Category: Daily Living Skills Assessment

Important context: While age-based milestones are helpful guides, they’re not rigid rules. Daily living skills develop at different rates, often unevenly or asynchronously, especially for neurodivergent learners. Use these milestones as a flexible reference, always considering each individual’s unique profile. We’re continuing to roll along on our series about Daily Living Skills. After posting our … read more

Do you know how to evaluate your child or student’s daily living skills? How do you determine if your teen is on track? Are they meeting their full potential? Could you be helping them achieve more independence and more of their personal goals? If these are questions you are consistently asking about your teen’s essential … read more

What happens when we’re trying to create goals around executive functioning or daily living skills that don’t align with our learner’s values? What happens as teachers if we assign goals that don’t align with a parent or caregiver’s values? Values-driven decision making and person-centered values planning have become buzz words when working with diverse learners. … read more

It’s far too familiar that clients come to us telling the same story about standardized daily living skills assessments and their experience with building independence in diverse learners. “They’ve done x, y and z assessments with my child. All the results show their adaptive and daily living skills are well behind same-aged peers. But no … read more