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The
Many Faces of Self-Advocacy
Sponsored
and Coordinated by
Arizona
TASH Chapter
This strand is an opportunity for
self-advocates and facilitators to share what they are learning about
self-advocacy and to come together to learn about self-advocacy events in
Arizona
.
Friday, November 11, 2005
8:30 am - 9:30 am
Current Thoughts on Self-Advocacy
Please
join us for a roundtable discussion to share what is going on in the arena
of self-advocacy and what self-advocates believe is important for
promoting self-advocacy in the future.
Speakers: Susan Unok Marks
9:45 am - 10:45 am
Self-Advocacy Through Video
This session will present how the process of making a movie was used
to develop self-determination and self-advocacy skills in a self-advocate,
while at the same time helping a facilitator learn how to more effectively
teach such skills.
Speakers: John Schaffer, Carrie Raabe
11:00 am - 12:00 pm
Voicing One's Dreams: High
School Students with Developmental Disabilities Learn About Self-Advocacy
This
session will present on a self-advocacy project that focused on providing
self-advocacy workshops for high school students with developmental
disabilities. The workshops
were targeted to schools within low-income areas, referred to as
"enterprise zones." Two
of the high schools were located on the Navajo reservation and one high
school was located in
Phoenix
. This presentation highlights
the process, what was learned, and the activities that were particularly
useful for high school students with disabilities.
Speakers: Jocelyn Van Belle
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