Today, I’m shifting from morning meeting to life skills in the special education classroom. Even if you think you know what the term “life skills” means, it doesn’t mean the same thing for everyone, including every parent and school system. Making that assumption can sometimes get you in trouble.

But there are also some myths about life skills that need eliminating. So in this episode, I kick off a new series about teaching functional life skills and bust some of the myths that people have about them.

3:01​ - Defining what functional means to me and what life skills are

5:02 - Tackling the first myth about life skills for autism that has developed over the years

6:52 - Another misconception that stems from the idea that programs must be “all or none”

9:01 - Busting the life skill myth I hear most often, especially in the autism community

10:48 - Why you shouldn’t wait until you notice a problem before you start teaching functional skills

12:01 - The biggest functional life skills myth of all and how my family plays into my perspective on it

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