About this course
This course equips educators, therapists, support staff, and caregivers with evidence-based strategies to teach daily living skills to autistic individuals. Learners will explore how to select meaningful skill targets, break down routines, use visual supports, apply prompting and fading, promote generalization, monitor progress, and respect learner dignity. Practical examples, scenarios, and authoritative resources are included to support effective instruction and foster greater independence.
Learning Objectives
By the end of this course, learners will be able to:
- Define daily living skills and explain their importance
- Identify meaningful, age-appropriate skill targets
- Break down routines using task analysis
- Utilize visual supports to aid learning and memory
- Apply prompting strategies and fade prompts for independence
- Support generalization of skills across settings
- Monitor progress and document independence accurately