School Years - Planning for the Future
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Questions Your Child Will Want You to Ask: Are you helping me learn to talk about my disability to others? Are you encouraging me to ask for accommodations when I need them? If verbal communication is difficult for me, do I have other ways to make my wants, needs, ideas and thoughts known? Are you helping to start to see myself as separate from you? Are you keeping a vision in mind for my future as I learn and grow? Do you view me as being able to do what other children do, even if I need extra help to do so? Do you parent me the same way as my siblings/other children? Do you know where to find parenting tips? Are you helping me be part of school IEP meetings? Are you making sure others listen and value what I have to say? Do you model, “Do with and not for”? Are you helping me learn from mistakes?
Talking About My Disability
Students with Disabilities on the IEP team http://nichcy.org/schoolage/iep/team/student
Asking for Accommodations
Tips for Teens: Use Your IEP Meetings to Learn How to Advocate for Yourself- http://www.pacer.org/parent/php/php-c149.pdf
Considering Technology- http://nichcy.org/schoolage/iep/meetings/special-factors/considering-at
Self Determination
10 Steps to Independence: http://ngsd.org/news/10-steps-independence-promoting-self-determination-home
Life Course Planning
Charting the LifeCourse: Employment and Experiences and Questions Booklet: https://portal.ct.gov/-/media/DDS/family/ctlcexperiencesbooklet.pdf
More Life Course Planning Information: http://supportstofamilies.org/resources/lifecourse-toolkit/
Person-Centered Planning