Self-Advocacy

The NCCSD is based at AHEAD and is federally funded through the U.S. Department of Education’s Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education

Emotional intelligence, soft skills, and work! This presentation will touch on 10 important factors that shape how each of us feel about our skills and how best to market them when it comes to self-branding, being your own advocate, and how it affects your career.

2018 DCDT VISIONS Presentation by Diane Dickson

A 2018 DCDT VISIONS presentation, this comprehensive power point, by the Project 10 staff, describes key concepts and the why and how to teach self-determination and self-advocacy as well as resources for instruction.

This pilot program supported four school districts in implementing projects for all students regardless of their abilities in order to build leadership skills and increase student knowledge of disability rights and accessible transportation.

This Department of Transportation link provides contact information for each county in Florida. 

This guide is created to provide assistive service information and easy to find resources to help individuals with disabilities access services through Florida’s Transportation Disadvantaged Program and services.

This presentation highlights legislation dealing with requirements for career education program basic skills.

Easter Seals Project ACTION, with a long history in supporting a transportation continuum for students with disabilities in transition from K12 to postsecondary settings, will offer replicable strategies to build transportation education programs across the educational spectrum.

This training manual, developed at the Clerc Center, is intended to train students for safe and independent travel.

This Department of Transportation link provides contact information for each county in Florida.

This guide is created to provide assistive service information and easy to find resources to help individuals with disabilities access services through Florida’s Transportation Disadvantaged Program and services.

This page provides resources on transportation for people with disabilities as well as useful links and laws and regulations relating to people with disabilities.

This site provides links to Community Transportation Coordinator Contact Information by County as well as other useful links relating to public transportation.

This publication provides county-by-county transportation information, including specific services available in each county, as well as contact information for the various agencies that manage transportation services in Florida.

The Pinellas Suncoast Transit Authority (PSTA) provides demand response transportation services for people who, because of their disability, are unable to independently use the regular, accessible PSTA buses.

The Pinellas County Transportation Disadvantaged (TD) Program is a state-funded program that provides reduced cost transportation throughout the county to residents who qualify as “Transportation Disadvantaged.”

The goals for this module is to make students aware of the skills needed to live independently while attending college.

The purpose of this presentation is to provide a basic overview on the 3 most popular social media tools available in the market, identify some of the do’s and don’ts if joining any of these sites, and providing the audience with case scenarios in order to identify some of the dangers that can come along with the use of social media today.

This module provides students with disabilities basic knowledge of self-advocacy skills needed to be successful in a college setting.

This presentation highlights legislation dealing with requirements for career education program basic skills.

This Department of Transportation link provides contact information for each county in Florida.

The Center for Applied Special Technology, CAST, is a nonprofit research organization dedicated to improving education through Universal Design for Learning (UDL).

Self-Advocacy Online is a content rich, accessible online educational and networking tool and includes multi-media lessons on a variety of topics such as living self-determined, healthy, contributing lives in their communities;. a story wall of videos of self-advocates sharing their stories; and a national listing of self-advocacy groups to connected people with I/DD both locally and nationally.

This module serves to help faculty and staff understand and help students determine and use, supports or accommodations to participate in the course.

This presentation will provide information on self-determination and one student’s story of putting it into action.

Self-Advocacy Training is a service designed to prepare individuals on how to better communicate their strengths, abilities, interest, and needs when interviewing with potential employers or applying to trade schools, colleges, or universities.

This PDF from the Foundation for People with Learning Disabilities is accessible to all students. It teaches students what the popular social media apps are and how to use them safely.

The User Guide and student, parent, and educator Assessment versions are available for download. developed the of the AIR Self-Determination Assessments. The AIR Self-Determination scale identifies levels of self-determination, improvement needed, and goals.