One Skill at a Time
Build independence one skill at a time. Each week, The Life Skills Co. introduces a practical everyday living skill with step-by-step teaching strategies, visual supports and downloadable printables. From personal hygiene and self-care to household routines and community skills, each lesson helps families break complex tasks into manageable steps, accommodate different learning needs and build confidence through practice.
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The Caregiver Reset
A 6-week reset for parents and caregivers who feel like they’re always “on.” Learn to recognize your stress patterns, regulate overwhelm and build simple recovery practices that fit into real caregiving life, even when you only have a few minutes.
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Parent Burnout Self-Check
This workbook was created to help you pause for a few minutes and check in with the one person who is often overlooked—you.
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Preparing for Puberty: A Parent Workshop for Girls
Support your daughter through puberty with confidence. This 29-page interactive PDF helps families teach hygiene, menstruation, body safety, consent, emotional changes, and self-care to autistic girls and girls with developmental disabilities. Includes visual strategies, worksheets, checklists, shower and period-planning tools, sensory-friendly product guidance, school support plans, AAC ideas, and curated resources. Print at home or complete digitally.
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Preparing for Puberty: A Parent Workbook for Boys
Support your son through puberty with confidence. This 27-page interactive PDF helps families teach hygiene, body changes, privacy, consent, emotional changes, and self-care to autistic boys and boys with developmental disabilities. Includes visual strategies, worksheets, checklists, showering and grooming plans, guidance for deodorant, shaving, erections and wet dreams, school support planning, AAC ideas, and curated resources. Print at home or complete digitally.
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Free Toolkits
Welcome to the Free Toolkits Library!
This growing collection of printable guides, checklists, visual supports, and parent resources is designed to help families, caregivers, educators, and therapists teach life skills with confidence.
New resources are added regularly, so check back often. Everything here is yours to download, print, and use at home, in the classroom, or during therapy sessions.
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School When Your Child Isn’t Potty Trained Yet
Starting school without independent toileting can feel overwhelming—but you’re not alone. This practical, judgment-free course helps parents of children with disabilities, developmental differences, and delayed toileting prepare with confidence. Learn how to communicate with the school, request support, create a toileting plan, pack supplies, and practice routines—while protecting your child’s dignity and meeting them where they are.
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Bathroom Independence Foundations
Start here if you’re helping a child learn bathroom independence. This course teaches the building blocks of successful hygiene routines. You’ll learn how children develop bathroom skills, where to begin, how to use visual supports, reduce prompts, encourage independence, avoid common mistakes, and create a step-by-step plan that fits your child’s needs. Every course in this community builds on these core strategies.
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Visual Supports That Work (Coming Soon)
Learn how to create and use visual schedules, First–Then cards, checklists, and social stories that improve bathroom routines.
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12 Weeks to Shower Independence (Coming Soon)
Learn step-by-step strategies for water tolerance, hair washing, soap use, rinsing, and building shower independence.
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12 Weeks to Oral Care Independence (Coming Soon)
Make brushing easier with visual supports, sensory-friendly strategies, and step-by-step routines.
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8 Weeks to Potty Independence(Coming Soon)
Practical strategies for toilet sitting, wiping, hygiene routines, and increasing independence.
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Teaching Menstrual Hygiene (Coming Soon)
Help children and teens navigate menstruation with confidence using practical, visual teaching tools.
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Sensory Strategies for Hygiene (Coming Soon)
Understand common sensory challenges and discover practical adaptations for showering, toileting, toothbrushing, and more.
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Founding Resource Partner Library
Explore the Spectrum Dispatch digital toolkit library and learn how our Founding Resource Partner Program works. Review resources created for families navigating Early Intervention, special education, placement decisions, and transition planning. Access is provided by invitation only. Participation as an affiliate requires acceptance of a separate Affiliate Agreement.
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The Last 30 Days Before School Starts
A Parent's Back-to-School Readiness Checklist
Helping special education families start the school year prepared—not overwhelmed.
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