Self-advocacy skills are very important for student with disabilities. These skills can be taught beginning in elementary school and teaching these skills can continue through high school. If a student is not taught self-advocacy skills or leaves with limited knowledge of self-advocacy skills the students chance for success are lowered. I found three artifacts that I though would be important to introduce you to in this section of my BLOG. We cannot forget that being able to speaking for your self (self-advocate) is a big part of living in the community and we all need to know how to make ourselves heard.
The first artifact that I am presenting is provided by Wikipedia. This artifact provides us with a general description of self-advocacy. I found it very interesting because it describes the self-advocacy movement as well. If you would like to view this artifact please click on the link that I am providing below.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-advocacy
The second artifact that I found is an article provided by Great Schools. This article gives parents information on how to help their child gain self advocacy skills, participate in the community, and know their rights. I found this article very informative and think you will to. If you would like to read this article you can use the following link:
http://www.greatschools.net/cgi-bin/showarticle/2522
The final artifact is called: SELF-ADVOCACY: SPEAKING FOR YOURSELF. This article provides individuals with disabilities information on how to speak for themselves. When you read this article you can get information about self advocacy, how to start a group, what self-advocacy means and making choices. I really enjoyed reading this article and I think that parents and teachers would benefit from reading it. To read this article click on the link below.
http://thechp.syr.edu/saspeak.htm
Monday, April 13, 2009
Safety and Health
Safety and health issues are very important and should be addressed with individual with disabilities. I want to provide a wide range of information so that addressing these issues might be done more easily. I found several wed-sites that address different safety issues to give you information. I have also found a paper that addresses heath care issue that individuals with disabilities may have. These artifacts are very informative and I would like you to take a look at them.
The first artifact that I found is called the: Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities. The guide outlines the four elements of evacuation information, in case of fire, that occupants need: notification, way finding, use of the way, and assistance. This guide also provides information on the five general categories of disabilities including: mobility impairments, visual impairments, hearing impairments, speech impairments, and cognitive impairments. A check list called: Personal Emergency Evacuation Planning Checklist is also included to help services managers and people with disabilities design a personalized evacuation plan. To access the Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities go to:
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Forms/EvacuationGuide.pdf
Internet safety is a very important part of using the computer today. It is important for students to know about using a computer safely and I have found a web-site that will help you to address this. This site not only addresses Internet safety but it also addresses cyber-bullying and cell phone safety. This site can be used with any child and is a great resource for parents and teacher alike. I liked the fact that there is a quiz to see if the child has learned about the safety issues and the contract that is provided. To view this web-site got to:
http://www.safekids.com/
The final artifact that I found is provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It specifically addresses, the health status, utilization and cost of services, and health insurance coverage of individuals with disabilities and compares these issues to those of individuals without disabilities. I found the information in this artifact very interesting and would like you to read this paper. To read this paper got to:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/disabled.htm
The first artifact that I found is called the: Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities. The guide outlines the four elements of evacuation information, in case of fire, that occupants need: notification, way finding, use of the way, and assistance. This guide also provides information on the five general categories of disabilities including: mobility impairments, visual impairments, hearing impairments, speech impairments, and cognitive impairments. A check list called: Personal Emergency Evacuation Planning Checklist is also included to help services managers and people with disabilities design a personalized evacuation plan. To access the Emergency Evacuation Planning Guide for People with Disabilities go to:
http://www.nfpa.org/assets/files//PDF/Forms/EvacuationGuide.pdf
Internet safety is a very important part of using the computer today. It is important for students to know about using a computer safely and I have found a web-site that will help you to address this. This site not only addresses Internet safety but it also addresses cyber-bullying and cell phone safety. This site can be used with any child and is a great resource for parents and teacher alike. I liked the fact that there is a quiz to see if the child has learned about the safety issues and the contract that is provided. To view this web-site got to:
http://www.safekids.com/
The final artifact that I found is provided by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. It specifically addresses, the health status, utilization and cost of services, and health insurance coverage of individuals with disabilities and compares these issues to those of individuals without disabilities. I found the information in this artifact very interesting and would like you to read this paper. To read this paper got to:
http://aspe.hhs.gov/daltcp/reports/disabled.htm
Thursday, April 2, 2009
Recreation and Leisure
I found some very interesting artifacts for this section of my Blog. I wanted to provide several different types of artifacts that could be used for finding out how to access some recreation and leisure activities and others that can be specifically used for the activity themselves. I thought that it was very exciting to see the different options that are available on the web as well as in other areas of the community for leisure and recreation. I hope you enjoy.
The first artifact that I found is for art lovers. It is called SEE, HEAR, IMAGINE. This site takes you through the different pieces of an artist and provides a verbal description of the six painting that are presented so that the paintings are available for individuals with different needs. It is specifically designed to help individual with visual impairments enjoy the paintings of Hugo Simberg. Take a look and listen by clicking on the link below.
http://www.fng.fi/fng/html4/en/peda/project/simberg/main.htm
The second artifact is website called Wilderness Inquiry. It is a group that tries to make accessing the out doors available to everyone. I thought that this site would give parents and their children the opportunity to find activities that are available to them to make their dream vacations available to them. I thought that it was very exciting to find a group that made wilderness activities available to all. To find out more about the activities at Wilderness Inquiry click on the link below.
http://www.wildernessinquiry.org/
Finally I would like you to look at the Houston Texans Sports Camp. This is a camp for kids form the age of 6 to the age of 18. It is provided free of charge to kids with disabilities and is specifically designed for children with physical or developmental disabilities. It provides the kids with a first hand chance to participate in football. Take a look it sound like an awesome day.
http://www.nscd.org/programs/sportscamp_texans.htm
The first artifact that I found is for art lovers. It is called SEE, HEAR, IMAGINE. This site takes you through the different pieces of an artist and provides a verbal description of the six painting that are presented so that the paintings are available for individuals with different needs. It is specifically designed to help individual with visual impairments enjoy the paintings of Hugo Simberg. Take a look and listen by clicking on the link below.
http://www.fng.fi/fng/html4/en/peda/project/simberg/main.htm
The second artifact is website called Wilderness Inquiry. It is a group that tries to make accessing the out doors available to everyone. I thought that this site would give parents and their children the opportunity to find activities that are available to them to make their dream vacations available to them. I thought that it was very exciting to find a group that made wilderness activities available to all. To find out more about the activities at Wilderness Inquiry click on the link below.
http://www.wildernessinquiry.org/
Finally I would like you to look at the Houston Texans Sports Camp. This is a camp for kids form the age of 6 to the age of 18. It is provided free of charge to kids with disabilities and is specifically designed for children with physical or developmental disabilities. It provides the kids with a first hand chance to participate in football. Take a look it sound like an awesome day.
http://www.nscd.org/programs/sportscamp_texans.htm
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