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Disclosure Document/Training
Name:______________________________ Class Period:__________

Disclosure Document
Through Peer tutoring I will learn how to be an ______________ and
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What are the 4 class rules:
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4.
Technology Policy: _______________ _________ ______________
What are the 5 Peer Tutor Expectations:
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How many points do you earn for signing in __________
How many points do you lose for forgetting? __________
List the first 4 Peer Tutor Consequences
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Training
Write the Person First Language Correction
Autistic Friend
Wheelchair Bound
Student
Disabled People

Follow the Precision Command Chart and write precision commands (4 of

them) to the following situation. (Assume she does not comply after each
precision command.)
You are working with Emma today. It is time to start working on goals. She
is not getting out of her seat to grab her goal binder.
1.
2.
3.
4.
Briefly Describe the Following:
I Do
We Do
You Do

Write 3 Praise statements that follow all 4 Praise Principles

1.
2.
3.

You are working with a student and they answer, 7x3=15. Write correction
statements following I, we, you do.
I Do
We Do
You Do

T / F Trackers are filled out after every class period

T / F Trackers dont need comments
T / F If I have a questions, on what to mark, I should ask Miss Woodruff

Fill in the blank: _______________________ drives Instruction.

What are the three options to mark responses during goals?
1.
2.
3.

What are you looking forward to in this class?

What are you nervous about or have questions?

 1.3
Person FIrst Language and the R-Word
Name:______________________________ Class Period:__________
Read:
You wouldnt think words (a mere arrangement of letters) would be harmless. But
how many times have you been offended, hurt, or deeply saddened by something
somebody has said to you? Or maybe when somebody has called you a nasty name?
Words are extremely powerful. Words alone have the power to hurt people. They have
the ability to create negative stereotypes and attitudinal barriers. Think of it this way,
people with disabilities are the only minority group in which anybody can join at any
time. Should you become a member of this community, how would you want to be
referred to?
What is person first language? It is simply the act of putting the person before the
disability. It also describe what a person has, not what a person is. For example, it
would be inappropriate to say she is retarded. Instead, use people first language to
say She has a cognitive disability or She has an intellectual disability.
Things we should say: Some of the terms that are still used in our society are
archaic and offensive. For instance, handicapped and crippled are inappropriate
terms that still get thrown around quite a bit. There are derogatory terms that can evoke
pity, fear, or even disgust. Another inappropriate descriptor is disabled. This term
refers to something that is broken down (such as a disabled vehicle). People with
disabilities are not broken!
Why use Person First language: By using inappropriate language, we are
labeling people according to their disability. Labeling can have an extremely
stigmatizing effect on people and those labels tend to stay with them for a long time.
Just remember, labeling people leads to harmful portrayals and stereotypes. The only
label a person - any person - should ever have is their name!
What does People First mean? People first is a mindset, a way of using
language, and a way of seeing the people of our world as equals. Essentially, it means
just what it says; people are people first. A person should never be categorized or
identified solely by their disability. Historically, a disability has been seen as a problem
as something wrong. By seeing a disability as something that is a problem, we run the
risk of carrying this belief over to the person and viewing them as something wrong.

1. Words are ____, choose yours carefully.

a. Meaningless
b. Powerful
c. Harmless
2. What is person first language
______________________________________________________________________
3. Fix these sentences
a. Hes autistic _________________________________________________
b. The handicapped ____________________________________________
c. Hes stuck in a wheelchair ______________________________________

4. Whats the only label someone should have?

5. What is your role as a peer tutor?

6. Fix this sentence:

A person should always be categorized or identified solely by their disability.
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
7. How has society typically viewed a disability?
a. Like a super power
b. Like a problem
c. Like it doesnt matter

The R-Word
http://www.r-word.org/r-word-why-pledge.aspx#.WYJe99TyvIV
How "retardation" went from a clinical description to a word of derision:
When they were originally introduced, the terms mental retardation or mentally
retarded were medical terms with a specifically clinical connotation; however, the
pejorative forms, retard and retarded have been used widely in todays society to
degrade and insult people with intellectual disabilities. Additionally, when retard and
retarded are used as synonyms for dumb or stupid by people without disabilities, it
only reinforces painful stereotypes of people with intellectual disabilities being less
valued members of humanity.

The R-word, "retard," is slang for the term mental retardation. Mental retardation was
what doctors, psychologists, and other professionals used to describe people with
significant intellectual impairment. Today the r-word has become a common word used
by society as an insult for someone or something stupid. For example, you might hear
someone say, "That is so retarded" or "Don't be such a retard." When used in this way,
the r-word can apply to anyone or anything, and is not specific to someone with a
disability. But, even when the r-word is not said to harm someone with a disability, it is
hurtful.Because of this, Special Olympics, Best Buddies and the greater disability
community prefers to focus on people and their gifts and accomplishments, and to
dispel negative attitudes and stereotypes. As language has evolved, Special Olympics
and Best Buddies have updated their official terminology to use standard, people-first
language that is more acceptable to constituents.

The R-word spreads HURT: It is wrong to pain people with your language. Especially,
when you have already been made aware of your oral transgressions impact. Make no
mistake about it: WORDS DO HURT! And when you pepper your speak with "retard"
and "retarded," you are spreading hurt. John C. McGinley, actor and star of the hit TV
show Scrubs

The R-word is OFFENSIVE: The word retard is considered hate speech because it
offends people with intellectual and developmental disabilities as well as the people that
care for and support them. It alienates and excludes them. It also emphasizes the
negative stereotypes surrounding people with intellectual and developmental
disabilities; the common belief that people with intellectual and developmental
disabilities should be segregated, hidden away from society, which, in my opinion, is
really old fashioned. Karleigh Jones, Special Olympics New Zealand athlete

How would you respond to the following comments

1. Im so retarded! I forgot my water bottle in my last

class!__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

2. (After using the r-word) Im not making fun of people who are mentally retarded, its just a figure of
speech.________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

3. (After using the r-word) Its imbedded into my vocabulary. I couldnt stop if I
tried.__________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________

4. (After using the r-word) I can understand it might be hurtful to use the word when a person with an
intellectual disability is around, but why does it matter now, when Im just hanging out and joking with my
friends?________________________________________________________________
______________________________________________________________________
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 1.4
Disability Awareness
Name:_______________________________ Class Period:________________

The nations special education law is called the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act,
or IDEA. As part of making special education and related services available to children
with disabilities in the public schools, IDEA defines the term child with a disability.
The IDEAs disability terms and definitions guide how States in their own turn define
disability and who is eligible for a free appropriate public education under special
education law.

Pick THREE of the disabilities (From the list below) you want to learn more about.

Autism Spectrum Disorder Deafblindness Developmental Delay

(NOT THIS ONE)

Emotional Disturbance Hearing Intellectual Disability

Impairment/Deafness

Multiple Disabilities Orthopedic Impairment Other Health Impairment

Specific Learning Disability Speech/Language Traumatic Brain Injury

Impairment

Visual Impairment

Example of what you are going to do:

1. Disability: ______Autism__________________________________________
3 Common Characteristics
1. Lack of eye contact
2. Difficult to understand jokes
3. Talk obsessively over one topic
3 Common accommodations
1. Picture Schedule
2. Sensory objects - puzzles, clay, weighted lap pads
3. Extra Breaks during tasks, at school and home

1. Disability: _________________________________________
3 Common Characteristics
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3 Accommodations
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2.
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2. Disability: _________________________________________
3 Common Characteristics
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3 Accommodations
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3. Disability: _________________________________________
3 Common Characteristics
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3 Accommodations
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