Course 2: Preparing for Life After High School
Life Skills
Self-Advocacy
Milestones
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Advocating Needs Across Settings
Table of Contents
Introduction
Learning Targets:
- Learn more about differences in needs for self-advocacy across settings.
- Understand your needs and how you may want to express them to others.
- Explore strategies and tools to learn and practice expressing personal needs.
Lesson
Needs Assessment
Determine your needs in this area by completing the worksheet below. There are three different ways to complete the worksheet.
Tools and Activities
Self-Disclosure Decision Tree for in the Community
Walks you through common needs and issues around deciding to self-disclose.
Next Steps
Determine your next steps in this area by completing the worksheet below. There are three different ways to complete the worksheet.
Additional Resources
| Name of Resource | Type | Link |
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Self-Advocacy Toolkit |
Toolkit |
Survey
After you complete a section of the module, whether it is under Life Skills, Self-Advocacy, or Milestones, we would love your feedback!
The organization we received the grant from (The North Carolina Council on Developmental Disabilities) to create this course would like to know how this information supported your needs. This can help them show how their funding initiatives are helping the community and in turn get more funding in the future.