Self Advocacy 9-10

Self-Advocacy

• changes to what your child is taught or expected to do in school.

• Knowing what you need and being able to ask for correctly.

• The action or state of including or being included within a group or structure

• a physical or mental condition that limits a person

You do not have to be responsible for what you advocate for.

• True

• False

You should advocate for yourself

• just with Mr. Hoskins.

• just in court

• all the time.

• just in IEP’s.

What year was (PL) 94 – 142 made a law?

• 1990

• 1975

• 2017

• 1776

An IEP is not important so don’t say anything while you are there.

• True

• False

ADA says a condition does not need to be severe or permanent to be a disability

• True

• False

Modifications

• A plan to ensure that a student who has disability identified receives

  specialized instruction and related services

• a physical or mental condition that limits a person

• Changes how kids learn, not what they learn.

• changes to what your child is taught or expected to do in school.

The US Constitution can help you self-advocate.

• True

• False

Parents or eligible students have the right to request that a school correct records which they believe to be inaccurate or misleading.

• True

• False

The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) guarantees that people with disabilities receive

• your IEP after you graduate.

• Easy jobs.

• colleges and employers give reasonable accommodation.

• free internet.