After attending Unit 4 schools throughout her childhood, Alexandra Wells is in her second year as a functional-life-skills teacher at Jefferson Middle School in Champaign. After attending Unit 4 ...

The winner of the One Class At A Time Award for the month of November is Ms. Alissa Cahill, a Special Education teacher at La Quinta Middle School. After being out sick last month, Ms. Cahill was ...

My mid-30s have become kind of a weird trip. For the first time in my life, I’m seeing a massive divide between a lot of my groups of friends. In a word, I’m seeing a massive shift that deals with ...

Jefferson City special-education students had a chance to show off their skills Friday at the "We are the Champions" life skills showcase at the Special Olympics Training for Life campus. "We're ...

At the Life Skills Clinic, we work to meet the needs of children of all ages who have challenges with development and functional performance. This could include overall child development, educational ...

To some, maintaining mental health, managing money and making meals are simple tasks, but to others, these life skills seem overwhelming. The definition of a life skill is “a skill that helps a person ...

Imagine a school system designed to produce complete, fully-functional humans. As we stand before the result of decades of defunding education until it is a shell devoid of impact, we are also at the ...