving strategies.
Council for Exceptional Children. Retrieved from
https://www.cec.sped.org/Publications/LCE-TransitionCurriculum/Life-Skills-and-Transition
The Council for Exceptional Children website is an awesome resource for
anyone looking for more information about Special Education. The website
focuses on the legal aspect of Special Education and advocating for their
rights, but also includes a lot of other great information on topics such as Life
Skills and Life Centered Education.
Darrow, A., (2014). Promoting Social and Emotional Growth of

Students with Disabilities. General Music Today, 28(1), 29-32.
Retrieved from http://proxy.ashland.edu:2048/login?
This is an interesting resource that discusses the use of music to develop
social skills amongst students. It discusses how students can use lyrics to
express their emotions and assert their preference for one song over another
as a means of improving social skills with their peers.
Doody, K., (2015). Grappling with how to Teach Social Skills? Try
Tapping into Digital Technology. Journal of Special Education
Technology, 30(2), 122-127. Retrieved from
This resource talk about what technology is currently available to help
support the development of social skills in the classroom. It lists a decent
amount of Apps that can be purchased for download and discusses the
effectiveness of social stories as a tool for teaching social skills.
Education Corner. Effective Memory Strategies for Special Needs
Children. Retrieved from http://www.educationcorner.com/specialneeds-memory-strategies.html
This resource offers a brief list of suggestions to help students remember
important information. The strategies lack evidence of their effectiveness,
but might be worth a try for helping students to remember simple facts.
Franklin County Board of Developmental Disabilities. Retrieved from
http://fcbdd.org/
This resource is a wealth of information that could quite literally take days
to read through. It is a great resource for family members, teachers, and
anyone that has or works with someone that has Special needs. It discusses
needs from birth to adulthood and provides information on how to go about
supporting those needs during each stage of their life.
Ganz, J., Cook, K., Earles-Vollrath, T., (2007). A Grab Bag of
Strategies for Children with Mild Communication Deficits.
Intervention in School and Clinic, 42(3), 179-187. Retrieved from
This resource lists and describes a number of strategies that can be used in
the classroom setting to help foster growth in students with social skill
deficits. All the strategies are easy to comprehend and should be equally as
easy to implement with students. The effectiveness of each strategy of
course depends on how its introduced to the students and used by the
instructor to supplement the lesson.
Hartman, M., (2009). Step by Step; Creating a Community-Based
Transition Program for Students with Intellectual Disabilities.
Teaching Exceptional Children, 41(6), 6-11. Retrieved from
This resource discusses the importance of community-based instruction and
how on the job training is the best way for students with special needs to
learn life skills. It discusses the specific skills employers are looking for in
potential employees and how the future is often bleak after graduation
because a lot of students with special needs never acquired the necessary
life skills to succeed while in school.
Hutchinson, N., Freeman, J., Valerie, E., (1996). Group Couseling
Intervention for Solving Problems on the Job. Journal of Employment
Counseling, 33, 2-19. Retrieved from
This resource talks about the study of the effectiveness of a specific
problem solving strategy that can be used by employees with special needs
while on the job. The participants of the study respond favorably to the study
and feel the strategy can be used for everyday problem solving situations.
Lawson, C., (2003). Social Skills and School. Retrieved from
http://www.cdl.org/articles/social-skills-and-school/
This resource discusses how students with language disabilities are at a
disadvantage in social situations. It lists a number of key social skills that
students need to effectively participate in conversations with peers and how

adults can help them develop the skills.
MacMillan English. Why are life skills important? Retrieved from
http://www.macmillanenglish.com/life-skills/why-are-life-skillsimportant/
This resource is brief and provides a basic overview about the importance
of life skills.
Meyer, L., (2016). 5 Ways Teachers Are Opening Up the World to
Special Education Through Technology. THE Journal, 6-8. Retrieved
from http://proxy.ashland.edu:2048/login?
This resource discusses potential opportunities for technology to help
student with special needs to become more social with peers. It discusses
how nonverbal students can use tools such as Skype and Twitter to
communicate with peers and how some online educational projects offer free
tools to classrooms as well as opportunities to communicate with special
needs peers around the world.
Meyers, S., (2011). Life Skills Training Through Situated Learning
Experiences: An Alternative Instructional Model. International
Journal of Special Education, 26(3), 142-149. Retrieved from
This resource discusses how most new teachers and some older teachers
are unprepared to teach life skills in the classroom setting. It also discusses
the Life Skills Training Initiative and its goal of training all teachers to
effectively teach life skills to students. It discusses the training process as
well as the positive results reported by new teachers participating in the
training.
Ohio Department of Developmental Disabilities. Retrieved from
http://dodd.ohio.gov/IndividualFamilies/MyDODD/Pages/default.aspx
This resource is very similar to Franklin County Board of Developmental
Disabilities with the main difference being the resources listed on the site are
offered (discussed) at the state level versus just the county level. Again this
site is a great resource and offers a lot of great information to parents,

teachers, and individuals with special needs.
OReilly, M., Lancioni, G., Sigafoos, J., ODonoghue, D., Lacey, C.,
Edrisinha, C., (2004). Teaching social skills to adults with intellectual
disabilities: a comparison of external control and problem-solving
intervention. Research in Developmental Disabilities, 25, 399-412.
Retrieved from http://proxy.ashland.edu:2048/login?
This resource is study of two different types of social skills learning
strategies. The study examines the effectiveness of both learning strategies
and eventually concludes each strategy is equally effective and even suggest
using a combination of the two strategies to achieve the best results.
Spohn, B., Egeler, A., (2014). Effects of a Simple Relaxation
Technique on the Well-Being, the Learning Behavior and the Social
Skills of Students with Learning Disabilities. Insights on Learning
Disabilities, 11(2), 183-189. Retrieved from
This resource examines a specific relaxation technique to see if evidence
supports its effectiveness as strategy to improve social skills. The study
explains the techniques and then examines the participants results only to
conclude the relation technique has a placebo effect on its users.
Steere, D., DiPipi-Hoy, C., (2012). When You Cant Get Out;
Strategies for Spporting Community-Based Instruction. Teaching
Exceptional Children, 45(2), 60-67. Retrieved from
This resource also discusses the importance of community-based
instruction. In addition to the importance of CBI, it also discusses other
strategies such as technology and classroom instruction strategies to
supplement the curriculum with Life Skills learning opportunities.
Thorne, G., (2006). 10 Strategies to Enhance Students Memory.

Reading Rockets. Retrieved from
http://www.readingrockets.org/article/10-strategies-enhancestudents-memory
This is another resource that discusses strategies to help students retain
information and skills learned in the classroom setting. The skills are reading
in nature, but could be applied to remembering important skills in other core
areas. The best methods to help students retain important skills is repetition
and practice of course, but the skills in this resource can provide further
opportunities to help students retain new information.

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Cap4Kids.org.

Darrow, A., (2014). Promoting Social and Emotional Growth of

students need to effectively participate in conversations with peers and how

site is a great resource and offers a lot of great information to parents,

Thorne, G., (2006). 10 Strategies to Enhance Students Memory.

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