Job Skills Communication: Calling In Sick, Texting and Emailing the Boss, Ages 14 to 21

Job skills communication scripts for high school special education and transition: calling in sick, running late, asking for a day off, and trading a shift.

The first time a student has to call in sick, they panic, or they just do not show up. This pack gives them the exact words for the calls and messages new workers have to make, and a lot of practice so the real call is not so scary.

**What's inside:**

• Rules for Contacting Your Boss page (call, text, email, or in person?)

• Fill in phone scripts: calling in sick, running late, asking for a day off, trading a shift, asking about the schedule

• Voicemail script and a before and during the call checklist

• 12 Professional or Not? text message sort cards with a sorting mat

• Email template with a sample and a your turn page

• 12 real life scenario cards for role play

• Role play checklist and answer key

**Great for:**

• Students starting a first job, internship, or work experience

• Job readiness and transition classes

• Speech and social communication groups

• Role play stations

Many jobs want a phone call, not a text, when you are sick. I always tell students to check the rule at their job and save the boss's number before the first shift.

These pages come from the same work as my book, The Transition Map, a step by step guide to transition planning for families and teachers.

Made by Jeremy D. Gooch, special education teacher and transition coordinator. Drafting and layout had AI assistance; every page was checked by me.