Life Lines
Lesson plans were developed and field tested by general and special education classroom teachers. Elementary, middle, and high school plans focus on core component areas of self-determination and are linked to corresponding Virginia Standards of Learning for all grade levels.
Children's Literature
A listing of literature promoting self-determination and featuring individuals with disabilities and differences is presented in Excel format. Targeted audiences are K-12 with varying reading levels.
Elementary
Self-Regulation: You can't make me
Self-Instruction: Listen to yourself
Internal Locus of Control: Morning Greeting
Self-Advocacy: Pat on the back
Decision Making: Choose your side
Secondary
Decision Making: If only!
Internal Locus of Control: Who will help me
Internal Locus of Control: Who controls what happens to me
Self-Advocacy: It's my right
Self-Advocacy: I am in charge
Supplemental
Books related to disability
Self-Regulation: You can't make me (Poster of Emotions)
Self-Instruction: Listen to yourself (Problem Busters Worksheet)
Decision Making: If only! (Story board graphic organizer)
Internal Locus of Control: Class participation rubric