Teaching Self Determination:

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• Teaching Self Determination

Presenters Cindy Pierce Carla
Johnson Cindy.pierce_at_region10.org cjohnson_at_esc11
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Agenda

• What is self-determination?
• Teacher self-determination
• Sessions 1-16 from Pro-Ed Steps to
  Self-Determination A Curriculum to Help
  Adolescents Learn to Achieve Their Goals

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Purposes of Training

• Provide participants the knowledge and skills of
  the 22 competencies for being self-determined as
  educators

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What is Self-Determination?

• Knowledge, skills, attitudes and beliefs a
  student acquires throughout his or her
  educational experience (K-12) that enables the
  student to plan and pursue his or her
  postsecondary goals.
• Self-determination is the ultimate goal of
  education. (Halloran, 1993)

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What is Self-Determination?

• The attitudes, abilities, and skills that lead
  people to define goals for themselves and to take
  the initiative to reach these goals (Ward, 1988).
• The capacity to choose and to have those choices
  be the determinants of ones actions (Deci
  Ryan, 1985).

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What is Self-Determination?

• Ones ability to define and achieve goals based
  on a foundation of knowing and valuing oneself
  (Field Hoffman, 1994).
• A combination of skills, knowledge, and beliefs
  that enable a person to engage in goal-directed,
  self-regulated, autonomous behavior (Field,
  Martin, Miller, Ward, Wehmeyer, 1998).

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Self-Determination

• Why is it so important?
• Students are in control of their futures and can
  see the relevancy of school
• Deci Ryan(2002) indicate that the psychological
  needs of competence, autonomy, and relatedness
  are satisfied
• Educational best practice
• Increases parent involvement

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Component Elements of Self-Determination

• Decision-making
• Choice-making
• Problem solving
• Independent living, risk taking, and safety
  skills
• Self-observation, evaluation, and reinforcement
  skills

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Component Elements of
Self-Determination

• Goal-setting and attainment skills
• Self-instruction skills
• Self-advocacy and leadership skills
• Positive self-efficacy and outcome expectancy
• Self-understanding
• Self-awareness

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22 Self- Determination Competencies for Educators

• Dream
• Know your strengths, weaknesses, needs, and
  preferences
• Know available options
• Know how to make decisions
• Accept yourself, with strengths and weaknesses
• Accept and address your perceived weaknesses

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22 Self- Determination Competencies for Educators

• Know and respect your rights
• Know and respect your responsibilities
• Take care of yourself
• Set goals
• Break a goal into steps
• Anticipate potential results of actions
• Be creative

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22 Self- Determination Competencies for Educators

• Visually rehearse
• Take risks
• Clearly communicate
• Access resources and supports
• Negotiate
• Deal with conflict and criticism
• Be persistent
• Reflect on and learn from experiences
• Reinforce yourself for success

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Orientation for Teaching Self-Determination

• Participants will identify friends or family
  members who will support them in the
  self-determination process

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Session 1 Dreaming to Open Possibilities

• Participants will identify two or three dreams
  and share them with a partner

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Session 2 What is Important to Me?

• Participants will utilize their dreams to
  identify what is important to them

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Session 3 Creating Options for Long-Term
Goals

• Participants will brainstorm possible long-term
  goals for career/vocational, social, daily
  living, and leisure activities
• Participants will identify and develop a list of
  self care activities

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Session 4 Setting Goals

• Participants will narrow options and select
  long-term goals
• Participants will identify short-term goals that
  will assist them in meeting the long-term goal

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Climb the Mountain
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Session 5 Choosing Short-Term Goals

• Participants will select one short-term goal that
  they will achieve during the a period of time
  determined by the teacher. Example grading
  period, two weeks, etc.
• Participants will gain knowledge and skills
  related to the needed steps toward goal
  achievement

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Session 6 Planning the Steps to Reach a
Short-Term Goal

• Participants will identify the necessary steps
  for goal achievement

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Session 7 Planning Actions for the Steps

• Participants will identify the needed actions
  required for each short-term goal

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Session 8 Taking the First Step

• Participants will gain knowledge and skill in
  anticipating the possible results of their
  actions
• Determine the first action toward their short
  term goals

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Session 9 Creative Barrier Breaking

• Participants will share the results of their
  actions taken to reach their short-term goal
• Participants will gain knowledge and skill in
  determining creative solutions
• Participants will identify possible results of
  their planned actions

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Session 10 A Little Help From My Friends

• Participants will identify the benefits of group
  problem solving
• Participants will anticipate the results of their
  actions

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Session 11 A Journey to Self-Determination

• Participants will listen to an individual with a
  disability describe their self-determination
  journey
• Participants will anticipate possible results
  related to their actions

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Its All About You Get to know your IEP Video

• Elementary School (10 minutes)
• Secondary School (10 minutes)
• www.imdetermined.org

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Session 12 Assertive Communication I

• Participants will discriminate between passive,
  assertive and aggressive communication
• Participants will identify the actions toward
  their goal

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Session 13 Assertive Communication II

• Participants will differentiate between
• passive, aggressive and assertive
• communication
• Participants will learn the steps to
• assertive communication

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Session 14 Negotiation

• Participants will negotiate a win-win solution
  to a problem
• Participants will anticipate the results of their
  actions

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Session 15 Conflict Resolution

• Participants will demonstrate conflict resolution
  skills in role play scenarios
• Participants will anticipate the results of their
  actions

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Session 16 Where Do We Go From Here?

• Participants will reflect on their acquired
  knowledge related to self-determination
• Participants will brainstorm ideas for continued
  progress related to self determination
• Celebrate!!!

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Its All About You Get to Know Your IEP Video

• Elementary School (10 minutes)
• Secondary School (10 minutes)
• www.imdetermined.org

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Connections

• State Performance Plan Indicators
• Transition Components
• Access to the General Curriculum