Meal Planning
What is your favorite meal to make or eat?
Any answer is right!
What is self advocacy?
Sharing with others, what you need in order to be successful.
What is budgeting?
Budgeting is the process of creating a plan to spend your money in an organized way.
Planning how to spend a set amount of money ( in a day, over a week, month or on a particular item. )
A household budget is used to plan on spending rent, groceries or other bills.
What is meal planning?
Planning what you would like to eat throughout the week.
True or False: Self advocacy is respectfully speaking up for yourself, to share what you need in order to be successful.
True!
What is saving?
Money set aside for future use and not spent immediately.
What are some stores where you can buy groceries?
Some answers include: Wegmans, Aldi, Target, Walmart, Costco
You are with your friends and they want to go and see a particular movie that you don’t want to see. What do you do?
1. Go and see the movie that your friends want to see, but are unhappy for the length of the movie.
2. Respectfully ask your friends if they would be alright with looking at other movie options for today. We could see the original movie next time! (Compromise)
3. Yell at your friends and walk away angrily.
No right or wrong as long as you are respectful.
Name three expenses someone may pay for.
Utilities, rent, water, garbage and more
What are the benefits of meal planning?
It helps save money, be organized, and feel prepared.
You are at the pharmacy picking up a prescription. You are unclear on the directions given to you regarding taking the medication.
You: (May be more than one correct answer!)
Respectfully ask the pharmacist to go over the directions for taking the prescription one more time. Asking them to write down any directions if that is helpful.
Leave the pharmacy without having any answers to your questions.
Call the pharmacy at a later time to respectfully ask the pharmacist to go over the directions one more time.
Make sure to ask for what you need whether that is directions repeated, directions written down or a phone call later on.
True or False: Planning a monthly budget helps with spending and saving?
True! By tracking what you spend, you’ll be able to see which expenses add up quickly and which is nothing to worry about. This will also give you a clear vision of categories that you may need to rein in.
What is the name for comparing the same product at different stores?
Price Comparison
True or False: Self advocacy also includes problem solving and asking for appropriate information?
True! It may be challenging at times, but it is important to take risks and problem solve in order to make sure you are comfortable.
What have you saved for?
Any answer is right!
Some responses may include: a trip, food, games, outings/activities