Living Skills Classes

Living Skills Courses 

Students will have opportunities to engage in peer interactions and cultivate personal, vocational, and social skills through various courses. Additionally, students will explore community resources that are available to them.  

These courses are all completely free to students, there are no registration fees. Many of these courses are offered every term. Check the CR course schedule for current schedule information or contact the SASS office to learn more about these courses. 

GUID 206: Basic Computer Skills for Students with Disabilities 

A course designed for students with developmental or learning disabilities. Students will learn skills necessary for computer use. 

• Grading: Satisfactory
• Transferrable: Not transferable
• Units: 0 (noncredit course)
• Repeatability: Unlimited repeats
• Student learning outcomes: 
  • Describe the purpose of different computer programs.
  • Demonstrate the ability to operate computer programs.
  • Demonstrate the ability to utilize the Internet, websites, and search engines.

GUID 207: Life Management & Career Preparation for Students with Disabilities 

A course geared for students with developmental or learning disabilities. Students will learn to promote independence by learning everyday-living skills in such areas as nutrition, personal development, mental health, safety, and career preparation. 

• Grading: Satisfactory
• Transferable: Not transferable
• Units: 0 (noncredit course)
• Repeatability: Unlimited repeats
• Student learning outcomes:
  • Describe the basic steps in getting a job. 
  • Describe two ways of being safe at home or in the community.
  • Identify two community resources and explain what they have to offer.

GUID 208: Functional Money Skills for Students with Disabilities 

A noncredit course designed for students with developmental or learning disabilities. Students learn skills necessary for performing accurate money exchanges, including counting money and solving real-life shopping and budgeting problems involving money. 

• Grading: Satisfactory
• Transferable: Not transferable
• Units: 0 (noncredit course)
• Repeatability: Unlimited repeats
• Student learning outcomes:
  • Identify currency in terms of value, coins and bills.
  • Apply money skills in a shopping experience at a store.
  • Count money and solve money-related math problems.

 GUID 209: Social Opportunities for Students with Disabilities 

A course designed to help students with disabilities learn how to create social lives for themselves. Students learn how to meet people, engage in discussion, make friends, identify low-cost activities, participate in age-appropriate games with other students, practice social manners, as well as plan and carry out a social event. 

• Grading: Satisfactory
• Transferable: Not transferable
• Units: 0 (noncredit course)
• Repeatability: Unlimited repeats
• Student learning outcomes:
  • Demonstrate appropriate social behaviors for a variety of settings.
  • Demonstrate knowledge of appropriate and low-cost activities.
  • Demonstrate how to host a party/get-together.

GUID 210: Survival Vocabulary & Basic Literacy for Students with Disabilities 

A noncredit course designed for adults with disabilities to learn survival vocabulary, reading, and writing skills 

• Grading: Satisfactory
• Transferable: Not transferable
• Units: 0 (noncredit course)
• Repeatability: Unlimited repeats
• Student learning outcomes:
  • Demonstrate an increase in vocabulary.
  • Demonstrate an improved level of writing skills.
  • Demonstrate an improved level of reading skills. 

GUID 211: Community Resources for Students with Disabilities 

A noncredit class for students with developmental or learning disabilities. Students will learn skills necessary to independently take part in typical community activities by traveling to various area locations. Lessons learned in the classroom will be practiced in the community. Students will provide their own transportation on field trips. 

• Grading: Satisfactory
• Transferable: Not transferable
• Units: 0 (noncredit course)
• Repeatability: Unlimited repeats
• Student learning outcomes:
  • Demonstrate ability to participate appropriately in community activities.
  • Demonstrate ability to take public transportation.
  • Demonstrate ability to use a simple map or directory. 

GUID 252: Communication through Adapted Art 

A course for students with disabilities that focuses on how art can be used to communicate ideas and feelings. Projects are presented at a level commensurate with individual student abilities. A variety of media and the proper use of art materials is explored both in one-on-one and small group settings. 

• Grading: Satisfactory
• Transferable: Not transferable
• Units: 0 (noncredit course)
• Repeatability: Unlimited repeats
• Student learning outcomes:
  • Interact with students and express ideas in class.
  • Use materials and equipment correctly and appropriately.
  • Create 2D and 3D art representations.
  • Plan and create artwork using knowledge of color.
  • Explain or demonstrate how art functions as communication.