Independent Living (8219)

Balancing Work and Family

Creating and Maintaining Healthy Relationships

Managing Resources to Achieve Goals

Making Responsible Consumer Choices

Managing Personal and Family Finances

Creating and Maintaining a Living Environment

Obtaining and Maintaining Clothing for Self and Family

Planning, Preparing, and Serving Nutritious Foods

Exploring Human Development

Identify the meaning of work and the meaning of family.

Identify strategies for balancing work and family roles.

Describe the interplay between work life and family life.

Explain how social, economic, and technological changes and trends affect work and family dynamics.

Apply problem-solving processes to identify solutions to work or family situations.

Evaluate how one’s values influence his/her decision making.

Explain the benefits of establishing and maintaining healthy relationships.

Identify the situational guidelines that influence behavior in interpersonal relationships.

Identify conflict-resolution methods.

Evaluate conflict-prevention and management techniques.

Identify aspects of mental illness that can affect healthy relationships.

Distinguish between wants and needs.

Develop short- and long-term personal goals.

Use the FCCLA planning process to achieve individual and group goals.

Evaluate sources of consumer information.

Identify strategies for a planned buying process.

Describe consumer rights and responsibilities.

Describe the importance of the fundamental principles of economics on personal finances.

Evaluate personal banking services.

Identify savings and investment options.

Identify the influence of a credit report.

Describe identity theft.

Identify strategies for making decisions about debt.

Identify strategies for managing risk.

List legal documents related to home, personal, and family management.

Develop a spending plan.

Examine rights and responsibilities of homeowners, landlords, and tenants.

Compare housing options.

Explain the home-seeking process.

Outline necessary home-maintenance tasks with regard to resources and abilities.

Design a living environment to meet personal, family, and financial needs.

Identify factors to consider when selecting clothing.

Demonstrate clothing maintenance.

Identify grocery shopping strategies.

Evaluate the nutritional information of various foods.

Demonstrate food safety and sanitation procedures.

Identify food-preservation methods.

Identify preparation techniques for preserving nutritional value in food.

Describe strategies for healthy eating.

Demonstrate the ability to prepare nutritious meals.

Demonstrate the ability to serve nutritious meals.

Identify principles of human growth and development.

Describe conditions that influence human growth and development.

Identify roles and responsibilities of caregiving.

Identify caregiving practices that maximize human growth and development.