Introduction

I. Creating a New Future

1. “Why Aim for Independent Living?”: Your Child’s Reality Now and in the Future

2. “How Am I Supposed to Do This?”: Leveraging the Power of Task Analysis

II. Assessment

3. “Is My Child Ready for This?”: Evaluating Your Child’s Readiness

4. “Are You Ready for This?”: Evaluating Your Own Readiness

III. How to Teach Life Skills

5. “What Do I Need to Know before I Start?”: Understanding Behavior

6. “How Am I Going to Teach?”: Empowering versus Enabling—How to Use Prompts to Teach

IV. Let’s Do This!

7. “How Do I Make a Task Analysis?”: How to Create a Task Analysis

8. “How Do I Get Myself Out of the Routine?”: Fading Prompts to Build Independence

V. Maximizing Independence

9. “How Do I Make the Environment Work for My Child?”: Modifying the Goal versus Accommodating the Child

Epilogue: “How Do I Keep Moving Forward?”: Expanding Your Child’s Independence

Glossary

References

Index