Goals for Living: Managing Your Resources is a comprehensive text that helps your students manage the challenges of daily life. The text allows students to explore how the management process can be applied to various aspects of everyday living. Management as it applies to all areas of adult living is thoroughly covered. Throughout the text, the importance of resource management in reaching goals is stressed. This text is suitable for classes such as life management, independent living, and life skills. Information on today s technological resources, such as personal computers, PDAs, cellular phones, and digital cameras; emphasis on the use of technology in life management. Descriptions of Universal Design features used in housing. Discussion of the importance of early brain development during infancy and childhood. Information on financial planning, savings, and investments. Management concepts involving food, clothing, and housing. Focus on environmental responsibility. Career skills, such as teamwork, and planning techniques, such as using the Internet.
The Student Activity Guide is designed to help students review content, apply knowledge, and develop critical-thinking skills. A wide variety of activities are provided for various learning styles. This supplement is a consumable resource, designed with perforated pages so that a given chapter can be removed and turned in for grading or checking