Life Skills Development:

Self-Care Assessment Rubric

Self - Care Area 1: Poor 2: Needs Improvement 3: Okay 4: Good 5: Excellent

PHYS

ICAL

· Demonstrates poor hygiene and often keeps an untidy space · Often eats unbalanced meals and too often consumes too much junk food · Engages in little physical activity (e.g. often playing video games) · Stays up too late and does not get enough sleep, or sleeps way too much · Does not take care of most of own personal belongings and/or frequently disrespects belongings/space of others · Is known to often use (and may be addicted to) unhealthy/unpermitted substances/activities and is resistant to seeking help

· Has some difficulty with hygiene; room needs to be kept more tidy more often · Eats unbalanced meals a bit too often and consumes junk food a bit too often · Engages in some physical activities, although inconsistently · Sometimes stays up too late and from time-to-time does not get enough sleep · Sometimes lacks care for their their own personal belongings and/or is sometimes respectful to the belongings/space of others · May be known to sometimes use unhealthy substances/activities but seems somewhat open to getting help

· Demonstrates satisfactory hygiene, and makes some effort to keep a tidy space · Sometimes eats unbalanced meals & junk food, but is trying to eat healthier · Engages in some regular physical activities · Is working on going to bed earlier and getting more sleep · Shows some effort to care for their their own personal belongings and/or is generally respectful to the belongings/space of others · Generally avoids unhealthy substances/activities or is quite open to getting help and actively trying to quit

· Usually demonstrates good hygiene and usually manages to keep a tidy space · Regularly eats balanced meals, limiting consumption of junk food · Engages in sufficient frequency, length and variety of physical activities · Usually goes to bed on time and gets enough sleep · Makes a good effort to takes care of their their own personal belongings and/or show respect to the belongings/space of others · Is not known to use unhealthy substances/activities, or replaced these with more positive habits

· Consistently demonstrates good hygiene and maintains a tidy, well-organized space · Eats balanced and healthy meals, seldom consuming junk food except as a special treat · Often engages in a wide variety of rigorous physical activities · Shows self-discipline in a healthy regular sleep routine, and is energized for the next day · Takes care of their own personal belongings and/or shows a lot of respect to the belongings/space of others · Stays away from unhealthy substances/activities, has firmly quit any previous addictions, and encourages others to avoid these as well

EMO

TIO

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MEN

TAL

· Often loses temper with others · Is often unable to handle stress and frustration and may express this in unhealthy, unsafe or disrespectful ways · Is too often unable to control behaviour to ensure personal safety · Leads a unbalanced life of extremes with little regulation · Demonstrates little self-awareness and introspection

· Once in a while, loses temper with others · Is sometimes unable to handle stress and frustration and needs to find better ways to deal with this · Is sometimes unable to control behaviour to ensure personal safety · Sometimes, and in some areas, needs to regain balance in his/her life · Demonstrates some self-awareness and introspection

· Is learning ways to show more patience and to solve problems more peacefully · Makes some effort to handle stress and frustration and is learning better ways to deal with this · Is generally able to control behaviour to ensure personal safety · Shows some balance in select areas of his/her life · Demonstrates growing self-awareness and introspection

· Seldom loses temper with others, solves problems peacefully · Is usually able to handle stress and frustration, and is learning to deal with these in healthy ways · Usually controls his/her behaviour to ensure personal safety · Maintains balance in many areas of his/her life · Demonstrates much self-awareness and introspection

· Rarely loses temper with others and helps to calm heated situations · Is able to handle varying levels of stress and frustration; knows his/her limits and deals with feelings in very healthy ways · Takes controlled risks to learn and improve him/herself, but not at the cost of personal safety · Has achieved an strong balance in most areas of his/her life and is able to adjust according to the situation · Regularly demonstrates much self-awareness and introspection