Description
TARGET GROUP: 6th to 9th Grade
This complete program facilitates students' transition from middle school to high school through multimedia presentations including an engaging video and the Self-Advocacy Handbook. The lessons are reinforced through the use of the well-structured Student Work Guide and the My Transitions Booklet.
The DVD features interviews with six real-life students with specific learning disabilities and/or ADHD before and after their transition to high school. They openly discuss the challenges they have faced and how they have attained success through self-advocacy and positive self-efficacy beliefs. This program is being implemented by regular & special education teachers, learning assistance staff and school counselors to assist elementary and middle school students in a successful transition to high school. Students gain greater confidence, become effective self-advocates, and learn how to plan for their academic future.
Sections & Key Concepts
Section One: About LD & ADHD
- Understanding LD, ADHD; discussing misconceptions
- Understanding your profile – strengths and difficulties
- Self-evaluation
- Defining your ‘success’
- Focusing on your strengths
Section Two: Differences Between Elementary/Middle & High School
- Understanding the differences
- Deciding how the differences will affect you
- Outlining your goals & strategies for dealing with these differences
Section Three: Transition Planning
- Preparing in advance for high school
- Developing goals for high school
- Understanding more about learning assessments & IEP’s
- Preparing for your IEP meeting (including self-directed meeting)
- Learning to take control of your educational and life direction
Section Four: Being a Self-Advocate
- Understanding what it means to be a good self-advocate
- Describing your learning profile to teachers & others
- Completing transition planning, goal planning & IEP worksheets
- Understanding accommodations, strategies & technological aids
- Turning your goals into action plans
- Planning for social skill development
COMPLETE COURSE STARTER KIT INCLUDES: Self-Advocacy Handbook (5 pack), Student Work Guide (5 pack), My Transitions Booklet (5 pack), 43-minute DVD with Discussion Guide
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