Retail Ready

A comprehensive lesson for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) designed to navigate the dual pathways of AAC funding. This lesson equips SLPs with the procedural knowledge, advocacy scripts, template documentation, and data sheets required to secure communication devices for students via school-funded and medically-funded pathways.

Focuses on grocery shopping, making a grocery list, identifying food groups, and understanding store sections to locate items independently.

Teaches safety signs, navigation, and community navigation skills. Students learn to read pedestrian signs, crosswalk signals, and locate help in public spaces.

Teaches critical safety skills for the home environment, including dealing with emergencies, basic first aid, and managing visitors safely.

Focuses on household cleaning tasks, organizing chores, and maintaining a clean living space. Students practice sorting chores by frequency and completing a chore checklist.

Covers essential kitchen safety rules, using simple kitchen tools, and selecting healthy food. Students practice identifying safe and unsafe kitchen scenarios.

Teaches students to check the weather and choose appropriate clothing and accessories. Focuses on seasonal dressing and selecting clothing for safety and comfort.

Focuses on morning routines and personal hygiene. Students learn to use visual checklists for brushing teeth, washing up, and self-care.

Students practice making independent choices, expressing preferences, and setting boundaries (saying "yes" or "no") using structured choice boards, tactile sorting mats, and interactive role-play.

Students practice identifying when they need help, who to ask (teachers, peers, or helpers), and how to communicate that need using visual phrase cards and guided collaborative practice.

Students learn to recognize and communicate physical and emotional states (like tired, hungry, overwhelmed, or ready to learn) using simple gestures, vocalizations, or visual symbol cards.

Days 11 to 15 focus on reading simple job postings, filling out functional job applications, understanding work sequencing, and determining theme/purpose.

Days 6 to 10 focus on reading menus, highlighting key details, and making inferences about restaurant and everyday scenarios using functional text.

Days 1 to 5 focus on identifying crucial safety signs, understanding school and transit schedules, and answering WH questions about community and adapted literary texts.

Week 3 of the Kitchen Math Masters unit. Focuses on kitchen timers, elapsed time, adjusting cook times, understanding food label servings, and conducting a mock cafe simulation.

Week 2 of the Kitchen Math Masters unit. Focuses on money identification, estimation via the Dollar Up method, ingredient budgeting, and simple subtraction for calculating change.

Week 1 of the Kitchen Math Masters unit. Focuses on physical measurement tools, identifying whole and fractional volumes, and simple doubling/halving using visual cooking supports.

Students explore the critical role of time management in the workplace, learn how to estimate task durations, examine real-world punctuality consequences, and build essential skills for professional success.

A set of parent-friendly guides translating psychoeducational test scores into positive, actionable home support roadmaps.