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PACER Center, 2004
It is never too early for parents to start teaching children how they can advocate for themselves. Like many other important life skills, self-advocacy is a critical tool children need in order to achieve goals, increase self-sufficiency, and become successful young adults. It is a life long process that begins with children learning by watching…
Descriptors: Young Adults, Self Advocacy, Child Advocacy, Verbal Communication
Bremer, Christine D.; Kachgal, Mera; Schoeller, Mera – 2003
This brief report applies research on self-determination to suggestions for helping students with disabilities make a successful transition from school to adult life. First, it defines the concept of self-determination and considers how self-determination is learned. It summarizes research supporting the view that self-determination in high school…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, High Schools, Individualized Education Programs
Hingsburger, Dave; Tough, Susan – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 2002
This article discusses attributes of healthy human service systems and the importance of strong sexual self-advocacy by people with disabilities. It outlines how negative attitudes can have traumatizing effects on people with disabilities and argues that by developing positive attitudes a new era of healthy sexual development can begin. (Contains…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitude Change, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Delivery Systems

Izzo, Margo Vreeburg; Hertzfeld, Jennifer Eazor; Aaron, Jennifer Hope – Journal for Vocational Special Needs Education, 2001
Focus groups (n=57) and surveys (n=665) of students with disabilities and faculty suggested that students must learn self- advocacy and educators must apply principles of Universal Design for Learning. Educators must assist students in developing self-determination skills to ensure access to courses and transition to postsecondary education or…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Education Work Relationship, Educational Improvement, Instructional Design

Bisland, Amy – Gifted Child Today, 2003
This article discusses the benefits of student participation in a gifted public relations campaign, including creating public support for gifted programming and developing leadership skills. Steps for developing a formal unit of instruction on public relations are described, along with ideas for public relations activities. (Contains references.)…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Enrichment Activities, Gifted, Leadership Training
Zirpoli, Thomas J.; And Others – Journal of the Association for Persons with Severe Handicaps (JASH), 1989
Described is an empowerment and self-advocacy training program for individuals with disabilities and parents of young children with disabilities, called Partners in Policymaking. Discussed are first-year activities, program evaluation data from participants, and both quantitative and qualitative short-term outcome data collected from first-year…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Disabilities, Empowerment, Individual Development

Kohler, Patricia; And Others – Dimensions of Early Childhood, 1994
Describes a model implemented by the Little Rock (Arkansas) school district that focused on the transition of children with special needs from preschool and home-based programs into district kindergarten. The model's main emphasis was on cooperating with and empowering all parents to act as independent and informed advocates for their children.…
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Early Childhood Education, Family Role, Kindergarten

Battle, Dorothy A.; Dickens-Wright, Lisa L.; Murphy, Sue C. – TEACHING Exceptional Children, 1998
Discusses the development of self-advocacy in adolescents with learning disabilities and describes eight guidelines for creating collaborative communications among teachers, parents, and students. Guidelines stress the importance of using portfolios for monitoring progress, encouraging parents to volunteer, having students evaluate themselves, and…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Cooperative Planning, Learning Disabilities, Parent Participation

Mitchell, Patrick J. – RE:view, 2001
This article describes the establishment of Individual Development through Employment, Assessment, and Learning (IDEAL), a summer transition program for adolescents with blindness or visual impairments in Pennsylvania. The program emphasizes independence, work exploration, and social skills development. Data from participants, parents, and staff…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Blindness, Career Exploration, Participant Satisfaction

Barrie, Wendy; McDonald, Joan – Remedial and Special Education, 2002
This article explains how administrators make it possible for their staff to initiate and implement advocacy efforts on behalf of students with special needs. A step-by-step series of actions and decision points are described to support the implementation of an innovative student-led Individualized Education Program process. (Contains 7…
Descriptors: Administrator Role, Change Strategies, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Amerman, Tracy; Carr-Jones, Janmarie – TEACHING Exceptional Children Plus, 2006
As a statewide initiative, New Jersey has been hosting teen leadership conferences for students with disabilities. The focus of the conferences is to address skills necessary to be successful in school and for transition to life after high school. The conferences are held throughout New Jersey at universities and colleges. Students with…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Conferences (Gatherings), Transitional Programs, Developmental Studies Programs
Krebs, Cathryn – RE:view: Rehabilitation Education for Blindness and Visual Impairment, 2006
Using a dialogue journal during a school year helped a 10th-grade student focus on skills that build responsibility and self-reliance. The Expanded Core Curriculum (Hatlen, 1996) addresses disability specific skills that include compensatory and social interaction skills. Providing instruction in organization, time management, and self-advocacy…
Descriptors: Diaries, Student Responsibility, Self Efficacy, Teaching Methods
Paraschiv, Irina – 2000
This paper discusses the development of the Basic Skills Model, a theoretical framework that has enabled North Carolina educators to propose to the Department of Public Instruction the development of a curriculum for high school juniors and seniors with disabilities. The curriculum is designed to enable students to gain the necessary skills to…
Descriptors: Curriculum Design, Decision Making Skills, Disabilities, Graduation Requirements
Daniels, Susan M. – Exceptional Education Quarterly, 1982
Parent and self advocacy for the disabled is discussed, particularly in relation to issues where parents and children frequently have conflicts. Four major areas of conflict are identified: independence, peer group identification, sexuality, and goal setting for adult life. (SB)
Descriptors: Child Advocacy, Conflict Resolution, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education

Balcazar, Fabricio E.; And Others – Mental Retardation, 1996
This study characterized individual advocacy performance differences of 3 individuals with developmental disabilities and 21 parents before and after participating in training programs called Partners in Policymaking. A three group taxonomy of advocate development (beginner, involved, and activist) is suggested. (DB)
Descriptors: Assertiveness, Change Agents, Classification, Developmental Disabilities