Self-Advocacy Scenarios | Baamboozle - Baamboozle

Name 3 different ways to communicate.

Writing, texting, body language, touch pads/devices, speaking, sign language, dancing, drawing, communication board.

Are people allowed to touch you without your permission?

No

Are you allowed to say "no" to people?

yes

Self-advocacy is telling people what you ______

Need

Why is it important to ask for help?

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RANDOM QUESTION: If you could travel anywhere right now, where would you go?

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RANDOM QUESTION: what is one good thing that happened this week?

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You wake up late and miss the bus, your parents are not home.

Call your parent and let them know you missed the bus and need a ride to school now.

You loan a friend $10, they promise to pay you back at school on Monday. Monday comes around and they say they forgot the money.

Ask them to bring it tomorrow. If they keep forgetting it then what?

The teacher is changed the slide before you could write everything down...

ask the teacher if they could go back so you can finish writing it down or ask a classmate for answers

You are taking a test and your teacher told the class to stay in their seats during it. Your pencil broke and you do not have another one.

Raise hand and ask for a new pencil/to sharpen it.

You are in class and start to feel sick, what should you do?

Raise hand or go up to teacher and ask to to see the nurse.

Someone I can ask for help at home is

Any of them

Two people I can ask for help at school are:

Any of them

You lost your sweatshirt in the classroom.

Ask teachers if they have seen it, ask classmates, ask to go to the lost and found.

You left your homework at home that is due today

Tell teacher, ask to turn it in tomorrow, ask for another copy

Your History midterm on Wednesday has a lot of information on it. You do better in class when you know exactly what to study for. When there is too much information, you get overwhelmed and give up.

Nice job!

You have been reading a novel for your English class and have to give a presentation on the book tomorrow. You're not done with the book yet and, by the time you finish it, it will be too late to start your presentation.

Good work!

You're having trouble understanding some of your classroom assignments. It isn't because the vocabulary is hard, its just hard for you to see the font when its so tiny and close together.

Awesome!

You are unsure if your writing assignments include everything your teacher is looking for. When she gives you a grade, you're not sure what you did correctly and what needed more improvement.

Great!

You're a good reader and can understand articles your teacher gives you, but sometimes its hard for you to pick out the most important information and vocabulary.

Nice!

Your teacher likes to call on students randomly after asking a question. This makes you nervous because it takes you a little longer to understand the question and think of a good answer.

Awesome!

You're easily distracted by what's going on outside the window during independent work in the classroom. Sometimes you just get distracted and can't help it, but it makes it hard for you to complete your work.

Great job!

Your teacher's directions were long and had a lot of words you never heard of before. You don't understand what she wants you to do for your assignment.

Nice job!

The article you have to read is very long and you're getting overwhelmed by all the text.

Awesome!

You forgot the strategy your teacher taught last week and don't remember how to apply it to new questions.

Great!