Rights & Self Advocacy
Planning After June
How to use a planner - great tips
Re-opening Skills
When we re-open, or at other times, we may have experiences that we need to discuss with staff or coordinators.
This video is about how to tell a teacher at school about anxiety you might be having. The ideas in the video are good tips for how to tell staff or coordinators something
PRESENTERS: this is a good cognitive skill for participants to see how a topic that seems not to really be about them (program is not school) can be extended and generalized to apply to their experience.
Work Sheet-Talking to Bereaved Family and Friends
What are some ways you can make yor friends feel better if they are feeling down? Select the best answer to the question. (no anwers for this one)
Skills Practice - Rights and Self-Advocacy
Tips for self-advocacy in school
5 Situations In Program
Read each situation and decide as if the solution is self-advocacy or collaboration or BOTH. (answers at the bottom)
- You get on the van and the staff aren't making sure everyone following social distancing rules.
- You want to get fast food for lunch but didn't mention it until 12 o'clock when lunch started
- The job developer offered your friend a job that you wanted
- The smell of bananas makes you sick and you can smell them in someone's lunch from the back of the van.
- Your staff person came in with a cough and is very low energy. You think they might be sick.
What was the sequence of today's topics?
What do your remember best?
You get on the van and the staff aren't making sure everyone following social distancing rules.
Self-advocacy -- approach the staff person and tell them you would be more comfortable if they could help everyone use social distancing - if that doesn't work, ask your peers yourself if they would please help everyone stay safe.
You want to get fast food for lunch but didn't mention it until 12 o'clock when lunch started
Collaboration -- politely ask if there is any way the staff can help you get to the nearest fast food restaurant but if not, be understanding about it and realize you need to plan ahead better next time.
The job developer offered your friend a job that you wanted
Self-advocacy -- ask the job developer if there is more than one position open, or tell them that is exactly the job you want and ask them to find you one.
The smell of bananas makes you sick and you can smell them in someone's lunch from the back of the van.
BOTH--explain to your group that you actually feel from the smell and then ask if anyone at the front of the bus would trade seats with you.
Your staff person came in with a cough and is very low energy. You think they might be sick.
Self-Advocacy--It may be hard but you should ask them if they feel ill. It may be that they are having allergies or something else is going on. If you still believe they are sick, you can ask the coordinator or manager at your program to speak to them.
