Self — Determination You Determine Your Free Choice

Self - Determination You Determine Your Free Choice YOU CAN DO WHATEVER YOU LIKE

Buy Why? Rational Morals Beliefs Rewards Wants Needs Punishments

Why are we talking about this? BECAUSE… Out of 100 people with a disability…

Out of 100 people with a disability… 66 of them did not choose where they live

Out of 100 people with a disability… 77 of them did not choose their roommate

Out of 100 people with a disability… 56 of them did not choose their job

Out of 100 people with a disability… 82 of them did not choose their transportation

The numbers in red should be 0 But they are not because…

Most of these 100 people thought they didn’t have Self-Determination Free Choice

Self-Determination VIDEO (click here)

Self - Determination You Determine Your Free Choice YOU ARE THE LEADER OF YOU

Draw a Tree Group Activity Each student gets ten seconds to draw as much of a tree on the chalk board

WHAT WE SEE WHAT WE DON’T ALWAYS THINK OF

TALL SEE WHAT WE DON’T SEE DIMPLES BLUE EYES BIG EARS WHITE MALE BLACK FEMALE ASIAN BLONDE WE SHORT BROWN EYES WHAT FRECKELS PREPPY BRUNETTE GOTH SKINNY PUNK FAT JOCK FAMILY MOTIVATED ANCESTORY LOVING CHILDHOOD STRONG BACKGROUND BRAVE FRIENDSHIPS HONEST NEIGHBORHOOD SMART

DRAW YOUR ROOTS. WHO YOU ARE AND WHAT MADE YOU THAT WAY.

Your ROOTS make YOU the leader of YOU

THE CRAZY HAT GAME A student will get a leadership word taped to the front of a hat and the class has to describe what it is for the student to guess

BRAVE: Someone who has courage and a healthy lack of fear.

OPEN – MINDED: Thoughts open to new ideas and lack of prejudice.

HONEST: Upright and fair. Honorable in principles. Lack of lying.

CONFIDENT: Having no uncertainty about your own abilities. Being sure about yourself.

SELF_ESTEEM: Having respect and favor for yourself.

OPTIMISTIC: To expect the best. To expect good things to happen.

MOTIVATED: To have incentive and moving towards action.