Self-Advocacy

Explain how to self-advocate in this situation: The teacher says it is time to turn in your quiz but you aren’t finished yet. You spend the rest of the day angry because you know you didn’t finish.

Which of the following is NOT a step of self-advocating?

What does self-advocacy mean?

Explain how to self-advocate in this situation: Your teacher just got done explaining a lesson that you do not understand. You are starting to get very frustrated as you work independently because you don’t know what to do.

Explain how to self-advocate in this situation: You are having a tough day because of a sad memory you thought of earlier. Now, you don’t feel like talking to anyone or doing anything. 

What do you do in the first step of self-advocating, identify and clarify?

Explain how to self-advocate in this situation: Your teacher accidentally puts in a grade wrong and now you are in trouble at home. You are annoyed that your teacher would make a mistake like that.

Explain how to self-advocate in this situation: You and your mom got in an argument before school. You come into school already upset and now, everything that everyone says or does is making you angry.

What is the last step of self-advocating?

You sit in the back of the classroom but you have a hard time seeing the board. Now, your grades are suffering because you can’t see what the teacher is teaching and you get more frustrated each day.

Explain how to self-advocate in this situation: You and your friend are in a fight and it just keeps getting worse and worse. It is starting to affect how you are doing in school because it is all you can think about.

The second step of self-advocating, select the proper person, means you...

Every time you walk in the hallway, one of your friend comes up to you and runs into you, almost knocking you over. He says he is just playing around, but you are getting very irritated. You have told him this, but he still continues to do

Why is it important to have confidence when you are self-advocating?

Explain how to self-advocate in this situation: You forgot your computer and you can’t do the assignment that the teacher just gave everyone. Now, you can’t do your work and you begin to feel very embarrassed.

Explain how to self-advocate in this situation: You are working on an assignment when you notice that your computer is about to die. Out of frustration, you slam your computer shut and sit with your head down.