PLS SERVICES

We offer a Menu of Services which enables and enhances quality of life, validation and affirmation for you and your support circle. We are young, formally trained professionals who have experienced disability and can offer education, training, coaching and mentoring. We provide accessible, practical and flexible experiences.
 
Within Practical Life Skills Menu of Activities we provide Module Work which focuses specifically on:
  • Daily Living Skills
  • Personal / Social Skills
  • Communication, Reflection and Critical Skills
How the Menu works
 
PLS offers guidance, mentoring and tutoring in a range of life skills. Our aim is to negotiate with our clients, drawing from the Menu, to co-create a program of developmental activities which are suited to each individual’s needs and talents.
 
After the initial consultation with us, PLS will then provide a detailed plan and quotation customised for each client.
 
PLS negotiates with clients on the basis of their choice of modules and/or activities contained in them. We use our client’s choice to frame a customised program.
 
This becomes the foundation of a final negotiation and decision. If a client is working to a budget this is included in the negotiation.

THE MENU

DAILY LIVING SKILLS


​Module 1:
Managing Personal Finances
  • Recognise the value of coins and notes and then make the correct change
  • Develop a basic budget and keep records
  • Understand and use personal finance decision-making skills
  • Make responsible expenditures
  • Manage a savings and check account

Module 2:
Selecting and Managing a Household
  • Plan and perform housekeeping tasks
  • Plan and get ready for meal preparation

Module 3:
Preparing, and Consuming Food
  • Plan meals and purchase food
  • Store food properly
  • Understand and practice appropriate eating habits
  • Prepare meals, read labels, and follow recipes
  • Organise and clean food preparation areas
  • Eat balanced meals

Module 4:
Caring for Personal Needs
  • Practice proper grooming and hygiene   
  • Dress appropriately
  • Maintain physical fitness, nutrition and weight

Module 5:
Buying and Caring for Clothing
  • Purchase clothing: demonstrate knowledge of prices and sales
  • Learn how to use a washing machine and dryer
  • Wash clothing
 
Module 6:
Safety Awareness
  • Identify safety signs
  • Identify unfamiliar odours
  • Identify unfamiliar sounds
  • Demonstrate knowledge and ability to evacuate a building in an emergency
  • Read and understand basic safety procedures
  • Obey safety rules when walking during the day or at night
 
Module 7:
Getting Around the Community
  • Differentiate between right side and left side, front and back, when identifying locations
  • Understand and apply knowledge of traffic rules and safety
  • Understand and apply knowledge and use of various means of transportation
 
Module 8:
Using and Engaging in Leisure Activities
  • Understand and apply knowledge of suitable and available community resources
  • Choose and plan activities
  • Understand and apply knowledge of the value of recreation
  • Engage in group and individual activities
  • Plan a social event
  • Engage in hobbies, sports, music, arts and crafts

Personal/Social Skills

Module 1:
Achieving Self-Awareness
  • Identify physical and psychological needs
  • Identify interests and abilities
  • Identify emotions
  • Understand and practice knowledge of physical self
  • Use appropriate methods to cope with stress
 
Module 2:
Acquiring Self-Confidence
  • Express feelings of self-worth
  • Describe others' perception of self
  • Accept and give praise
  • Accept and give criticism
  • Develop confidence in self and positive self-efficacy
  • Identify and distinguish the proper way to answer and use the telephone
  • Wear appropriate apparel, using clothes or uniforms to fit social and work situations
 
Module 3:
Communicating With Others
  • Listen to others
  • Recognise and respond to emergency situations
  • Understand and practice knowledge of social cues in conversation, both verbal and nonverbal
  • Communicate with understanding
 
Module 4:
Achieving Socially Responsible Behaviour
  • Understand and display the rights and properties of others
  • Recognise authority and follow instructions
  • Understand and display appropriate behaviour and social etiquette in public places and while eating out
  • Understand and practice knowledge of important character traits
  • Recognise personal roles
  • Maintain good interpersonal skills
  • Understand and practice listening and responding skills
  • Establish and maintain close relationships
  • Make and maintain friendships
 
Module 5:
Achieving Independence
  • Plan and do things without help
  • Accept responsibility for actions
  • Follow travel safety procedures
  • Get around the community and be able to travel
  • Cope with changes in travel schedule
  • Cope with being lost
  • Choose friends
  • Design and manage a personal timetable
  • Get to appointment on time
  • Decide what to wear
 
Module 6:
Achieving Problem-Solving Skills​
  • Recognise problems
  • Seek assistance when needed
  • Anticipate consequences
  • Develop goals, solutions, and plans
  • Develop and evaluate alternatives

COMMUNICATION, REflECTION AND CRITICAL SKILLS

Module 1:
Literacy – list writing, card writing, reading at the client’s literacy level
 
Module 2:
Digital stories – taking photos, writing, editing and publishing
 
Module 3:
Technology – iPhone use, iPad use, Facebook work, Instagram work, writing and attaching documents via email