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(also known as Daily Living Skills)
Daily living skills include, but are not limited to, using the toilet, bathing oneself, brushing teeth, shaving, managing menstrual care, eating appropriately, washing clothes, using the telephone, preparing meals, and cleaning. In an attempt to get more people with mental retardation out of institutional and residenti... more at Wikipedia
Treatment Success Rate
| Top 5 Communities | ||
| Condition | Members | Success |
| Autism / Autism Spectrum | 202 |
96% |
| Blindness & Visual Impa... | 2 |
100% |
| Bereavement | 2 |
100% |
| Heart Failure | 1 |
100% |
Overall, 96% (208
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Independent Living Skills Reviews
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continually working on independent living skills
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Working. Still in progress after 10 years working to get him to toilet on his own.
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this is going well at school as well as at home
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boarding school at his request
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Taught min. cooking skills and laundry etc early. Now lives alone and keeps in touch via E-mail & phone
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learns to do things on his own
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Working at home to teach how to do simple tasks like make a sandwich, hang up clothes, grocery shop. Seems to enjoy independence, however he's only 5 time will tell.
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For 10 years I worked as a high school teacher focusing on living skills and vocational preparation. It led to many successful job acquisitions.
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Not needed at this time.
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He has indpendent living skills at school and home as we know, this is a hard process because he does not always get what is going on
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This has been great, she loves to help and help herself. I focus on this all the time.
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Take one day at a time and he needs this more than I do.
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The ABA team addresses these skills with us and our son. His self help skills a year ago tested at the 1% range for his age. Now he is in the average range!
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Still working on those, it's a life long process. I'm trying to acquire turning 18 services and supports now.
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Danny is very high funcitoning and can care for himself fairly well.
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Regression in Autism Spectrum Disorders
You will need to go to the link at the bottom of the page to view the charts, they are great! Regression in Autism Spectrum Disorders The term... [More]
