SELF-ADVOCACY

There are two important acronyms to remember when learning/practicing self-advocacy:

I PLAN:

Inventory: strengths, areas that need improvement, goals, choices for learning or accommodations

Provide: your inventoried information

Listen and respond: when someone is making a statement, or someone is asking you a question

Ask questions: for needed information, clarify misunderstood information.

        Ask: Who? What? Where? When? Why? Which? How?

Name your goals: what you want to do, when you want to complete it

SHARE behaviors:

Sit up straight

Have a pleasant tone of voice

Activate your thinking by telling yourself: pay attention, participate, compare ideas

Relax by having internal dialog telling yourself to stay clam

Engage in eye contact