A skills-based curriculum for adolescents and adults to develop independent personal care routines by completing activities step-by-step

The print component features two gender-specific Survival Guide books with corresponding sets of Activity Cards. These student books are an encyclopedia of personal care activities with problem solving and comprehension quizzes. Activities are presented in a consistent sequence: photo preview, vocabulary, facts, step-by-step illustrations, helpful tips. Activity Cards help students create and follow personal routines.

The Teacher’s Manual includes lesson plans, activity performance checklists, sample Survival Guide pages, and quick reference codes linked to the personal care videos. The 19 video segments provided on DVD present the big ideas in the curriculum—like Taking Care of your Smile and Being Social and Safe.

Personal Success Software and Personal Success iPad App meld the Survival Guides with the videos into easy-to-navigate multimedia programs.

Introductory Kit Includes: 2 Survival Guides with Activity Cards, one for women, one for men; activity card holder; DVD; Teacher’s Manual with a PDF on disc and a Classroom License for printouts; Personal Success Software and App.

Classroom Kit Includes: 8 Survival Guides with Activity Cards, four for women, four for men; two activity card holders; and all other items in the Introductory Kit.

*Personal care software includes PDF versions of the student books both with and without symbol support.

By Don Bastian, Tom Kinney and Autumn Garza. Teacher's Manual, 250 pages. Men's Survival Guide, 285 pages. Women's Survival Guide, 324 pages. All books spiralbound, 2014.