Meal Preparation Safety Check | Life Skills Checklist for High School Special Education
A one-page checklist that supports high school students in demonstrating safe and responsible behaviors during meal preparation.
What's Inside
- Student name, case manager and date fields
- Rating options: Yes, Sometimes, Not Yet
- Washes hands and sanitizes work surfaces
- Uses knives and handles hot cookware safely
- Follows recipe steps and checks expiration dates
- Uses the stove or oven safely and keeps raw and cooked foods separate
- Stores perishables, cleans equipment and keeps a tidy workspace
- Comments section
How It Helps You
- Gives a quick, consistent way to assess a real life skill
- Shows clearly which steps need more practice
- Supports IEP goals, transition planning and progress monitoring
Ways to Use It
Use it during life skills instruction, community-based instruction, transition assessments or IEP progress reporting, and repeat it to show growth over time.
Format
PDF (1 page, print-ready). Instant download.
Need more than one?
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