Category: Self-Advocacy

Resilience Skills Overview

This resource explains the resilience skills of Tracking, Resourcing, Gesturing, Grounding, Shift and Stay, and Help Now.

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Resilient Zone: Social Story

This resource visually explains the concept of the Resilient Zone and managing emotions.

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Scheduling an Independent Monitoring for Quality (IM4Q) Interview Social Story

This ASERT-developed social story is about scheduling an IM4Q interview and what kinds of things to expect. This resource has been translated into Spanish, Chinese, Russian, Arabic, and Burmese.

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Self-Advocacy Online

An internet program for individuals with intellectual disabilities to express and advocate for themselves in topics relating to health, wellness, and exercise.

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Self-Advocate’s Guide to American’s with Disabilities Act

This resource, developed by the Autistic Self Advocacy Network (ASAN), is a plain language toolkit that explains the American's with Disabilities Act (ADA).

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Self-Trust, Communication, and Boundaries Resource Collection

This resource collection includes three resources about building self-trust, different communication styles, and setting personal boundaries.

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Seven Personal Boundaries

This resource discusses the importance of setting personal boundaries in seven different aspects of life.

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Shift and Stay: Social Story

This social story helps explain the idea of Shift and Stay, which helps change thoughts to stay in the Resilient Zone.

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Supportive Technology

There are many different terms that are used when talking about assistive technology which can make it confusing to tell the difference between different services and supports. This guide provides an overview of some common terms and examples related to assistive technology.

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Test Anxiety

This resource developed by ASERT helps individuals identify test anxiety symptoms and helps them offset those symptoms.

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