At School
You cannot find your permission slip and it was due today! What do you do?
Ask an adult for help.
When you are at home and you cannot find the Zoom information for class, what can you do?
Ask an adult for help or send an email!
If you are at Hannafords or Market Basket, who can you ask to help you find something?
Look for an employee! They have uniforms and badges! Say "I need help"
Self-Advocacy is when you tell people what you want or ______.
What is need!
What do you say when you need help?
"I need help!"
You cannot find what you usually eat in the cafeteria. What do you do?
Ask the cafeteria workers or ask an adult to help you. Say "I can't find____" or "I need help!"
Your parents are talking and you do not understand the conversation. What can you do?
Self-Advocate. Politely ask what they are talking about. You can say "What does that mean?" or "can you explain?". Your parents might say no too, and that is ok. We don't always need to know what others are talking about :)
You are at Apotheca downtown and there is a new drink but you do not know what it is. How do you self-advocate?
Ask an employee what it tastes like!
What is true
What do you say when you do not understand?
I do not understand, can you repeat that? I need help!
You are at an assembly and it is too loud. What do you do?
Tell an adult. Say "I need a break" or "It is too loud"
You want to join a conversation that your parents are having. What do you do?
Wait for a pause, and then join in, or say "Excuse me".
Name three community workers who will help you.
True or False. It is self-advocacy when you are overwhelmed and ask for a break.
What is true
What do you say when you forgot what you are supposed to do?
Don't just sit there and stare...ask an adult to "Please repeat that?"
You do not understand the class work. What do you do?
Look on the whiteboard, Ask Ms. Lingley, ask a para or ask a classmate! Say "I don't understand" or "can you explain that again?"
Your family is being really loud during your Zoom call and you cannot hear the lesson. What do you do?
Self-advocate! Put on mute, and ask your family if they can quiet down. Or remind them you are in class. Or move!
When you are at your internship, and you cannot find something on the pick sheet, or cannot find where to put an item, what do you do?
Ask your boss/supervisor/manager.
Say "Excuse me, I can't find this item".
True or false. It is self-advocacy when someone is being mean and you tell them to shut up.
False. When we self-advocate, we are respectful of others feelings.
Mrs. Valle uses a word in speech that you do not understand...what do you say?
What does that mean? I do not understand? Can you repeat that?
Your friend/classmate is talking to you while you are trying to work. What do you do?
1. Ask your friend to let you work.
2. Move your seat.
3. Tell an adult you need help!
Your parents are doing something for you that you can do by yourself. Is it ok to tell them you can do it yourself?
YES!
You are at your favorite restaurant, and you can't find your favorite dish on the menu...what do you do?
Ask for help from the waiter!
True or false. Is it self-advocacy when Ms. Lingley gives you a job and you don't like the job, and tell her you are not going to do the job.
False. It is self-advocacy to respectfully tell Ms. Lingley you do not like something. It is rude to say "I am not doing that". Part of being an adult/student is doing something that you might not always enjoy.
How do you tell adults that you do not need them to do a task for you!
I can do this myself..Can I do this myself?