The purpose of this study will be to determine the effects of teaching the Self-Advocacy Strategy on the involvement in Individual Education Program (IEP) planning of high school students with mild to moderate cognitive disabilities.
Participants .The participants in this study will be five high school students from a rural school located in the Southeast. These participants will volunteer to be involved in the intervention, they will be interviewed and be given information about the Self Advocacy Strategy. All participants will be receiving special education services since primary grades. All students will have parental consent to participate in study and pseudonyms will be used to report findings.
Setting. The setting will be a self-contained classroom in a rural high school. The only high school within the city limits. The classroom is located on campus within the school building. All participants will be receiving special education services. Instruction will be delivered daily within a 90-minute block.
This is of interest to me because a high percentage of students in my classroom have an EC classification. I feel their low self-esteem significantly impacts their performance. Self advocacy strategy is a research based intervention with proven results.
Shannon Mosteller
Comments (2)
Shannon,
I agree with you that the way a student sees theirselves will greatly effect their
performance not only in school but in life in general. I think teaching kids to value themselves could have a great impact on those students in your population group. As with anyone you generally become what you perceive yourself to be.
Good luck, looks like your off to a great start...
Scott Heavner
Posted by Scott Heavner | February 1, 2009 9:22 PM
Posted on February 1, 2009 21:22
A couple of suggestions:
You'll want to spell out any acronyms (IEP/ITP) so that you aren't vague.
Also, participation in what? involvement in what? Aren't participation and involvement the same thing? Perhaps you should chose only one of the words.
What kind of disabilities are you referring to? Cognitive? Physical?
Revise your question with these suggestions and post once more.
Posted by Alecia Jackson | February 3, 2009 10:35 PM
Posted on February 3, 2009 22:35