Me! Self-Awareness & Self-Advocacy
The ME! Self-Awareness & Self-Advocacy curriculum was developed through the Oklahoma Developmental Disabilities Council (ODDC). The ODDC provided Dr. James Martin (University of Oklahoma Zarrow's Center) the funds to develop teaching methods for the curriculum. If you would like to learn more about the Zarrow Center please click HERE.
In the ME! curriculum there are 10 units built "for the purpose of teaching critical transition knowledge and skills to high school students with disabilities.". Those 10 units include....
1. Getting Started
2. Learning About Special Education
3. Understanding My Individualized Education Program
4. Understanding My Rights and Responsibilities
5. Improving My Communication Skills
6. Increasing My Self-Awareness
7. Advocating For My Needs in High School
8. Advocating For My Needs After High School
9. Developing My Resources
10. Assessing My Progress & Portfolio
Click HERE for resources needed while working though these 10 unites.
Throughout the course of the curriculum students will create a ME! Book. By the end the of the curriculum students will have completed the following items...
1. IEP
2. Self-Awareness Project (Unit 6)
3. Worksheets and activities from each lesson
4. Summary of Performance
5. Secondary and post-secondary resources to use during the transition process
6. Additional student-identified resources
In the ME! curriculum there are 10 units built "for the purpose of teaching critical transition knowledge and skills to high school students with disabilities.". Those 10 units include....
1. Getting Started
2. Learning About Special Education
3. Understanding My Individualized Education Program
4. Understanding My Rights and Responsibilities
5. Improving My Communication Skills
6. Increasing My Self-Awareness
7. Advocating For My Needs in High School
8. Advocating For My Needs After High School
9. Developing My Resources
10. Assessing My Progress & Portfolio
Click HERE for resources needed while working though these 10 unites.
Throughout the course of the curriculum students will create a ME! Book. By the end the of the curriculum students will have completed the following items...
1. IEP
2. Self-Awareness Project (Unit 6)
3. Worksheets and activities from each lesson
4. Summary of Performance
5. Secondary and post-secondary resources to use during the transition process
6. Additional student-identified resources