Rights & Self Advocacy
Check In (5 min)
What did you have for breakfast this morning? Do you have any plans for dinner? What is the theme of the week?
Recap Yesterday (3 min)
Yesterday we explored cultural differences and nutritional challenges that we might face during virtual program.
Show & Share (10-min)
An animal or something you would find at a zoo.
Challenges in the ADA (5-10 min)
PRESENTERS: Review the links best suited to your group and use the discussion prompts provided to explore common and frequent challenges that we still face with the Americans with Disabilities Acts
Review some of the main points of ADA:
(text based) This is a quick overview of the ADA.
(infographic—timeline) ADA Important Dates
(infographic)—Details and significant sections
PRESENTERS: Remember that clicking ON infographics enlarges them to fill more of the screen and you can scroll down to see items better
Here are some common issues between the ADA and City Governments
- What are some things that surprised you about rights guaranteed from the ADA?
- What are some things that you've personally run into that were not ADA compliant in your own communties? Share those with your team
- What are some ways we can enforce the ADA in the future?
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Addressing challenges in program (10-15 min)
PRESENTERS: Keeping with the challenge theme, we will discuss times we've worked through challeneges and stressors in program
Everyone has had a challenge in program. Someone might have a bad day, some one might struggle with a schedule change, it happens to everyone!
- What are some struggles that you've come across in program? How did you address it?
- Create a zoom list of ways to address challenges and struggles that we've come across and our team members may come across in the future.
Life Skills Story Worksheet: **Controlling emotional Reactions **(5-10 min)
In this week's Life Skills Story strong emotions affect the character. This worksheet explores how we experience that personally.
PRESENTERS: Complete the life skills story worksheet as a team. Have participants share their answers. Remind the group of the storyline if they don't recall it.
Complete the lifeskills story work sheet in your portfolio planner. Share your answers with the team when you finish.
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Optional Level-Up
Write a paragraph about what you think we could change in the ADA today to make communities more accessible?
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What did we learn today?
What are we doing this afternoon?
