https://padlet.com/rmchatton/communityconversation2021round1 How can we as teachers and therapists at Giant Steps teach self-advocacy while still prompting our students' independence? en-us 2021-03-05 16:24:17 UTC 2026-03-17 12:06:16 UTC hello@padlet.com estipe https://padlet.com/rmchatton/communityconversation2021round1/wish/1396468368 We can be mindful to collaborate on what level of prompting a student needs and systematically fade that prompting as the student makes progress]]> 2021-04-08 15:43:19 UTC https://padlet.com/rmchatton/communityconversation2021round1/wish/1396468368 jjuvancic https://padlet.com/rmchatton/communityconversation2021round1/wish/1396720069 We can provide specific praise when we observe our students advocating for themselves. ]]> 2021-04-08 16:35:26 UTC https://padlet.com/rmchatton/communityconversation2021round1/wish/1396720069 Ashley_Hillesland https://padlet.com/rmchatton/communityconversation2021round1/wish/1425163714 We can contrive opportunities that set students up to practice self-advocacy skills (i.e., giving them a whiteboard, but withholding a marker) and provide reinforcement when they use self-advocacy skills ]]> 2021-04-16 12:54:41 UTC https://padlet.com/rmchatton/communityconversation2021round1/wish/1425163714 https://padlet.com/rmchatton/communityconversation2021round1/wish/1435548432 We can work together with the team on how to prompt each student so we're all on the same page. From there, to promote independence, we can fade out the prompts as they are no longer needed. Initially taking baseline data to see what the student capable of and what areas they need assistance in is also helpful.]]> 2021-04-19 23:46:48 UTC https://padlet.com/rmchatton/communityconversation2021round1/wish/1435548432 https://padlet.com/rmchatton/communityconversation2021round1/wish/1435576422 Meeting them where they are and utilizing the prompt hierarchy 

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