To teach your teen self-advocacy skills:
• Discuss learning strengths and challenges with your teen. Observe how your teen learns best. Offer helpful feedback.
• Encourage your teen to build on strengths.
• Involve your teen in conversations about transition planning.
• Encourage your teen to play a key role in the transition planning process by attending all meetings and taking part in discussions and decision making.
• Help your teen prepare for transition planning meetings. Encouraging him or her to write down and rehearse raising issues or concerns. Model and role-play appropriate interactions.
• Provide opportunities for making plans and decisions.