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3 rd Annual I’m Determined Youth Summit

Join us at the 3rd Annual I'm Determined Youth Summit to learn and engage with topics such as assistive technology, accommodations, famous people with disabilities, disability laws and rights, accessibility, transition, self-advocacy, goal setting, attitudes/stereotypes, and disability history. Expand your knowledge, empower yourself, and break down barriers. Don't miss out!

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3 rd Annual I’m Determined Youth Summit

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  1. 3rd Annual I’m Determined Youth Summit

  2. 2010 I’m Determined Youth Summit: Small Groups Green Group Topics: • Assistive Technology • Accommodations

  3. Topic # 1: Assistive Technology • Example: demonstrate an Alpha Smart • Hands on technology fair. • Demonstrations • Explain where and how to purchase/ borrow assistive technology.

  4. Topic: Assistive Technology (con’t.) • A “Day in your shoes” day where a non-disabled student has to use all the assistive technologies used by a person with a disability while experiencing a certain disability for the day. • Have the youth summit participants go to schools and teach students and teachers about assistive technology that is available and how it works.

  5. Topic # 2: Accommodations • Have the administrators create an assembly to inform all students and teachers about Accommodations. • Explain to the students what a 504/ IEP is and what it does and who is eligible for it.

  6. Topic: Accommodations (con’t.) • Have the youth summit participants go to schools and teach students and teachers about accommodations.

  7. 2010 I’m Determined Youth Summit: Small Groups Red Group Topics: • Famous People/Leaders with a disability • Disability Laws & Rights

  8. Topic # 1: Famous people/leaders with a disability • Matching Game • Jeopardy • Bingo • True and False game

  9. Topic: Famous people/leaders • Robin Williams- ADD • Edger Allan Poe- Bipolar • Dav Pilkey (Children’s Author)- ADHD • Stevie Wonder- Blind

  10. Topic: Famous people/leaders • Ray Charles- Blind • NY Governor Patterson- Blind • Tom Cruise- Dyslexia • Michael J. Fox- Parkinson Disease

  11. Topic # 2: Disability laws and rights • Documentaries • Guest Speakers who specifically deal with legislation of disabilities (Mooney: Project Eye-to-Eye; Rebecca Harris works with President Obama on Disability commission) • Jeopardy

  12. Topic : Disability laws/rights • Memoir of experiences dealing with rights/laws

  13. Topic: Disability Laws/Rights • 504 plan • IDEA • Disability History Awareness Month • Americans with Disabilities Act • IEP

  14. 2010 I’m Determined Youth Summit: Small Groups Orange Group Topics: • Accessibility • Transition

  15. Topic # 1: Accessibility • Put students in another person’s shoes • Ex. Blindfold someone and have a guide dog guide them around the school • Sign language lesson • Bullying assembly

  16. Topic: Accessibility • Disability awareness assembly • Best Buddies club • Kids with disabilities matched up with other students/Big Brothers, Big sisters… • Spread the word to end the word • Awareness banner for people to sign • Stop, look and listen to a person • The golden rule

  17. Topic: Accessibility • Basic Skills class that teaches study skills needed for the future

  18. Topic # 2: Transition • Discuss the different transitions people make during their lives such as a new home, new school, new grade level, etc. • Go speak to elementary and middle school kids with IEPs and talk about the transition to the next level • Talk about your experience with transition to another student • Have alumni come back and talk about the transition from high school to College and talk about college accommodations • Talk about different views of how people see certain things

  19. Topic: Transition • Take people to their desired colleges and show them the accessible routes • Seniors mentoring Freshmen or rising Freshmen • Transition teacher • Career Pathways program/class to help with transition from high school to college

  20. 2010 I’m Determined Youth Summit: Small Groups Blue Group Topics: • Self-advocacy • Goal setting

  21. Topic # 1: Self-advocacy • Role playing activity • Educate yourself and others • Announcement activities • Video

  22. Topic: Self-advocacy • Disability assembly • Find your: • Learning style • Strengths • Things to improve

  23. Topic # 2: Goal Setting • The PATH • Long term goal • Each block represents a step towards your goal • The Sun • Long or Short term goal in school • Accomplishments

  24. Self-Advocacy & Goal Setting • Go to the I’m determined website. • www.imdetermined.org

  25. 2010 I’m Determined Youth Summit: Small Groups Purple Group Topics: • Attitudes/Stereotypes • Disability History

  26. Topic # 1: Attitudes/Stereotypes • Teach and Use Person First Language • Learn how disability can affect: • Hearing • Speaking • Seeing • Walking

  27. Topic: Attitudes/Stereotypes • Hearing- people find it difficult to hear what other people are saying. • Speaking – it can be hard for people to get their words out for people to understand them. • Seeing- people can’t get visual information. • Walking- people that have limited motor skills have difficulties moving around.

  28. Topic # 2: Disability History • Teach students about disability history along with typical history lessons. • You could use some movies that have actors with disabilities. • You could use a time line on disabilities.

  29. Topic: Disability History • Have the student that has a disability talk about their disability. • Have the class do a research paper on a individual disability. • Have an empathy day, were people learn about disability.

  30. Topic: Disability History • Teach people about famous people with disabilities: • Helen Keller • Franklin D Roosevelt • Tom Cruise • Albert Einstein • Winston Churchill

  31. 2010 I’m Determined Youth Summit: Small Groups Orange&RedGroup Topics: Self-Esteem Understanding Disability/Acceptance

  32. :D Self-Esteem • Be sympathetic! • Show you care when we come to you with problems • Praise us for the work we DO accomplish ! • Teach us how to work with our strengths!

  33. :D Self-esteem • Be a good Support System & Resource! • Believe in the student as an individual! • If the teacher thinks we can then we think we can too. • Do activities to find out what each student likes & allowing them to embrace it!

  34. :D Self-esteem • Teach others about people with disabilities that have been successful. • Show how others have embraced their disability so we can strive to do the same. • Teach us in an environment that works best for us.

  35. :D Self-esteem • Show movies or read books to show that not everybody is the same. • Give uplifting advice to each individual. • Help us organize our thoughts. • Show confidence in us!

  36. :D Self-esteem • Teach me how I can use my strengths to my advantage. • What kind of jobs could I have when I grow up. • Be proud of who we are!

  37. :D Understanding Disability/Acceptance • Teach us how to self-advocate for ourselves. • Give us the tools to help us succeed. • Be flexible to your students needs! • Teach us about all the resources available we need to succeed. Example: Share the DVD of “I’m Tyler” with your class.

  38. :D Understanding Disability/Acceptance • Let us tell our story! • Telling others our story helps us understand ourselves. • Inform us about our disability. • Use teaching tools on websites. • www.imdetermined.org • Ask us questions about ourselves . • Don’t assume!

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