Advocating for Appropriate Supports

A professional data collection sheet for a 7-student social skills group. It features specific tracking for three skills over two sessions: Y/N and # Prompts for Greetings and Self-Advocacy, and Tallies and # Prompts for Turn Taking.

A single-page classroom anchor chart and desk poster formatted for perfect single-page printing. Features a clean 3x3 layout of color-coded school scenarios and 5 structured fill-in-the-blank sentence starters to support student voice and expression.

An updated version of the Job Ready Moves Poster with expanded hygiene tips, including specific advice on handwashing, hair grooming, and avoiding common hygiene pitfalls for students facing housing instability.

A comprehensive 10-page post-secondary transition plan guide for students with an IEP, featuring updated graduation pathway options: Diploma, Alternative Pathway to a Diploma, and Certificate of completion.

A revised two-page resource guide for special education teachers and parents, organized by type of need. This update fixes page-break issues and ensures all resource entries include relevant links and descriptions.

A two-page informational handout titled 'Campus Compass' detailing commonly approved college accommodations categorized by disability. It includes specific examples for learning disabilities, ADHD, physical mobility, sensory impairments, and psychological health, along with transition tips for students.

A unit introducing high school students to essential teamwork, communication, and problem-solving skills, focusing on workplace readiness, self-advocacy, and Pre-ETS skills.

A 6-week social-emotional learning curriculum for a 13-year-old girl on the autism spectrum, focusing on managing specific triggers through a strength-based "Integrity Blueprint" lens.

A comprehensive unit on self-advocacy and the ADA, helping students understand their rights in school, at home, and in the workplace. Students will learn how to navigate IEP accommodations, address non-compliance, and build independence.

An 8-session intensive behavioral intervention sequence for students in grades K-2. It targets the reduction of item hogging and refusal to share, teaching a 'Timer-Regulated Trading' replacement behavior using sand timers, cooperative scripts, and token hand-offs.

A comprehensive 7-day unit for Grade 11/12 Designing Your Future students, focusing on leveraging AI tools like Gemini for workplace and college success. Designed for special education contexts, it emphasizes self-advocacy, professional communication, research, and project management through visual and digital tasks.

A 6-session transition bootcamp for 5th graders moving to middle school, focusing on executive functioning skills like planning, task initiation, and independence within a 'Mission to Middle School' space theme.

An 8-session intensive behavioral intervention sequence for students in grades K-2 targeting vocal protesting such as screaming, whining, or saying 'No!' when stuck on work. It teaches the 'I Need' Script replacement behavior: pointing to a 'Help' or 'Break' icon and asking calmly 'Help, please' or 'Break, please'.

A 6-session social-emotional learning sequence designed for a 4th-grade student in special education. The program focuses on identifying stressors, labeling emotions, and practicing specific coping strategies like deep breathing and break cards to manage anger and reduce tantrums.

A 5-part series designed for high school SLIFE (Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education) to master the hidden curriculum of school, covering note-taking, organization, and self-advocacy.

An 8-week individual counseling sequence designed for 8th-grade students with autism to develop self-advocacy skills, focusing on requesting learning tools and clarification. Content uses direct, literal language.

A series of lessons designed to help ADHD and AuDHD students understand their unique brain 'operating systems,' develop self-advocacy, and build resilience through growth mindset strategies.

A comprehensive 8-lesson intervention using the Prevent, Teach, Reinforce (PTR) model to help students transition from defiant avoidance to self-regulated break-taking.

A comprehensive self-advocacy curriculum designed for young adults to navigate school, home, community, and the workplace with confidence. Focuses on personal identity (pronouns), legal rights (ADA/IDEA), and practical communication strategies.

A comprehensive lesson designed to help a 3rd-grade student recognize and shift from 'stuck thinking' to 'flexible thinking' during transitions and writing tasks. Includes a social story, role-playing, and tangible strategy cards.

A comprehensive social story and supporting tools designed for an academically advanced 2nd grader to manage non-preferred tasks, transitions, and big emotions using verbal communication and solution-seeking strategies instead of screaming or eloping.

A comprehensive life skills rotation lesson covering budgeting, social interactions at a cafe, job skills (stocking/packing), and self-advocacy through role-play and game-based learning.

A high-energy, superhero-themed lesson designed for students with autism to learn the 'superpower' of self-advocacy. This lesson covers standing up for oneself at home, school, and in the community through interactive slides, stories, and games.

A focused session on postsecondary self-advocacy, teaching students with learning differences how to communicate their needs to professors and employers. The lesson emphasizes the transition from high school's automatic support to the self-initiated systems of college and the workplace.

A comprehensive 1.5-hour professional learning session and toolkit package designed for 7-12 educators. It focuses on developmentally appropriate, low-prep, and discreet sensory regulation strategies that respect adolescent autonomy and support academic focus and executive functioning.

A lesson designed to help a 4th-grade student develop self-advocacy skills, specifically focusing on asking for help and requesting breaks in academic and social contexts.

A comprehensive annual functional skills pacing framework for grades K-8. This framework structures a whole-school alignment across living, social-emotional, and community safety domains, optimized for special education administrators, resource teachers, and service providers.

A lesson designed to introduce high school life skills students to the concept of self-advocacy and prepare them for upcoming guest workshops with EPIC. Students will explore their strengths, needs, and how to use their voice to get support.

A specialized lesson designed for an 8th-grade student with autism to navigate the transition to high school, focusing on managing anxiety through concrete strategies, role-playing, and mindfulness.

A comprehensive lesson for 9th graders exploring the legal frameworks of IDEA and Section 504, helping students understand their rights and the differences between an IEP and a 504 plan.