Surviving and Thriving in the Real World: A Daily Living Skills Intervention for Neurodivergent Teens

This interactive manual provides clinicians (e.g., psychologists, occupational therapists, social workers, educators) with a structured curriculum to target the acquisition and mastery of age-appropriate daily living skills using evidence-based strategies for neurodivergent adolescents (e.g., autism, ADHD). The Surviving and Thriving in the Real World (STRW) curriculum has been iteratively developed over the last 12 years and is the first evidence-based daily living skills intervention for autistic adolescents with average or above cognitive abilities.The 15-week STRW intervention builds essential daily living skills including personal hygiene, cleaning, laundry, cooking, grocery shopping, and spending, saving, and budgeting money using strategies such as a direct instruction and feedback, naturalistic teaching, a specific contract with goals and rewards, task analysis, visual supports, video modelling, and technology.The manual consists of a general overview and specific chapters on e