Picking a Goal

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Picking a Goal

• The Workbook Lets Share These Together

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Phase 1 Setting a Goal

• Student Problem to Solve
• Determining a goal
• Student Questions
• What do I want to learn?
• What do I know about it now?
• What must change for me to learn what I dont
  know?
• What can I do to make this happen?
• (Agran, M., King-Sears, M., Wehmeyer, M.,
  Copeland, S., 2003)

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Phase 2 Taking Action

• Student Problem to Solve
• Developing a plan to achieve the goal
• Student Questions
• What can I do to learn what I dont now?
• What could keep me from taking action?
• What can I do to remove these barriers?
• When will I take action?
• (Agran, M., King-Sears, M., Wehmeyer, M.,
  Copeland, S., 2003)

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Phase 3 Adjusting the Goal or Plan

• Student problem to solve
• Evaluating what has been learned
• Student Questions
• What actions have I taken?
• What barriers have been removed?
• What has changed about what I dont know?
• Do I know what I want to know?
• (Agran, M., King-Sears, M., Wehmeyer, M.,
  Copeland, S., 2003)

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Meet a Self-Advocate
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Phase 1 Setting a Goal

• Student Problem to Solve
• Determining a goal
• Student Questions
• What do I want to learn? To dance
• What do I know about it now? I have never danced
• What must change for me to learn what I dont
  know? How to dance, how to take lessons
• What can I do to make this happen? Talk to my mom
  and dad, find out about lessons
• (Agran, M., King-Sears, M., Wehmeyer, M.,
  Copeland, S., 2003)

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Phase 2 Taking Action

• Student Problem to Solve
• Developing a plan to achieve the goal
• Student Questions
• What can I do to learn what I dont now? Find out
  about dance lessons
• What could keep me from taking action? I am
  afraid to ask, What about money, Will my dad let
  me, I just cant
• What can I do to remove these barriers?
• Have my speech therapist help me ask, talk to my
  mom and dad, find out how much things cost, just
  think about it
• When will I take action? When I get back to
  school

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Plan of Action

• Talk to Dad (Dad says fine!)
• Talk to the dance teacher (She donated the
  lessons!)
• Get my dance clothes and costume (made and
  application to KYAP- I got it!)
• Start dance class (Im a little scared)

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I DID IT!!!!! I presented my progress at I DID
IT DAY and I was in the dance recital in
June!! KYAP even sent me flowers!! I am very
proud of myself. My mom says I am a different
person!
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KYAP Goals In Progress

• Elementary
• Work on buying something at the store on my own
• Have my birthday party at home with my friends
  coming to my house
• Use picture exchange at home and school
• Let my teacher/parent know so I can go somewhere
  to calm down
• Learn to spell better as I get better at
  basketball
• Be able to look up information in the internet
  pertaining to my new school
• Learn how to climb the monkey bars (Im tired of
  being on the ground)

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Middle School

• Learn how to dance
• Use a communication board to talk
• with people
• Make eye contact with adults

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High School

• Initiate conversations
• Start researching what I may want to do after
  high school
• Lose 10 pounds
• Be a wrestling coach
• Lose 10 pounds
• Find out if I can be a manager for the wrestling
  team and find out about a
• summer job
• Do something in nursing and/or working with the
  elderly after graduation check out the 2 year
  nursing program at Southeast CC
• Go on some kind of post-secondary
  education/training check out what Carl Perkins
  has to offer via the internet
• Find out if I can be a trainer for the basketball
  team find out about activities for me in the
  Summer
• Work either in veterinary science, pet grooming,
  or X-ray technology after high school
• Be a WWE wrestler
• Become a computer game designer
• Be a cross country truck driver
• Go to Carl Perkins for training after graduation
• Do my homework independently
• Go to the games on the same bus as the team
• Get a way to communicate

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Step 4 Technical Assistance

• Communication Systems
• Funding Issues
• Realistic Goals
• Data Collection
• Program Suggestions
• Other Barriers

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• Step 5 Kentucky Youth Advocacy Project
• I DID IT DAY!
• The purpose of the I DID IT DAY is to provide a
  forum for students to share the progress they
  have made toward their goal.
• Each student will have approximately 6 minutes
  for their presentation. Each student will begin
  by sharing the goal they picked and then
  presenting information about the progress they
  have made toward the goal.

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I DID IT DAY

• Kentucky Youth Advocacy Project
• Morning I DID IT!
• 1000 1015 Welcome, Introductions, Overview
  of morning
• (Snacks
  and drinks available for students)
• 1015 1030 Mentor Panel
• 1030 1115 Student presentations
• 1115 1130 Whats next?
• Afternoon I DID IT!
• 100 115 Welcome, Introductions, Overview of
  day
• (Snacks and drinks available for students)
• 115 130 Mentor Panel
• 130 215 Student presentations
• 215 230 Whats next?

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Student Presentations

• Students can use pictures, drawings, storyboards,
  portfolios, school diary and/or video to portray
  their work toward their goal Student can select
  samples of his/her work which focus on achieving
  their goal to show at I DID IT DAY.
• Student could develop, and present, a slide show
  which shows the steps she/he went through (is
  going through) to achieve their goal. Students
  can use their My Goal Book as a resource in
  developing slide content.
• Students unable to independently develop or show
  a slide show, may choose the slide template and
  may click a mouse on a computer to move from one
  slide to the next slide in a Microsoft
  PowerPoint presentation, telling what each
  slide says, or the slide may have their voice
  on the slide itself.

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More Ideas

• Student could develop a poster which shows the
  goal they chose, the actions they have taken, and
  the progress they have made.
• Students could share any kind of self-monitoring
  system they may be using to keep track of their
  own progress toward the goal.
• Students can use their My Goal Book to share
  information with the group.

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Media for Students

• If teacher/student needs help with video taping,
  KYAP will come down and do that!
• KYAP will come help take pix for presentations
  and load on a CD for the students use
• If the student is non-verbal, KYAP could help
  make a tape for them to run, which includes a
  voice that speaks the info below. We want to make
  this as easy for everyone and as fun for the
  students as possible.

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An Important Note!!!

• If the student did not complete his/her goal,
  this is NOT a problem. He/she can just tell where
  they are in the process and what they will do
  next.
• This is part of the process!

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Sample Student Script Hello, my name is
______________________________and I am in the
_________grade. Some of the things I really like
to do are________________________________________
__________________________________ Some things I
dont like to do are ____________________________
__________________________________________________
_________________________________________________
_____________________________ The goal I chose
was______________________________________________
______________ I started working on the goal on
______________(date). My action plan
included_________________________________________
________________ The actions I have taken so
far are__________________________________________
_______ The easiest part of working toward my
goal has been ___________________________________
___________________________________________ The
hardest part of working toward my goal has
been I have learned this about my
goal_____________________________________________
_____ ____________________________________________
_____________________________
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Examples Of Materials
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KYAP Materials

• Manual
• Copy of Student-Directed Learning Teachers
  Guides to Inclusive Practices (Agran, King-Sears,
  Wehmeyer, Copeland, 2003)
• Examples of each stage of the SDLMI for Students
  of varying levels of disability
• Ideas and examples of self-evaluation logs,
  charts, etc. to record students progress
• Data sheets to monitor students progress for the
  project.

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Step 6 Data Collection

• Data taken weekly on students current phase
• Student self-evaluates progress on a system
  designed specifically for him/her
• Data on student progress sent electronically to
  project staff once a month

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Step 7 The Website

• www.kypa.org
• Description of the project
• Materials available
• Resources
• Links
• Examples of student work
• Contact info

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Whats Next ???

• Increase the number of students and school
  personnel involved in the process
• We worked with 29 students this year from the
  Eastern KY area. We trained over 30 teachers,
  SLPs, OT and Administrators. We will be working
  in Central, Eastern KY and in Bowling
  Green/E-town areas this year. We hope to enroll
  up to 70 students this year.
• Refine materials and data collection
• Teachers were happy with the data collection
  system, but next year we want students to manage
  their own data electronically if they can. Each
  student has his/her own jump-drive to store their
  data

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• Obtain student, teacher, etc. satisfaction
  information and suggestions
• Our data showed strong satisfaction from this
  years work, over half of the students and
  teachers want to continue next year, parents and
  teachers noted positive changes with their
  students.
• Disseminate information
• Materials will be available on the website

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Contact Us

• Jane Kleinert jklei2_at_uky.edu
• Beth Harrison bharris_at_uky.edu
• Jane Kleinert, Ph.D.
• Kentucky Youth Advocacy Project
• 124 N CTW Bldg.
• University of Kentucky
• 900 S. Limestone St.
• Lexington, KY 40536-0200