Deb Douglas
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399 appearances
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first heard Sep 2018
last heard Sep 2018
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And quite honestly, that boils down to the four steps to self advocacy for gifted people too.
And we can go back and talk about that.
You know, we haven't really mentioned the definition of self advocacy.
Yeah.
The one that I use most frequently is something I actually stole from uh the world of special education.
It was originally defined by Lauren Brinkerhoff when the IDEA um laws were were being created here in the United States.
And he defined self advocacy as the process of recognizing
And meeting the needs specific to one's learning ability
And then I love this second phrase, without compromising the dignity of oneself or others.
Yeah, that's great.
Yeah, it's not just saying, This is what I want, this is what I need, I want, I want, give me, give me.
It's saying
I have this particular learning need that I think could be addressed in this way.
And learning how to do it so that the individual, him or herself, doesn't feel like they're being
that their dignity is being compromised, or they also they are not compromising the dignity of other students or their teachers or their parents.
One of my students once said to me when we were talking about this in a workshop and she said, I know exactly what you mean.
I was sitting in algebra class and I was so upset about doing all the large number of problems.
when I could get them done in a hurry, but I didn't even need to do them.
I I I did one problem and I understood the concept and she said, I just got mad and I got up out of my seat with everyone else working at their desk and went back to my teacher and I said, This is just plain boring.
I hate this.
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