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6 Life Skills To Teach Students While Grocery Shopping

child pushing cart through grocery store aisle with text 6 life skills to teach students while grocery shopping

Did you know that when you go to the grocery store you are actually working on tons of amazing life skills? I loved taking my students on community-based instruction (or CBI) trips to work on essential life skills. Did you

Carrie October 18, 2022October 18, 2022 Community Trips, Life Skills Read more

Grocery Shopping for Community Based Instruction

Tips for community based instruction - grocery shopping. Photo: hands pushing shopping cart

Shopping at the grocery store is one of the most functional community trips we can take with our students. Despite the proliferation of grocery delivery and meal prep services, pretty much everyone goes grocery shopping regularly. I took my students

Carrie November 10, 2019April 22, 2021 Community Trips Read more

Community Based Instruction – My Biggest Fast Food Failure

Community Based Instruction for students with autism

Community based instruction is so important for special education students, but these trips can put fear into the heart of the best life skills teacher. Some of my most successful community trips were to fast food restaurants.  When new students

Carrie August 15, 2017January 2, 2023 Community Trips Read more

Community trips to the playground and why it’s ok

autism community trip playground

Part of my job is to take each of my four special education classes into the community each week.  That’s over 1000 trips over these last 5 years.  This year, I had someone criticize the fact that we go to

Carrie August 29, 2016March 18, 2017 Community Trips Read more

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