Other Books By John Meyers (available at www.mosscanyon.com)

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This book introduces readers to a wide range of principles used in teaching daily living skills to adults with developmental disabilities - including understanding the basics of behavior, assessing behaviors, writing plans, instructional processes, reinforcement, behavior management tips, data collection, ethical issues, and much more.

 It is very easy to fall into a rut when staying indoors at a facility  based day program. How do you engage adult clients in interesting and  fun age appropriate activities and still make those activities fall  within your program's training mission? Here are 31 ideas - 26 of  them complete with number of participants, difficulty level, prep time,  activity time, materials needed, and activity instructions, 

 What do your clients and staff do during times of slow/no work in your vocational program?

Here  is an idea generating book for vocational program down time activities.  Over 20 ideas are included (which will hopefully inspire even more  ideas of your own) with suggestions for implementing the activities.  Suggestions include how to talk to your adult clients about topics such  as "Appropriate Work Behavior" and "Job Search Training" (What kinds of  jobs are there? Where do you look for a job? Applications and  Interviews).

Downtime headings are broken down into 3 basic  headings: Brief (up to a few hours), Moderate (1-2 days), and Severe (3  or more days in length).
 

Why can't a client do a particular skill? What part of "Crossing the Street Safely" can't they do? This book breaks down 25 skills into individual components for you.

For example, Crossing the Street" is broken into seven distinct steps, with seventeen suggestions for instruction.

A basic "how to" for writing Individual Service Plans. Step by step explanations for thinking out each component of a plan including Long Range Goals, Objectives, and Criteria.

Includes sample assessment forms and questionnaires as well as an introduction to the basics of Instructional Processes.

Microsoft Word files on a CD. 

There are nine sections in this orientation: Basic Orientation,  Administrative Requirements, General House Guidelines, Ethical Issues,  Basic Principles of Behavior, Instructional Processes, Reinforcement,  Interim Management Strategies, Data Collection, and Vocational Training. 

 There may be some pieces of information or even whole sections that  don’t apply to your program. That’s OK. Just delete those sections and  write in what does apply.  That's the whole point.