Advocating
Inclusion
Positive Thinking
Flexibility, Accepting "no" & Compromising
Community Skills
100
True or False?
I can ask for help by screaming and throwing things.
False
I use my words to ask for help.
1. Take a deep breath.
2. Tell an adult "I need help."
100
What does it mean to be "inclusive" ?
Being welcoming and inviting.
100
True or false?
Thinking positively means:
I can think of things I can do.
I can think of good things that happened.
I can think of things that I like.
True 
Thinking positively means:
I can think of things I can do.
I can think of good things that happened.
I can think of things that I like.
100
True or False?
If someone says, “I don’t want help,” or “no thanks,” or “I got it,”
That’s okay!
We can respect their decision.
We can give them space.
True
We can be a good friend.
We can respect their decision.
100
True or False?
We walk on the crosswalk to cross the street.
True
We walk on the crosswalk to cross the street.
200
How can you self-advocate when someone is speaking too quietly?
"Say that again, please."
"Say it louder, please."
200
Someone is talking. You are talking too. Are you being inclusive?
No!
You are talking over each other!
200
True or false?
I can think positively with the Cooke School mantra.
True!
I can think positively with the Cooke School mantra.
200
What is a compromise?
Talking it out.
Making a deal.
Everyone is happy.
200
What do these signs mean?
Walk - I can cross the street.
Stop - I need to wait until there are no cars and bikes to walk.
300
How can you advocate for yourself when your iPad dies?
I need help! My iPad is dead.
I need to plug it in. I need to charge my iPad.
300
How can we include others?
Take turns
Work together
Help
Share
Listen
Invite to talk or play
300
I can be thankful for what I have and what I can do.
What are some people and things I am thankful for?
family, friends
food, clothes,
home, school
books, toys, TV
300
True or false?
I still need to listen and follow directions when I’m angry or sad.
True!
When I am angry or sad, I can take deep breaths, ask for a break, or ask for help.
I need to listen and follow directions when I am angry or sad.
300
True or false?
Outside in the community, I can ask any stranger for help.
False!
Outside in the community, I can ask my family for help.
I can ask only safe strangers for help. I can ask firefighters, EMTs, store workers, crossing guards, train conductors.
400
How can you advocate when you need to tie your shoes?
My shoelaces are loose. I need help.
Can you tie my shoes?
400
Someone is sitting by themself. You ask to play with them.
Are you being a good friend?
Yes!
400
Act it out! What can you say and do?
Someone wants to play with you. You don’t want to play.
Take a deep breath. Ask for a break. Ask for help. I can say,
I need some space right now.
I'm doing something else now.
I can play with you another time.
400
True or false?
Sometimes people tell me “no.”
I don’t get to do what I want to do.
I can talk it out and make a compromise.
I can get what I want later, or I can get something else I want.
True!
I can take a deep breath and go with the flow.
I can be flexible!
I can talk things out and make a compromise.
400
Act it out!
You are grocery shopping with your Mom and you can’t find her in the store.
Who do you ask for help? What do you say?
I can ask the store cashier or stocker for help.
I can say, "I need help finding my mom."
500
Someone is holding your hand. You do not want to hold their hand.
How can you advocate?
No thank you.
Personal space please.
I need space.
500
You said to a friend, "You cannot play with us."
Are you being an inclusive friend?
No
I can be inclusive and a good friend by playing with everyone.
500
Act it out! What can you say and do?
I don’t want to do school work. It’s too hard!
Take a deep breath. Take a break.
I can do hard things!
I’ve done it before and I can do it again.
I can ask for help.
500
Act it out! What can you say and do?
We can’t go on the roof for recess because it is raining.
Take a deep breath. Ask for a break. Ask for help.
I can say, "Okay, I will be flexible. I will go somewhere else for recess today. We'll go to the roof again next time when it is not raining."
500
Act it out!
You go to the deli near your apartment. You are about to leave but forgot which way to turn to get back to your street.
Who do you ask for help? What do you say?
(Use the name of the street you live on.)
I can ask the cashier. I can say, "I need help. Where is ______?"