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Tools and Strategies for Adult Education Cristina DiBiase-Ugalde, Ed.S Robin Matusow Transition Specialist Division of Exceptional Student Education and
Tools and Strategies for Adult Education Cristina
DiBiase-Ugalde, Ed.S Robin Matusow Transition Specialist Division
of Exceptional Student Education and Student Services
Take responsibility for your own learning Participate by
sharing your own views Respect the views of others Cell Phones on
Vibrate/Silent Please Keep Texting and web browsing to a minimum
Ground Rules
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Motivate students Increase teachers bag of tricks Increase
student engagement Have Fun! Outcomes
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Activity Introductions (name, agency, your role) What is your
favorite TV show and why? If you are at a friend or relatives house
for dinner and you find a hair in your salad, what would you do?
Name one of your greatest flaws and strengths. Getting to know your
peers
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What we know about individuals, no matter how rich the details,
will never give us the ability to predict how they will behave as a
system. Once individuals link together they become something
differentRelationships change us, reveal us, evoke more from us.
Only when we join with others do our gifts become visible, even to
ourselves. ---Unknown
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Adult Individualized Education Plan (AIEP)
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Using technology to facilitate lesson planning. Collaborating
with community partners to create an effective and fun learning
environment. Having interactive lesson plans. Lesson Plan
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Grocery Store Flyer Walk
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FLYER WALK Explore EACH page Identify store Store locations
Variety of products Grouping of products Compare flyers of
different stores Sale dates
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Prerequisite Activities Discussion: Different types of stores:
grocery stores, pharmacies, department stores, electronic stores
Stores in students communities Larger stores VS smaller stores
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Learning Goal I: Students will know and understand the basic
food groups.
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Prior Learning/Expectations Define the main food groups (e.g.:
fruits & vegetables, meats, dairy, grains: bread, rice).
Discuss foods found in each group. Discuss the recommended number
of servings per day from each food group. Explain the nutritional
benefit of the food group.
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ACTIVITY I Group I. Identify the food groups for food items
Group II. Identify healthy and unhealthy choices Group III.
Identify foods commonly eaten: breakfast, lunch, and dinner. Group
IV. Identify snacks, condiments, and beverages Group V. Create 3
meals and 2 snacks of your choice Group VI.Create a list of food
and non-food items.
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Learning Goal II: Students will know and understand ways to
shop economically.
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Prior Learning/Expectations Explain the value of a shopping
list. Explain the benefits of using coupons and buying store
brands. Explain unit price information for two grocery items.
Describe the advantages and disadvantages of buying in bulk.
Explain when and where to shop for bargains (e.g., sales, specials,
and discounts).
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ACTIVITY II Group I. Create meals for a day with a budget of
$20 Group II. Scavenger Hunt: with pictures or a list, hunt for
items beginning with letters: A L. Group III. Hunt for items
beginning with letters: M - Z Group IV. Shop for personal care
items: (provide pictures or list) locate items and the cost. Group
V.Create a list of items that cost less than $10 Group VI. Create a
list of items that cost less than $20 Extended Activities: What is
item used for? Who is more likely to use item? When is item
used?
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REMINDERS Modify activities based on NEEDS of students Prompt
levels reflect student needs Use pictures with words written out as
much as possible Allow students to complete activities with ONLY
the supports needed. Infused self-determination/self-advocacy
skills in the curriculum DAILY
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Managing Finances Managing Medical Needs Giving To Your
Community
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Managing Your Expenses In order for adults with disabilities to
manage their money in a smart way, they need to follow some simple
steps. Keeping a budget really helps them manage money. Have each
adult do a budget for each section. Your Income Your Expenses Your
Money Please see sample worksheets at
www.fldoe.org/ese/daretodream.adults
www.fldoe.org/ese/daretodream.adults
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Your Income Worksheet Pay from Job $ Supplemental Security
Income $ Food Stamps $ Financial Support from family $ Financial
Support from other agency $ Other Income $ Total:$
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Your Expenses Worksheet House rent $ Food$ Electric$ Telephone$
Gas / Car $ TV Cable $ Medical Expenses $ Clothing$ Fun /
Activities / Clubs $ Total:$
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Your Money Worksheet Your Income $ Your Expenses (subtract this
number from the top) $ Money left $
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Managing Medical Needs It is important that adults with
disabilities have a Medical Contact List. The list needs to consist
of: names, addresses and phone numbers of their doctors and other
medical professionals. It is also important that they know what
health insurance they have (Medicaid, Medicare, Private
Insurance).
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Medical Contact List Primary Care Doctor / Family Doctor
Name:Address: Phone Number: Notes to Remember: Specialized Doctor:
Name:Address: Phone Number: Notes to Remember:
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Continue Managing Medical Needs Managing Medicines is also an
important part of Managing Medical Needs. It is important that the
adults with disabilities have the following information about their
medicines. what they take how often they take it any allergies
where they can refill their medication
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Medication Log Worksheet Name of Medicine When I take this
medication Information I need to know about this medication
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Giving to Your Community It is important that adults with
disabilities are able to identify their skills, talents and
qualities that they can share with the community. For example: Cook
Play sports Good listener
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Community Involvement Skills I have: Places to share them in my
community: Talents I have: Places to share them in my community:
Qualities I have: Places to share them in my community:
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Community Involvement By identifying skills, talents and
qualities, adults with disabilities could have a range of places
where they can volunteer. For example: Nursing Homes Special
Olympics Phone Hotline Animal Shelters
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Facilitate learning to become more productive and efficient.
Using Technology
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Livebinders provides the opportunity for educators to create an
electronic binder that is free and can be updated with a click of a
button. Livebinders allows for tabs to be color coated and sub-tabs
to be created for your basic needs. No more needing USB drives or
big binders in a rolling cart. Why livebinders?
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How do I create an account? 1) Go to: www.livebinders.com
2)Click on Sign up tab
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Creating an account Keep it simple
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Personalizing your binder
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1) Place mouse over binder 2) Click on Edit
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Personalizing your binder
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1) Upper left corner is your menu to add, move, delete tabs. 2)
Click on Add if you wish to create a tab.
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Personalizing your binder The new tab appears and you can
rename it.
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Personalizing your binder A variety of options to upload
files.
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Personalizing your binder
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1)Click on text to change title 2)Click down arrow for
options
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Personalizing your binder
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Sharing your Binder Sharing your binder can be also in a
variety of ways.
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Wikispaces
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Wikispaces Registration Simple Work email
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Wikispaces Click Name Link to begin
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Homescreen Creating Projects Pages and File updates
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Creating Wikispaces Page
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Wikispace Home
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Searching for Members Search for colleague or other
members.
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Educational Websites http://www.funbrain.com/
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Educational Websites http://kids.discovery.com/
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Ive learned that people will forget what you said, people will
forget what you did, but people will never forget how you made them
feel. Maya Angelou FAQs
