GROW UP!

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GROW UP!

• SO YOU THINK YOURE AN ADULT?

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GROOMING AND HYGIENE

• THESE ARE DEAL BREAKERS
• Poor dental hygiene
• Body Odor
• Dirty clothing
• Stains
• Clothes that dont fit
• Wrinkled clothes

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BEHAVIOR

• PROMOTE
• Quiet voices
• Following policies/norms of the environment
• Time management
• Professional behavior
• Behavior in public places
• Behavior in your own home as an adult
• Appropriate contact with others

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COMMUNITY

• Mobility takes tons of time and practice
• Community Safety ARC Personal Safety Class
• Street Safety
• Small group activities
• Public Transportation
• Google Maps

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COMMUNITY cont.

• Sidewalks/hallways
• Doors opening/closing/walking through
• Elevators/Escalators
• Grid system
• Scavenger hunts
• buildings/community

You will be surprised in so many ways!!!
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EMPLOYMENT

• Willingness to participate
• Personal Bio
• Resumes
• Portfolios
• Interview skills
• Preparedness
• Willingness to write
• Letter writing

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WORKPLACE ETIQUETTE

• Social Awareness
• Message taking/leaving messages
• Phone etiquette
• Reporting absences
• Time off requests
• Communication peers, supervisors, customers
• Conversations
• Interrupting

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WORK EXPECTATIONS

• Soft skills/work skills
• Stay focused
• Follow directions check for understanding
• Expect to find a job difficult, busy, boring,
  too easy, have down time
• Abide by program policies
• Attendance/Honesty/Being on Time
• Etc, etc, etc.

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INDEPENDENT LIVING - MEALS

• Make a sandwich Most important skill
• Make a salad
• Healthy lunches
• Menu planning/keep it simple
• Shopping skills
• Food staples

What do you need so you will never go hungry
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INDEPENDENT LIVING - MONEY

• Budgeting
• Tracking expenses banking sheet
• Fixed expenses Choices
• Lunch/coffee/soda/energy drinks/chips
• Banking terms debit cards etc
• Saving

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ALTA REGIONAL

• Everyone needs these services make sure they
  are in place!!!

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EXTRA SUGGESTIONS

• Introduce your eligible students to CHOICES
• Visit Adult Programs with and without students
• Advertise community programs such as TRS, Special
  Olympics, Guys N Dolls and Special Softball
• Get disabled bus ID and California ID for your
  students
• Learn about eligible services Alta etc

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Transition Guidelines

• Dare To Dream
• James Stansfield Videos
• Look up Marc Gold Try another way

STRUGGLE IS IMPORTANT!
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• HAVE FUN!!

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STUDENT BRAINSTORM

• Household Skills
• Vacuum
• Dusting
• Sweeping/mopping
• Organizing
• Washing dishes
• Taking out trash
• Pick up stuff/put away clothing, dishes, food etc
• Laundry/folding clothes
• Making a bed
• Gardening
• Paying bills
• Grocery shopping
• Cooking
• Pest control
• Home safety

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STUDENT BRAINSTORM CONT.

• Work Skills
• Be on time
• Honest
• Positive attitude
• Computer use
• Filing
• Alphabetizing
• Looking Professional
• Acting Professional
• Resumes
• Accept feedback
• Good work ethic
• Grooming and Hygiene

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CONT.

• BUDGETING
• Transportation
• How to take a bus
• Behavior in public places acting your age
• Appropriate conversations
• Be aware of your surroundings
• Have emergency information, cell phone, personal
  information and ID card with you.

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CONT

• How to be more successful
• Allow us to make and learn from our mistakes
• Allow us to rescue ourselves
• Let us live and learn the hard way
• How to make small talk
• When to interrupt
• Door etiquette
• Be aware of others