FUNCTIONAL SKILLS PROFILE FOR TOBY BALDWIN-CHARLES
JULY 2015
Long term outcomes for functional skills
 To be able to drive my powered chair or self-propel my manual
chair as part of my daily routine
 To make choices about what I do during my day
 To feed myself independently and make choices about what I eat
and drink
 To take responsibility for aspects of my self-care
 To use my joystick to read familiar texts
 To be able to control aspects of my environment using ICT
 To be able to recognise when I need the bathroom
Life Skills
 I am able to drink from a cup which I like to pick up from my tray.
 I like my food to be chopped and eat it using an oval sloped dish with a right handed angled
spoon.
 I can wipe my mouth after I have eaten my snack.
 I am able to make choices about what I like to eat and drink.
 I sit on the toilet as part of my everyday routine but am reliant on adults for my personal care.
 I am a confident driver in my powered chair and can propel myself when I am in my manual chair.
My Next Steps in Life Skills
 To wash my hands using soap and water
 To ask for a drink when I am thirsty
 To assist in washing myself in the shower
Literacy Skills: reading
 I enjoy sharing books helping to turn the pages, but do not always remain focussed to the end of
the story.
 I can respond to questions about the pictures, pointing to objects in the pictures.
 I can sign missing parts of the text when reading familiar rhyming texts.
My next steps in reading
 To remain focused when sharing an appropriate picture book
 To hold the book myself and turn the pages at the appropriate time
 To sign as part of sharing familiar texts
 To read symbols in a list as part of collecting resources
Literacy Skills: writing
 I understand that symbols and print carry meaning and can match symbols to objects.
 I enjoy acting out familiar stories and am beginning to make choices about what I want to happen.
 I can sequence a familiar story.
 With support I am beginning to use my CCS book to make choices about what I would like to
happen in a story.
My next steps in writing
 To be able to select symbols to sequence a familiar event
 To use my CCS book to make choices when retelling a story
 To choose 2 symbols / use 2 signs to describe a picture or event
Mathematical Skills
 I can join in with counting rhymes and recognise when others make mistakes when they are
saying the number words to 10.
 I can sign the numbers to 3 and recognise the signs to 5.
 I find 1 to 1 correspondence quite difficult so my counting is not very accurate.
 I am beginning to sort objects for different criteria.
 I understand the concepts of more and less in the context of number and quantities.
 I can compare the length and height of two objects.
 I understand the concept of exchange when shopping but do not understand the value of coins or
recognise them.
My next steps in mathematics
 To be able to count to 5
 To be initiate handing the money to the assistant when shopping
 To match 1 to 1 in the context of counting
Community and Transition
 I enjoy the company of my friends and visiting different places in the community.
 I especially enjoy going to restaurants for a meal. I can make choices about what I want to eat
from the menu (which needs to be read to me) and behave very well during the meal.
 I also like going kayaking with my dad and have been on a camping and kayaking weekend with
him which I really enjoyed.
My next steps for Community and Transition
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To develop my friendships in my local community
To try new activities to extend the range of things I enjoy