How to use these worksheets
Start with one worksheet that matches the learner's current routine or goal. Read the directions together, model one example, and allow supports such as verbal choices, pointing, writing assistance, real objects, or fewer questions at one time.
- Use the same worksheet more than once if repetition helps the skill stick.
- Connect the printed activity to real routines, places, objects, or conversations whenever possible.
- Adjust the support level instead of assuming the worksheet is too easy or too hard.
Teaching goals for this topic
These worksheets are meant to support practical instruction, not replace the judgment of the teacher, direct support professional, therapist, caregiver, or program staff member who knows the learner. The goal is to make the skill easier to introduce, repeat, and apply.
- Practice recognizing emergencies, hazards, scams, weather risks, and unsafe home situations.
- Teach clear action steps such as stop, move away, call for help, or tell a trusted person.
- Create repeated opportunities to discuss safety without waiting for a real emergency.
Simple lesson plan idea
Read each situation slowly and ask what the learner notices before choosing an answer. When possible, connect the worksheet to the learner's actual home environment, phone routines, door rules, emergency contacts, or weather plan.
Ways to adapt the activity
For more support, offer two choices and rehearse the safest response aloud. For more challenge, ask the learner to explain what could happen next or identify who they would contact in that situation.
