Saddleback's Lifeskills collection for teens in special education pairs CTE Journeys Handbooks, which cover career fields from agriculture to business administration, with the Next Steps: Personal Exploration Guide, a tool that helps students think through their interests and goals. The two are also available together as a single boxed set, giving striving readers in special education a hands-on way to explore real career paths alongside practical life skills.
The Life & Work Ready Bundle is a sample set that brings together one title from each of the three collections: Lifeskills In Action, Life Skills Handbooks, and CTE Journeys Handbooks. It's an easy way for a classroom or library to sample a wide range of real-world topics, from independent living and workplace readiness to career exploration.
Lifeskills In Action delivers five-book sets, each covering a key area of independent living: job skills, living skills, money skills, or soft skills. Developed for students reading at the most basic level, every book is really two books in one: a nonfiction side that teaches the skill and a fiction side that shows teens applying it in a real-world situation.
Life Skills Handbooks read more like magazines than textbooks, combining practical content on topics like managing money, workplace readiness, and everyday household tasks with full-color photos, charts, and graphs. Real-world scenarios help teens see how the information applies to their own lives, and essential vocabulary throughout builds real-world literacy for striving readers in grades 9 to 12.
CTE Journeys Handbooks help striving readers in grades 9 to 12 explore what life after high school could look like, with a deep focus on careers that don't require a traditional four-year degree. Each handbook digs into the rewards and challenges of a specific field, from agriculture and healthcare to information technology and transportation and logistics, along with the roles, skills, and interests involved. The series gives students a real, practical look at career paths they might actually pursue.
The Next Steps: Personal Exploration Guide is a consumable student workbook that helps striving readers in grades 9 to 12 explore their options for choosing a career path, getting training, and preparing for their future. Students identify their own strengths and interests, research local employers, analyze salary information, and map out a budget. It's designed to work alongside the CTE Journeys Handbooks, but it also stands on its own for students planning futures outside of technical careers.
