Finance Life Skills: Alexa Learns to Plan for Unexpected Expenses

In "Alexa Learns to Handle Surprise Bills," Austin shows Alexa how to get ready for unexpected expenses by saving money for financial surprises.

Using this Finance Life Skills resource helps students:

1. Save a bit of cash each month to make an emergency fund for surprise bills.

2. Modify your budget to cover unanticipated expenses by cutting down on non-essential spending.

3. Learn what can happen if you don't pay bills on time, like late fees, damage to your credit score, and losing services temporarily.

4. Keep organized by keeping an eye on due dates and avoiding unnecessary late payment fees.

5. Engage through conversations and questions that help you understand the story and its ideas.

6. See real-life examples and pictures that match your age, like illustrations and diagrams, making this story a great way to teach social skills.

7. Understand clear expectations with straightforward language, which makes it great for high school students and adults with intellectual disabilities.

The story includes seven (7) reading comprehension questions and answers to reinforce and measure the student's understanding of the Finance Life Skills contained in the story!

This life skills story will assist high school students and young adults in developing the necessary independent living skills to become more independent at school, at home, and in communities.

This story is designed to be used by special education teachers, occupational therapists, speech therapists, ABA therapists, registered behavior technicians (RBT), parents, supported living coaches, and life skills teachers to teach their students valuable life skills.

In addition to interactive instruction, this resource is ideal for hands-on and community-based learning, defining, setting, and measuring IEP goals.

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Engage your special education class with this highly interactive High School Finance Life Skills Story!

It's printable, easy to use, and ready to hand out!

A PDF file with six(6) pages.