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Skill Building
The
Ansell-Casey Life Skills Assessment is
a tool that is used by TRAC to evaluate the
independent living skills of youth who are aging out.
Along with this assessment tool, the youth attend the State mandated
Preparation for Adult Living (PAL)
Program. This program is designed to help
youth, leaving the care of the state develop self confidence and self
sufficiency.
Life Skills
Mymeals.com - search for
easy menus and recipes.
Roscoe's Recycle Room -
designed to teach you about the importance of recycling and solid
waste management.
Cook's Thesaurus - a
comprehensive cooking encyclopedia.
Social Skills Test- Want to know how your
interaction with your peers affects your life? Do you want know how
you score on a social skills test?
Etiquette and elegance -
an illustrated guide to
the basics of etiquette and professional conduct.
Basic
table manners -
a brief text-based guide
on the basics of table manners and eating etiquette.
Be an
assertive communicator - a guide on how to be effectively
assertive in interpersonal communications.
Employability Skills
Monster Resume Center - website presented by monster.com
where you can get tips on writing an effective resume.
Monster Interview Center - website presented by monster.com
where you can get tips on developing your interviewing skills.
Winning interview skills - a guide to successful
interviewing.
Texas
Workforce Commission - job hunter's guide.
Financial Literacy
Consumer Jungle - consumerjungle.com is a website that
helps high school
students become savvy consumers by teaching them about credit cards,
car loans etc.
Jumpstart's reality check - You're on your own now! What
kind of lifestyle do you want? Visit this website and answer a few
basic questions and they'll give you a Reality Check.
NEFE
Teen Resource Bureau - web-based resource designed and
written for high school students interested in learning more about
personal finance.
Practical money skills for life - PracticalMoneySkills.com
is a free website designed to help educators, parents and students
practice better money management for life.
Reality
Check - After high school, you will need to pay for
housing, clothes, food etc. Find out how much money you will need and
which career will pay for all your needs.
www.jumpstart.org -
seeks to improve the personal financial literacy of young adults.
Young
Adults - a website designed to help
youth learn more about their finances and address credit issues that
concern them.
Young
Money - Designed by college students for college students,
this site provides information on careers, consumer issues and credit
debt.
Study Skills - So you wanna improve your
study skills? Check out this link to soyouwanna.com
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