Classroom Life Skills
When I am working with my kids I am always trying to ensure that their needs are put first. The skills and learning my students need are very different to the other students in my class but also different from the general population. So even if I am teaching a lesson on hygiene for a Job Interview, I am teaching a separate lesson to each student because they are all at different levels. This past week we've been working with hygiene skills. Now if you ever spend any time around children and teenagers you will know that hygiene skills are not second nature, in fact for some they plain just don't know about them. I've worked with students who wouldn't know what deodorant was if it came up and bit them, I've also worked with students who think Axe spray will mask all bad smells. These are two sides of the same coin, they are terribly assaulting to anyone around them. And this has happened in every school, in every grade and every program I have worked in. If...