Life Skills and Safety

JJ's home 57 degrees bar her that's cold, buddy. Let's go in my hand some bubs Always get stuck doesn't it? There we go. Open it up for me. See we got Wow, he's gonna read it. You're gonna read it to me. See what is today and Eight we think You think how do you think your day was today? Good or great? Which one Great day today helped package today Package, huh? You did packaging Fantastic. You're a good boy. We're gonna take this thing off. Hey, what do you want to do? You want to make yourself something what you want? Make yourself something and we'll go out for a treat. How about that like that idea? We'll do that. All right, JJ. Go ahead and get that. He wants that go ahead and get it Do you want to get it? You want me to get it? All right All right, JJ is wanting this Big old bub here take it Okay, I'm putting it right here for right now dough Close the dough yo All right. Okay. What are you gonna want? What do you want chicken nuggets? What do you want to make chicken nuggets or bean burrow? Look here chicken nuggets or bean burrows chicken nuggets. You got it Then we're gonna go to a store and I'll get you a treat I've been teaching life skills and safety to our 18 year old son with level 3 nonverbal autism Here JJ is making himself chicken nuggets and fries with minimum verbal prompts He requires substantial support and the goal isn't always total independence But rather maximum participation which will eventually lead to independence There you go. Perfect. He's progressing very well, but it'll take some time before he can do this completely on his own Patience is the key and he will get there when he's ready To ready him for independence. He always cleans his area. He throws away his trash and washes his hands when he's done Here I'm talking to JJ about street safety Which includes watching a video and the importance of looking both ways before crossing a street And finally, I work with JJ to help him find ways to self calm when he feels anxiety