aspire active student participation inspires real engagement family presentation
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ASPIRE Active Student Participation Inspires Real Engagement Family Presentation. ASPIRE. A Collaborative Initiative between The Georgia Department of Education, Division for Special Education Services and Supports and The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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ASPIRE
Active Student Participation Inspires Real EngagementFamily Presentation
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ASPIRE
A Collaborative Initiative betweenThe Georgia Department of Education,
Division for Special Education Services and Supportsand The Georgia Council on Developmental Disabilities
Funded by the Georgia State Personnel Development Grant (SPDG), Georgia Department of Education through a grant from the Office of Special Education Programs, United States Department of Education.
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PARTICIPATION IN ASPIRE
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…your child
• creating an invitation and introducing themselves and others at the meeting.
• clicking a mouse to move from one slide to the next in a Power Point presentation.
• discussing strengths, challenges and goals for their life after high school.
• facilitating the IEP meeting and mentoring other students.
Just Imagine…
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Student-Led IEP Meeting
What are students, parents and teachers saying about student-led IEPs?
http://www.imdetermined.org/films/(“Determined Student Involvement in IEP”)
Partnership for Success DVD
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How Can You Help?
• Learn the ASPIRE concepts.• NEXT• Talk to your child about:• IEP goals.• accommodations.
• Encourage them to do the activities needed to participate in the meeting.
• Prepare for the IEP using the Pre-Planning Meeting handout.
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Positive Actions You can Take?
Focus on the positive:• We all have unique strengths, talents, gifts, interests and
learning differences.• Recognize that your child is more like typical kids than
different. • Use people-first language and language the student will
understand.
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Supporting Self-Determination• Discuss role models and coping and learning
strategies.
• Set high, but reasonable expectations.
• Praise progress and effort.
• Encourage them to speak up for themselves.