Self-Advocacy, Rights & Responsibilities
Life Skills to Remember
We need to use our self-advocacy skills even in positive situations so that we can live our best life. When someone says they might be able to get us a job it's important to follow up and see if we can get the job.
- Why is that self-advocacy?
- What makes it hard or scary to follow up on a job lead?
- How can we gain the confidence or skills to follow up on job leads?
- Is it possible to OVER advocate for ourselves and annoy people so that they don't want to help us any more?
- When a contact tells us we have to wait for an answer, or they don't get back to us quickly, how many times should we ask again?
Life Skills Questions
Below are 5 life skills questions from the story. See how you would answer them. (answers at the bottom of the page).
1. Which area type best describes where the people in the story were spending spring break?
A. inner city
B. urban valley
C. rural mountains
D. suburban desert
2. Think about the weather at a ski resort. Which of these items would you least likely need to pack for a trip to a ski
resort?
A. socks
B. shorts
C. bathing suit
D. gloves
3. Which choice is the least important part of a typical phone message?
A. name of caller
B. which phone the call came in on
C. reason the person was calling
D. phone number
4. Which comment is an example of good sportsmanship when spoken by a person who won?
A. Glad you all got the chance to play with me!
B. You played a good game!
C. I knew from the very beginning that I was going to win today.
D. I guess I’m the star today.
5. Since Carol said she might have some summer jobs, Tess should
A. call Carol in one week.
B. wait for Carol to call her.
C. go to the company in one week and ask to see Carol.
D. call around to some other companies to find other jobs.
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Contributing in the Kitchen
Look at the picture of this week's recipe
Now the recipe itself--pg1, pg2
Soup is a good way to contribute to your household in the kitchen because
- You can feed a lot of people so a big family can dig in--WHAT are good foods that go with soup?
- Vegetable soup is very inexpensive--a lot is cheap. WHICH ingredient in the recipe is filling even though it's cheap?
- Soup leftovers taste really good so even if you live alone, you can make a big pot of soup and eat it all week long-- less cooking, more health
- Soup uses up leftovers, especially vegetable soup, so if you have stuff that might go bad soon, you can just pop it in your soup--WHAT leftover vegetables are in your house right now?
- Soup fills the house with a wonderful smell which gives us a good, happy feeling. WHAT other yummy smells make you house joyful?
What Did We Learn Today?
Answers to Life Skills Questions
- c
- b & c
- b
- b
- a
