It's never too soon to begin building responsibility and new skills. Encourage families to start early.
LEARN: Develop your knowledge
Learn how families can help their child build responsibility and skills.
Employment skills include understanding what's expected of an employee and knowing how to show responsibility and motivation on the job. Building responsibility may seem like a difficult task for youth with high support needs, but it simply implies that a youth work hard and be expected to do the best they can. Part of learning responsibility is trying new things and handling failure.
Families may be apprehensive to hold their child accountable for their effort and behavior, but this accountability is an important part of building work skills. Youth should be assigned chores at home and be expected to complete assigned school work. At home, youth can also practice soft skills (the interpersonal skills needed for work and in life).
At home, encourage families to work with their child on:
Maintaining personal appearance
Communicating so others can understand
Showing personal responsibility
Taking direction
Having enthusiasm and a good attitude
Speaking up for what's important to and for them
DO: Work with families
Help families build a child's responsibility and skills.
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