Life Skills
This course covers a range of learning activities that will focus on assisting individuals with an intellectual disability via a range of practical and social skills. There will be an underlying theme of health and wellbeing, delivered via activities that focus on building literacy and numeracy skills in everyday life.
Topics include:
– Goal Setting, planning and time management
– Making decisions and choices in scheduling
– Teamwork
– Basic technology skills
– Keeping up to date with current issues and trends
– Money handling
– Exercise and nutrition
– Problem solving
– Job tasks
– Speaking up and building confidence
Literacy & Numeracy
The course focuses on building basic literacy and numeracy skills through activities contextualised to planning for travel and travelling on public transport.
Learners will be able to develop employability or life skills to improve their study or employment opportunities, participate in their community and become more independent.
Topics include:
Using internet to find travel information
Language of direction
Excursion to local library and cafe
Road Safety Awareness
Health/Exercise & Gardening
Pathway to Further Education & Employment
Employable Me helps learners to identify their strengths, interests, skills, life stage limitations and life stage opportunities. It assists them to explore possible pathways to employment or further study.
The sessions include: identifying personal strengths and transferrable skills and relating them to career pathways; an introduction to studying at TAFE; initial preparation for job interviews; understanding the benefits of volunteering in building networks; and developing a personal Action Plan.
In the course, learners develop a better understanding of themselves; what they have to offer as an employee; and the areas of employment in which they would like to work.
This course is designed to lead on to the pre-accredited Moving On course, but may lead directly into employment or further study as identified by the learners according to their interests