- Clearly understand your strengths and needs.
- Get involved.
- Start to define what you want in life.
- Find the strategies that compensate for your difficulties.
- Challenge yourself.
- Connect with others.
- Find a mentor.
- Be a mentor.
- Learn about adults with learning challenges who have found success.
1) Take control
2) Find a support network
3) See yourself in a positive way
Save a Word document to your personal drive called "Acceptance" and complete the following assignments.
REFRAMING
Reframing is looking at a situation in a new way.
Think of your abilities - not your disabilities.
Think about times when you have felt a sense of pride and accomplishment.
Choose two experiences and describe the following for each experience.
1) Why was this experience positive and rewarding for you?
2) Describe your feelings during this experience.
3) How did you plan and prepare?
4) What support did you have?
5) What resources did you use?
CONTROL
Control is to take responsibility for what happens in your life.
1) Describe a situation where you are not in control.
2) List the steps you can take to be more in control.
Examples of situations:
Health
Relationships
Money
Education
Work
RESOURCE
2003, Success at Work: Transitions to Employment, ProEd
THE SEVEN HABITS OF HIGHLY EFFECTIVE PEOPLE
Independence or Self-Mastery
Habit 1: Be Proactive
Habit 2: Begin with the End in Mind
Habit 3: Put First Things First
Interdependence
Habit 4: Think Win-Win
Habit 5: Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood
Habit 6: Synergize
Self Renewal
Habit 7: Sharpen the Saw
RESOURCE
R, Stephen. (2004). The 7 habits of highly effective people. New York, NY: Covey
1) Choose one habit to research.
2) Visit the website listed below.
3) Read the description about the habit.
4) List 5 key points from the description.
https://www.stephencovey.com/7habits/7habits-habit1.php
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