1411 – Independent Living Skills
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Text: None
Prerequisite: None
This class will introduce students to skills necessary for independent living. Some areas that will be addressed are: basic cooking, health and hygiene, money management, and time management.

1421 – Orientation to Family & Consumer Science
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Text: (TBA)
Prerequisite: None
This is an introductory class in which students participate in a variety of activities with an emphasis on cooking skills, housekeeping skills, laundry and clothing maintenance, time management, and organizational skills, using adaptive products and techniques as needed. Students have the opportunity to work in a supervised setting either independently or with a small group while building basic independent living skills.

1431 – Home Safety and Maintenance
Credit: .5 per semester 37
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Text: General Industrial Education Technology, McGraw-Hill 1986
Resources: HQ Educator, Internet, Home Depot - Home Improvement CD 2001, Lab tools and equipment History of New York and Chicago CDs.
Prerequisite: High school student
Students gain knowledge and skills needed to perform maintenance and repairs in all households. Risk management has an additional role of analyzing and determining the hiring of contractors. Experiences will be offered in the fields of construction, plumbing, electrical, mechanical, general home safety, and building codes. Examples of the course work are: building a mini-wall, disassemble and reassemble a toilet, drywall, soldering, switch replacement etc. As with all I.T.E. classes, the collaborative academic approach is used.
Historic research is examined on the Internet and with our History of Chicago /New York CDs. perfecting of the toilet, plumbing, building/labor codes (Hammurabi: Triangle Shirt Waste Fire).

1422 – Child Care
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Text: (TBA)
This class includes personal career information about child care occupations and teaches knowledge and skills to enable students to assist in a child care facility. This course is an excellent preparatory course for higher education in the child care field.

1432 – Child Care Experience
Credit: 1 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Text: (TBA)
Prerequisite: A "C" average in Child Care
This class enables students to apply the knowledge and skills learned in previous courses in a child care setting. Students will learn to plan and carry out activities with children 3-5 years old. They will learn various jobs involved in running a child care facility. This course is an excellent preparatory course for higher education in the child care field.

1442 – Child Development
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Text: (TBA)
Prerequisite:
This course is designed to help students gain knowledge and understanding of the intellectual, physical, social and emotional development of children from birth (conception) to six years. Information is given on practicing health and safety standards for children. Careers related to the child care field are also incorporated within the course.

1443 – Foods and Nutrition
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Text: (TBA)
Prerequisite: None
Students will use safe and efficient methods to prepare a variety of foods, using a variety of kitchen appliances. They will use adaptive products and techniques as needed. Students will be introduced to kitchen and food safety rules and kitchen cleaning and measurement skills. Students are also encouraged to make responsible choices about the foods they eat and to be aware of the nutritional values of these foods.

1453 – Food Prep - Advanced
Credit: .5 per semester
Meets Daily (5 times per week)
Text: (TBA)
Prerequisite: Must be students who are seniors or have enrolled in the advanced Independent Living Program as a fifth year senior component to their total educational plan.

Students have the opportunity to review their independent living IEP goals and to set personal goals that will help prepare them to live independently. They may choose to work on goals in one or more of the following areas: cooking skills, laundry and clothing maintenance, housekeeping skills, self advocacy and social skills, consumer awareness, college awareness, and organizational skills. Students will also have the opportunity to explore adaptive products and techniques available to them. They will be encouraged to explore various ways to complete a task and problem solve by selecting the method which works best for their particular needs.

Students participate in daily meal preparations with emphasis on nutritional meal planning, shopping skills, budgeting, time management and housekeeping skills. This class meets five days a week, using a double period (90 minutes) schedule. Two sections are in operation, one section for breakfast food preparation and another section for lunch preparation. Students work on using traditional kitchen equipment with various adaptations needed for the visually impaired. Students also use current small appliances that are suitable for safe food preparation with Braille markings. Daily living skills are reinforced at all times with emphasis on eating skills and table etiquette. Students work as a unit to complete all tasks required for cleaning up the kitchen, safe food storage and completing other household tasks such as the classroom laundry. There are two sections. Shopping is completed with cooperation from the Mobility Department while working on shopping adaptations for the Visually Impaired.