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Self-Advocacy

Self-Advocacy is learning how to speak up for yourself, making your own decisions about your own life, learning how to get information so that you can understand things that are of interest to you, finding out who will support you in your journey, knowing your rights and responsibilities, problem solving, listening and learning, reaching out to others when you need help and friendship, and learning about self-determination. Below are some resources to help students, parents and educators.

Student Leadership Opportunities:

Dare to Dream

http://d2dri.wikispaces.com/What+is+Dare+to+Dream%3F

The conference dares students to take on leadership roles in their own life, in the lives of their peers, and in the lives of those coming behind them. For many students, Dare to Dream may be the first time they hear and see people talking very openly about what it means to be a person with a disability. Students hear from another peer who has succeeded, raising their expectations/aspirations and they begin to put their disability and/or special health care need in perspective and not let it define who they are. Students see having a disability has many different faces. Students learn about transition resources, accommodations and services; they begin to see the future as a set of options they control, not a predetermined set of events.

Youth Leadership Forum

http://riylf.org/

Rhode Island Youth Leadership Forum (YLF) is an innovative, exciting program for high school juniors and seniors with disabilities who have demonstrated leadership capabilities in their communities and schools. The four-day forum includes many activities to help further develop the leadership potential and identify and clarify future goals of students who qualify.

Assessments

Age-Appropriate Transition Assessment Guide

http://www.nsttac.org/products_and_resources/tag.aspx#informalAssessments

The Arc’s Self-Determination Scale (Adolescent Version)

http://www.beachcenter.org/resource_library/beach_resource_detail_page.aspx?Type=Manual&intResourceID=779&JScript=1

ChoiceMaker Self-Determination Assessment

http://store.cambiumlearning.com/ProgramPage.aspx?parentId=019005526&functionID=009000008&pID=&site=sw

Self Determination Knowledge Scale

http://www.proedinc.com/customer/productView.aspsx?ID=3601&SearchWord=Steps%20to%20self-determination

Curriculum

Self-Determination Course Description

http://www.fldoe.org/ESE/esecourse/7963140.pdf

Teaching Self-Determination Skills

http://www.nsttac.org/ebp/TeachingSelfDeterminationSkillsGP.aspx

Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills

http://www.nsttac.org/ebp/TeachingSelfAdvocacySkillsSP.aspx

Research to Practice Lesson Plan Starter

http://www.nsttac.org/LessonPlanLibrary/Main.aspx

A Student’s guide to the IEP (2nd edition)

http://www.nichcy.org/products/pages/default.aspx?productid=7018

ChoiceMaker Self-Determination Curriculum: Choosing Employment Goals, Self-Directed IEP, Choosing Education Goals, Choosing Personal Goals, Take Action, and Choose and Take Action

http://store.cambiumlearning.com/ProgramPage.aspx?parentId=019005526&functionID=009000008&pID=&site=sw

Steps to Self-Determination

http://www.proedinc.com/customer/productView.aspx?ID=3601

“I’m Determined” Self Determination Checklists

https://php.radford.edu/~imdetermined/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=10&Itemid=13

“I’m Determined” Videos

https://php.radford.edu/~imdetermined/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=16&Itemid=30

Navigating Your IEP: Are you on the right track towards your future?

http://www.familycafe.net/images/stories/pdffiles/navigating%20your%20iep%202-25-10.pdf

Show 47 Especially for Teens

http://main.disabilitylawlowdown.com/

Chart Your Own Future: How Your IEP Can Help

http://www.pacer.org/parent/php/PHP-c113.pdf

Self-Determination Synthesis Project

http://sdsp.uncc.edu/home.asp

Self-Determination for Persons with Disabilities: A Position Statement of the Division on Career Development and Transition

http://www.cec.sped.org/Content/NavigationMenu/AboutCEC/International/StepbyStep/ResourceCenter/SelfDetermination/self_deter.pdf

Self-Determination for Middle and High School Students

http://www.ncset.org/topics/sdmhs/default.asp?topic=30

Self-Determination for Postsecondary Students

http://www.ncset.org/topics/sdpse/default.asp?topic=7

Center for Self-Determination

http://www.centerforself-determination.com

Technologies for Self-Determination for Youth with Developmental Disabilities

http://www.dddcec.org/positionpapers/Self-DetermNewMedia.doc

Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment

http://education.ou.edu/zarrow/?rd=1

Additional Resources:

I'm Determined

www.imdetermined.org

I’m Determined, a project developed and sponsored by the Virginia Department of Education’s Training and Technical Assistance Centers, focuses on providing direct instruction, models, and opportunities to practice skills associated with self-determined behavior beginning at the elementary level and continuing through the student’s educational career. The empowered student knows how to set and achieve goals and has a greater understanding of personal strengths and how to get support for areas of need.