Understanding How You Learn
In order to self-advocate, it is important for you to think about how you learn. Ask yourself what it is you need to help you better learn and how learning is different for you. Your school should have resources to help you find out what you need to know about yourself. Your IEP (Individualized Education Plan) has a summary of your strengths and weaknesses. You should review it and feel comfortable talking about what you find. Your psychological test reports can give you even greater detail about how you learn. You might try talking to a favorite teacher or guidance counsler and ask them what they have noticed works to help you successfully learn. Knowing in greater detail what helps you learn and what what types of instruction and accommodations you require will better prepare you for when you leave highschool.
What do you find Overwhelming?You have a unique set of strengths and challenges! You may learn differently from the majority, but you do learn. Knowing what can be overwhelming and what kinds of instruction and accommodations are available to you will get you on the track to self-advocacy.
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Accommodations You Have the Right to RequestPossibilities In Highschool:
* Allowing your answers to be verbal or dictated to a scribe or tape recorder *Allowing assignments to be done on the computer *Having extended time to take a test *Having a break or breaks during a test *Taking a test in a different setting *Special test preparation such as a study guide *Preferential seating *Directions being written and read aloud Possibilities In College: * Taped textbooks *Using a tape recorder *Instructions given in writing and orally *A note taker or borrowing notes from a fellow peer *Priority seating *Extended time on tests or assignments *Directions read aloud on tests *A quiet room for test taking Possibilities at a job: * Instructions orally and in writing * Special training *Specific and frequent feedback on your performance *Frequent breaks *Quiet place to work |