Daily Living Skills Are Communication Opportunities

Every ADL routine—from getting dressed to cooking a snack—is a chance to practice functional communication.

• Asking for help when tying shoes
• Commenting on food while following a recipe
• Describing steps while brushing teeth
• Making clothing choices using core words on an AAC device
• Requesting a preferred hygiene product or rejecting one that causes discomfort

To support this, our ADL lessons embed communication supports into every step of instruction. Resources include:

• Visual schedules and task analysis charts
• Core and fringe vocabulary communication boards
• Interactive books that model descriptive and action words
• AAC partner strategies like aided language input

These tools ensure students are learning how to do the task and how to talk about it.

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