Watch out for young people with mental disabilities who walk out of school and go to work, and money management and transportation travel are the two core subjects of their independent life. For young people, skilled life skills are needed to better integrate into the community and move from tolerance to independent daily and future work. With the support of the 2026 cadre scheme, from 6 july to 24 july, the guangzhou club for parents who love special children conducted a training camp for young people who are financially capable of managing money and travelling in traffic, “away to the star”. In a three-week career transition course, participants have been able to break through their self and gain practical skills in interesting classroom and reality。
Money management classes
Learn about labour and consumption, learn about rational planning
Money management classes are filled with paper notes and coin teaching aids, opening the course on money management. The teachers lead you in the identification of the numbers and the division of the corner units. The classroom atmosphere is relaxed and the participants respond positively to the classroom questions and are able to react quickly when participating in the coin classification game, which allows for a rapid differentiation of denominations. A small number of students who are slow to identify their paper denominations will also watch carefully and repeatedly with their teaching aids, and teachers will be on the side of one-on-one patient guidance and a little money recognition base. Each participant is steadily growing in immersion。
During the course simulation of online payments, classrooms are transformed into mini-facilitators, where participants rotate to perform customer roles and conduct the complete payment process on the line. A number of participants were easily left out of the critical steps of checking the amounts at first, but after repeated exercises, they slowly kept track of the full operating process, and the teachers were able to guide the participants through the entire scrutinizing process. At the end of the simulation exercise, the teacher focused on explaining the security aspects of the payment, advising the participants not to divulge the payment code, to refuse decisively to borrow money from strangers, and to establish a financial security consciousness。
Underground supermarkets and market procurement have become the most vivid practice classes. The participants worked hand-written procurement lists and joined volunteers in the community. There are participants who select goods closely against the list, and who have a strong sense of rational consumption; there are participants who are easily attracted to shelf snacks and who tend to prioritize the purchase of their favorites, and teachers who are patiently guide the identification of “needs” and “wants” concepts and lead them to develop rational consumption perceptions. At the clearing house, each person turns to make his/her own payments, check the price, confirm the payment, and put the money learned in the classroom into real life。
Traffic class
Eating the skills of travel, becoming a member of the community
The focus of the second and third weeks of the course has shifted to transport travel, from indoor theoretical teaching to outdoor field navigation exercises, to layer dismantling of all points of independent travel。
Indoor transport classes display a variety of traffic signs, such as red and green lamps, orbital traffic, by means of a projection, with teachers giving detailed lectures on the theory of transport travel. There is a strong atmosphere of interaction in the classroom, where we learn about the culture of travel, carefully combing the list of essential items and building on common sense。
The participants then carried out practical exercises on the gothic map and practiced setting up starting points, switching walks and public transport routes. Trainees with high learning skills are able to independently compare their paths and plan their journeys; for those with operational difficulties, they are given step-by-step guidance and patient guidance, and gradually understand the navigation interface and acquire basic navigation skills。
With solid theoretical knowledge, the classroom is extended from indoor classrooms to community streets. People are accompanying them in the search for target points, identification of traffic signs, exercise of card-checking of balances, reading of station-direction cards, planning of travel routes, etc. On the way out, participants slowly developed a sense of teamwork and increased their ability to travel independently。
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Handmade classes
Explore creative expression and improve the ability to practice
Vocational transition courses focus not only on the development of life skills but also on the development of the interest and potential of young people in vocational practice. The manual production classes are organized around projects such as spraining sticks, twirling fanning, so that participants can exercise fine mobility, focus and mission fulfilment in their hands。
In the process of making twigs, participants need to constantly adapt their knitting strength and wiring positions, which test both the hands ' precision and the patience and focus. In the classroom, teachers provide targeted support according to the characteristics of each student's abilities, helping him or her to gradually improve their ability to perform their tasks independently. In the end, a piece of handmade work was produced, with all its features, to witness the growth of the participants, from attempt to completion。
Baking class
Enjoying work and developing vocational skills
The bakery class is based on practical practices, which allow participants to experience the food production process, learn basic kitchen operating skills and experience the process of labour creation。
In one exercise, the participants gradually improved their kitchen skills and developed the care, patience and process awareness required for their work. During the production process, participants carefully record the operational notes, and participants are able to complete the production package independently, as well as the breakthroughs they never make with the teacher. In the end, a carefully crafted snack not only presents the results of the work of the participants, but also enhances the sense of self-confidence and achievement in the experience of vocational skills。
Closing summary
Building strength to help young people move towards the future
From knowing the money, learning the payment process, to entering the community to performing self-procurement; from understanding the rules of the road, using navigational tools, to independently completing route planning and travel; from first attempt to hand-made production, to hand-made work of a fine work; from knowledge of the food tools, to making the product of their own baking; each practice is an important step for young minds to break their self. In the course, they are constantly trying to upgrade their skills, build confidence in repeated exercises and gradually discover their abilities and values。
Career transition is not only a skill learning process, but also an important process in helping young people to become aware of themselves and connect to society. With the patient guidance of teachers, the support of volunteers and the active cooperation of parents, the participants courageously took steps to explore the future and proved “i can”。
In the future, the parents ' club for special children will continue to focus on the growth needs of young people, link to more social resources, develop more practical courses closer to real life and career development, and create more opportunities for them to express themselves and integrate into society。
May every young man in his heart, with the fruits and the growth of his lessons, continue to walk in the light and dream of the future
