Purpose
Essential For Living was designed for children and adults of all ages with moderate-to-severe disabilities and limited skill repertoires, specifically…Children with autism or related disorders, Children and adults of all ages with Down Syndrome, Angelman Syndrome, Cornelia de Lange Syndrome, Hunter Syndrome, Cri du Chat (5p-) Syndrome, Smith—Magenis Syndrome, Prader-Willi Syndrome, Microcephaly, Tay-Sachs Disease, and other named and unnamed congenital disorders that consistently result in moderate-to-severe disabilities.
One of the The Purposes of 'Essential for Living' is to help teachers, curriculum coordinators, speech-language pathologists, QIDPs, behavior analysts, and support coordinators select functional, life skills for instruction and problem behaviors for management.
'Essential for Living' can be used along with developmental curricula, such as the VB-MAPP, the Early Start Denver Model (ESDM), the ABLLS, and the CABAS Curriculum.