ASK!

Resource #
DVD • ASKD626W

Price $269.95

Program Contents: 19 minutes. (See Additional Below)

Captioning: Closed Captioned

Copyright Date: 2005

Students with disabilities need to think about what's coming after high-school and build the skills to be successful. ASK is an exciting, student-centered curriculum that guides high-school classes to do just that. The starting point is a fast-paced video of interviews with real students with disabilities. After watching these students pose questions and give their own unscripted answers, the class takes up a series of exercises that help them think about the same issues.

In this comprehensive, 6-unit curriculum, student-centered classroom activities use comments from the real students in the video as a springboard to launch discussion and exploration of each topic in class. The interactive written assignments lead students to engage with adults in their life and community as students explore topics like "Who am I?" "What do I want in life?" and "How do I get help when I need it?" ASK helps young people prepare for transition by expanding their self-awareness and building skills of asking for help and taking small steps to pursue their goals.

What's Included:
• 19-minute video: What's Next? Teens Talk. (closed captioned)
• Six units, each with activities to span several sessions: Who Are You? What Do You like to Do? What Bothers You? Getting Help, Goals, and Pursuing Dreams.
• Teacher handbook (103 pgs.) with instructions for each activity, and all masters and accessories.
• Deck of 156 cards with statements from real students, used with a variety of activities to prompt class involvement.
• Role-play exercises

Each unit also includes:
• Poster with faces and statements from the video
• Home interview guide
• Customized Bingo exercise
• Interactive games using statements from the video
• Art and performance ideas for practice at self-advocacy
• Bubble diagram worksheet as a graphic organizer