Defending Your Rights:Defending Your Rights: Family Plan of ActionFamily Plan of Action

Review… Review…

Path to a Higher Education:

Entrance exams for Colleges/Universities

Ideas and advice for writing an essay Volunteer work and community

service Journey to University Game

What will we do tonight?What will we do tonight?

Explain how to defend your rights.

Learn how to develope a Family or Personal Plan of Action

Receive a list of resources Survey

Defending your rights; Family and Defending your rights; Family and personal plan of actionpersonal plan of action

Did you find out what individuals Did you find out what individuals or group of people can you or group of people can you count on to help you achieve count on to help you achieve your goal of going to college? your goal of going to college?

Homework…Homework…

Game:Game: Newly’Eds’ GameNewly’Eds’ Game

6-8 volunteer families: One 6-8 volunteer families: One parent and one childparent and one child

Divide the parents and the Divide the parents and the children and give the children and give the instructions. instructions.

You can defend the You can defend the rights of your children, rights of your children, your family, your your family, your community and yourself. community and yourself.

Defending Your RightsDefending Your Rights

How to Defend Your RightsHow to Defend Your Rights

Know and understand what your Know and understand what your rights are. rights are.

If you have doubts, ask questions.If you have doubts, ask questions.

You are a partner in your childrens’ You are a partner in your childrens’ education.education.

Let the other party know that your Let the other party know that your intention is to look for options intention is to look for options and/or solutions to problems or and/or solutions to problems or barriers. barriers.

Know your child’s needs, strengths Know your child’s needs, strengths and weaknesses. and weaknesses.

Know what resources are available Know what resources are available and use them. and use them.

Know who the key people involved Know who the key people involved are. are.

How to Defend Your RightsHow to Defend Your Rights

The whole group:The whole group:

What are some things we can do What are some things we can do personally, as a family and as a personally, as a family and as a group? group?

Write a list of local agencies, Write a list of local agencies, organizations, school personnel, organizations, school personnel, parents and support groups that may parents and support groups that may be able to assist you as you help your be able to assist you as you help your child graduate from high school and child graduate from high school and obtain a higher education. obtain a higher education.

Review the list of resourcesReview the list of resources

The next step…The next step…

What do you think the benefits What do you think the benefits of being actively involved in a of being actively involved in a support group or a parent support group or a parent group are? group are?

The Next Step…The Next Step…

Action PlanAction PlanPersonal/ FamilyPersonal/ Family

A personal/family action plan is a tool that will A personal/family action plan is a tool that will help you and your children establish goals. help you and your children establish goals.

Identify clear and specific goals. Identify clear and specific goals. For each goal determine:For each goal determine:

What action will I take?What action will I take? Who or what can help me?Who or what can help me? What are the obstacles or difficulties? What are the obstacles or difficulties? When will I tke action? When will I tke action?

Make sure your plan is SMART Make sure your plan is SMART

Use your plan!Use your plan!

Plan de AcciPlan de Acción ón Personal/FamiliarPersonal/Familiar

Ver: Ejemplo de Plan de Acción y si Ver: Ejemplo de Plan de Acción y si se desea usar el “Calendario Familiar se desea usar el “Calendario Familiar para Planear el Ingreso a la para Planear el Ingreso a la Universidad” para obtener ideas.Universidad” para obtener ideas.

Cada familia trabaja en su Plan de Cada familia trabaja en su Plan de Acción personal o familiar.Acción personal o familiar.

Compartir los Planes en grupo. Compartir los Planes en grupo.

This survey will help This survey will help determine how much you determine how much you know now as compared to know now as compared to when you started this when you started this program. program.

What do we know nowWhat do we know now??SurveySurvey

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