Yourspecialchef.net Website Review

Your Special Chef is a collection of resources to help teach cooking skills to individuals with disabilities.  NEW: If you would like to share visual recipes on this site, please email them as PDFs to [email protected]. WHY TEACH COOKING SKILLS TO INDIVIDUALS WITH EXCEPTIONALITIES? Food preparation skills cross a variety of curricular domains, and learning to prepare simple meals can improve independence and nutrition. An individual with disabilities who acquires cooking skills may have an increased ability for employment in food industries, may save money by preparing more economical options, may use cooking as a form of recreation, and may experience social benefits by cooking with friends or preparing food for a potluck. Academically, learning to cook may promote math and reading proficiencies required for ​For students with physical disabilities, teaching cooking skills may double as physical therapy while promoting kitchen accessibility. Cooking lessons can incorporate cross-cultural tolerance by exploring foods from other countries and cultures, and nutrition education promotes healthy eating. Finally, exposure to new textures, smells, and tastes may decrease selective eating in children with abnormal sensory processing. For these reasons, teaching cooking skills can be valuable to both children with disabilities and young ad*lts who are transitioning to post-secondary education or independent living. Your Special Chef features visual recipes to facilitate teaching basic cooking skills to individuals with exceptionalities. Explore the links below to discover photo recipes for drinks, snacks, sides, main  1. VISUAL RECIPES make use of task an*lysis, which is an evidence-based approach for breaking down a complex task into manageable steps. Each task is separated into discrete skills, and individuals can learn to complete skills in a specific order to learn new tasks. Students may require visual, physical, or verbal prompts to complete each skill, and prompts may be gradually removed as the