Back to School | Life Skills | Appropriate Clothing | Work
by Atypical Living © 2026
Price: $4 USD
Subjects: expressiveLanguage,receptiveLanguage,Special Autism,lifeSkills,cognition,specialAdults,adultSpeech
Grades: 0
Description
Help students practice identifying clothing and accessories that may or may not be appropriate for school or work while building functional communication, reasoning, and social skills. Sorting Activity: Appropriate for School or Work This deck features 52 different slides showing a variety of clothing, outfits, and accessories. Students decide whether each choice is appropriate for school or work and drag the image into the correct category. Examples include everyday clothing such as jeans, shirts, and loafers, along with less appropriate choices such as bathing suits, formal gowns, no shirt, multiple pairs of sunglasses, and other fun or unexpected examples. Students can also: Name and describe the clothing or accessories shown Explain why they think something is or is not appropriate Tell where an outfit might be appropriate instead Express whether they agree or disagree with the answer Discuss how clothing choices can depend on the setting, activity, or situation This resource supports: Sorting into categories Clothing and accessory vocabulary Describing what you see Expressing opinions Explaining and supporting choices Social skills and awareness of different settings AAC navigation and verbal expression Building functional words and phrases Students can respond using AAC, their communication system, verbal expression, or a combination of these while completing the sorting activity.