Module 2: Personal, Health, Social and Safety Skills

204 Pages·2010·1.5 MB·English

Gateway to the World: A Toolkit and Curriculum

Module 2:
PERSONAL, HEALTH,
SOCIAL AND SAFETY SKILLS

Developed and compiled through a partnership between:

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Module 2
Independent Living Skills
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Preparing Adolescents for Young Adulthood (PAYA)
Personal Health, Social and Safety Skills
This module contains many tips and exercises you can use to maintain and improve
your health, social and safety skills. It was created by the Massachusetts Department
of Social Services. Some of the information is directed toward Massachusetts instead
of Washington State. Because the PAYA curriculum is proprietary information we are
not able to customize it for Washington State. Please refer to Module 7 for information
and phone numbers for services available in Washington State.
Module 2 specifically has exercises and information for the following topics:
• Personal care-smoking, alcohol and drug use and sexuality;
• Social skills-personal goals, decision making, problem solving and conflict
resolution;
• Safety skills-preventing burns, poisoning, drowning and violence in relationships.

The Directory of Certified Chemical Dependency Services in Washington State can be
accessed at the following website:
http://www.dshs.wa.gov/pdf/hrsa/dasa/Directory/Directory.pdf. Phone numbers are in
Module 7.

Local information for Planned Parenthood can be located in Module 7 and at the
following website: http://www.plannedparenthood.org/health-center/findCenter.asp

Below is a more detailed index of Module 2 than is provided in the PAYA module.
Module 2 Index
Personal Care Assessment 1
Improve Personal Care Skills Flow Chart 2
Personal Care Exercises 4
Health Care Assessment 12

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Massachusetts, Department of Social Services, Independent Living Skills, Preparing Adolescents for Young
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Adulthood (PAYA) Money, Home and Food Management. Also available on website:
http://www.caseylifeskills.org/pages/res/PAYA/Module1/Module%20120Complete.pdf (9-08-09).
Improving Health Care Flow Chart 14
Health Care Exercises 16
General Survival Skills 44
Smoking 48
Drugs 54
Alcohol 70
Safety Skills Assessment 72
Improving Safety skills Flow Chart 74
Preventing Scalds and Other Burns 76
Drowning 77
Car and bicycle Safety 78
Safe Home Heating 78
Poisoning 79
Emergency First Aid 81
Fire Safety 83
Preventing Crime at Home 85
Violence in Relationships 87
Social Skills Assessment 94
Improving Social Skills Flow Chart 96
Social Skills Exercises 98
Myths and Facts About Gay, Lesbian and Bisexual People 113
Decision Making Exercises 117
Problem Solving Exercises 127
Personal Goals Exercises 130
Relationship/Personal Skills Exercises 135
Conflict Resolution 151
Sexuality 158
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 170
Sexuality Exercises 182
Birth control/Sexually Transmitted Disease Protection Chart& Exercises 189
Independent Living Skills Module II

Preparing Adolescents for Young Adulthood (PAYA)

Module II

PERSONAL CARE
HEALTH
SOCIAL SKILLS
AND
SAFETY

Handbook for Skill Development

Massachusetts Department of Social Services
Independent Living Skills Module II

PAYA

MODULE II

Introduction

elcome! The topic areas you’ll be working on in this booklet include such
W vital independent living skills as education, job seeking skills, and job
maintenance skills. Each topic area includes sections for easy use: 1)
Assessment; 2) Skill Plan; and 3) Activity/Resource Workbook.

The Assessment will help you determine your skill level in each topic area and target those
skills in need of further development.

The Skill Plan will help you organize your efforts as you work towards each goal.

The Activity/Resource Workbook contains information and exercises for each of the topic
areas to help you develop or strengthen your independent living skills.

As you move from one skill topic to the next, you will be increasing your understanding of the
fundamentals of independent living and enhancing your abilities to make a successful and
smooth transition to self sufficient young adulthood.

Remember, it’s your future!

Good luck and enjoy yourself!
Independent Living Skills Module II

INDEX

Personal Care ...................................................................................... 1

Health Care........................................................................................ 12

Safety.................................................................................................. 72

Social Skills ........................................................................................ 94
Independent Living Skills Module II

PERSONAL CARE
SKILL ASSESSMENT

The following questions will help you identify the skills in which you excel and target those
which you need to develop. By yourself or with your team, try to answer each of the questions
as honestly as possible. After completing this independent living skills assessment, review it
with your team and identify those skills you would like to strengthen.

I do not I need to I can do/
know how know more have done
to do this about this this
1. Have good personal hygiene skils. † † †

2. Use toiletries appropriately. † † †

3. Know which personal care items to buy that wil † † †
improve my appearance and fit within my budget.

4. Take pride in my appearance; wear clean and neat † † †
clothing.

5. Know which clothes should be hand-washed, dry- † † †
cleaned, or machine-washed.

6. Can wash my own clothes using a washing † † †
machine, correct water temperatures, detergent,
bleach, etc.

7. Know how to iron clothes and sew on butons. † † †

8. Know where to take my clothes if they need to be † † †
dry cleaned and know how much it will cost.

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