Explore Personal Care

Teach personal care routines through structured, accessible lessons with real-world application.

The Explore Personal Care curriculum helps adolescents and adults build independence with personal hygiene and appearance. This flexible, multimedia resource integrates text, video models, activity cards, and role play to support diverse learning styles. Designed for classroom or one-on-one instruction, it uses a task analysis approach to break down essential personal care skills step by step.

What daily living and personal care goals does this target?

• Teaches foundational hygiene and appearance routines for daily life.
• Encourages students to understand why personal care matters.
• Builds confidence through skill breakdown, practice, and repetition.
• Develops comprehension, problem-solving, and sequencing skills.
• Supports safe and socially appropriate self-care habits.
• Helps students follow gender-specific personal care routines.

What makes this life skills resource so effective?

• Integrates printed student books, video modelling, role-play, and hands-on practice.
• Lessons follow a consistent structure: photo preview, vocabulary, facts, step-by-step illustrations, and tips.
• Survival Guides serve as encyclopedias of personal hygiene and appearance tasks.
• Activity Cards promote routine creation and independent task completion.
• Teacher’s Manual includes lesson plans, checklists, sample pages, and video links.
• Includes both male and female visual aids with gender-specific content (e.g., menstrual care).
• Can be adapted for students with various learning needs and communication styles.

Why this learning approach works so well:

Each personal care skill is broken down into manageable steps using a task analysis format and reinforced through multiple modalities. The program combines printed visuals, videos, and interactive practice to support structured learning and routine building. Students benefit from repeated exposure and opportunities to apply skills in context, improving independence and generalization.

How the Personal Success Kit supports therapy outcomes:

• Encourages functional communication, executive functioning, and self-care.
• Fosters independence in hygiene and grooming tasks.
• Supports comprehension and sequencing through visual structure and practice.
• Builds capacity for safe, socially appropriate behaviour in community and school settings.

Includes digital materials and data collection tools

• Personal Success app and 1-year web subscription.
• Video library with 19 real-world hygiene and social safety segments.
• Downloadable PDFs of student books (with and without symbols).
• Lesson plans and performance checklists in printable format.

Who is the Explore Personal Care curriculum helpful for?

This personal care resource targets daily living and life skills development in students in grades 6 to 12 and ages 11 to 18. Explore Personal Care is an educational tool for Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs), Occupational Therapists, and parents. Its structured lessons and adaptable materials make it ideal for classrooms, small group instruction, therapy settings, or home support programs.

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