me! a curriculum for self-awareness & self-advocacy

ME! A Curriculum for

Self-Awareness & Self-AdvocacyPenny Cantley

Karen ParkerJames Martin

1. What percentage of your students could name and describe their disability?

2. Does your school systematically teach students with IEP’s about their disability?

3. When are students taught about their disability?

4. At school, who teaches students about their disability?

Questions To Think About

5. Where does instruction about their disability take place?

6. Do you believe students should be taught at school about their disability and how it impacts their school performance?

7. How did you learn to teach students about their disabilities?

8. What materials are used to teach students about their disabilities?

Questions To Think About

The Zarrow Center for Learning Enrichment facilitates successful secondary and postsecondary educational, vocational and personal outcomes for students and adults with disabilities. ZC faculty, staff, and students do this through self-determination oriented evaluation, research, development, transition education instruction, and dissemination of best educational and support practices. The ZC also prepares undergraduate and graduate students to assume leadership roles in schools, universities, and support organizations.

Mission of the Zarrow Center

Self-awareness Self-advocacy Self-efficacy Decision-making Independent performance Self-evaluation Adjustment

Self-Determination Constructs

Summary of Performance (SOP)◦ Oklahoma uses the student directed SOP

Student-Directed Transition Planning◦ To increase student involvement in transition planning

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Zarrow Center

The purpose of the ME! is to:◦ facilitate the teaching and learning of critical transition

skills

◦ teach self-awareness and self-advocacy

◦achieve the long term goal of developing self-aware adults who advocate for their needs in education and employment

ME!

Disability-Awareness and Self-Advocacy predict high school and post-school success

Education

Employment

Quality of life

Why ME!

Funding provided by a grant from the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council awarded to University of Oklahoma, Zarrow Center

Continues the Zarrow Center’s focus of developing teacher friendly materials available at no cost to educators

Development of ME!

Being developed and validated via a curriculum review process

Available by Fall 2009 at Zarrow Center website, http://education.ou.edu/zarrow/

Opportunities for you to get involved

Development of ME!

ME! Book KWL Chart◦ what we know, what we want to know & what we learned

My Disability Research Project Performance Assessment Priority Academic Student Skills (PASS)

ME! Components

Unit 1: Getting Started Lesson 1: Understanding Self-awareness & Self-advocacy Lesson 2: Understanding What it’s all About

Student KWL Chart.doc

Unit 2: Learning About Special Education Lesson 1: Learning About the History of Disability Lesson 2: Learning About SPED! How & why did I get here? Lesson 3: Creating My! History

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Unit 3: Understanding My Disability Lesson 1: Starting My Disability Awareness Project

Lesson 2: Continuing My Disability Awareness Project

Lesson 3 and 4: Completing My Disability Awareness Project

Famous People with Disabilities.pptx

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Unit 4: Understanding My Individualized Education Program

Lesson 1: Getting to Know My IEP

Lesson 2: Still Getting to Know My IEP

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Unit 5: Understanding My Rights & Responsibilities

Lesson 1: Learning My About Rights & Responsibilities in High School

Lesson 2: Learning About My Rights & Responsibilities After High School

Lesson 3: Where do I go from Here?

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Unit 6: Communicating About My Disability & Needs

Lesson 1: Knowing What to Ask and How to Ask

Lesson 2: Talking to My Teacher – Role play in class

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Unit 7: Advocating For My Needs Lesson 1: Talking to My Teacher – Performance Assessment

Unit 8: Discussing & Disclosing My Disability Outside of School

Lesson 1: Using My New Skills on the Job

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Unit 9: Becoming Self-Determined Lesson 1: Putting it all Together

Unit 10: Becoming ME! Lesson 1: Reflecting on My Past, Planning for My Future

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Time to Teach◦Approximately 15 hours ◦ 20 – 45 minute sessions

Where to Teach◦Resource English, Social Studies, Transition class or

Study Skills class PASS Standards◦Each lesson corresponds to Oklahoma PASS Standards

Cost◦ FREE – download at http://education.ou.edu/zarrow/

Details

Teacher input on materials

Teach ME! in your classroom

Feedback Requested

Questions

Dr. James MartinThe University of OklahomaZarrow Center for Learning EnrichmentCollege of Education338 Cate Center Drive, Room 190Norman, OK 73019-4090Phone 405-325-8951Fax 405-325-7841

jemartin@ou.edu

Penny L. CantleyThe University of OklahomaZarrow Center for Learning EnrichmentCollege of Education338 Cate Center Drive, Room 190Norman, OK 73019-4090Phone 405-325-8951Fax 405-325-7841pennylou@ou.edu

Contact InformationKaren ParkerThe University of OklahomaZarrow Center for Learning EnrichmentCollege of Education338 Cate Center Drive, Room 190Norman, OK 73019-4090Phone 405-325-8951Fax 405-325-7841

ksparker@ou.edu