Darlene Mannix 
Life Skills Activities for Special Children 

The best-selling book for teaching basic life skills, fully
revised and updated

This book offers teachers and parents a unique collection of 190
ready-to-use activities complete with student worksheets,
discussion questions, and evaluation suggestions to help
exceptional students acquire the basic skills needed to achieve
independence and success in everyday life. Each of the book’s
activities focuses on specific skills within the context of
real-life situations and includes complete teacher instructions for
effective use, from objective and introduction through optional
extension activities and methods to assess student learning. The
book includes numerous reproducible parent letters which can be
sent home to help parents reinforce these lessons while children
are away from school.

* A revised and updated edition of the classic book for teaching
basic life skills

* Includes 190 complete activities with reproducible worksheets,
discussion questions, and evaluation suggestions for developing
independence

* Offers ideas for developing practical skills to deal with
identity theft, cell phone manners, budgeting, eating healthy
meals, using credit cards, time management, and much more

* Mannix is the best-selling author of Social Skills
Activities for Special Children, Writing Skills Activities for
Special Children, and Character Building Activities for
Kids

Despre autor

The Author

DARLENE MANNIX, M.A., has 26 years of experience as a classroom teacher and has taught both general education and special education. She is the best-selling author of numerous books for special educators including Social Skills Activities for Special Children, Life Skills Activities for Secondary Students with Special Needs, and Writing Skills Activities for Special Children.