me! a curriculum for self-awareness & self-advocacy
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ME! A Curriculum for Self-Awareness & Self-Advocacy. Penny Cantley Karen Parker James Martin. Questions To Think About. What percentage of your students could name and describe their disability? Does your school systematically teach students with IEP’s about their disability? - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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
discussions ME!
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
Form_15.pdf
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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
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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
Penny L. CantleyThe University of OklahomaZarrow Center for Learning EnrichmentCollege of Education338 Cate Center Drive, Room 190Norman, OK 73019-4090Phone 405-325-8951Fax [email protected]
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