The Self Advocacy Made Easy (S.A.M.E.) program of instruction was designed to enhance the self-advocacy skills of young adults with mild to moderate disabilities and ADHD. By mastering self-advocacy skills, a child will be more likely to achieve his/her goals - with family, friends, in school and later in life.

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• Teaching students to self-advocate has become a central topic in special education literature and practice. Many education programs do not address this important skill area.
• Participation in S.A.M.E. leads to an increased understanding of the important elements of self-advocacy, an increase in students' skills and abilities to self-advocate, and a positive increase in students' feelings about themselves. 
• Through Student-Led IEP meetings (an authentic student assessment within the S.A.M.E. program), participants in S.A.M.E. gain a higher level of ownership of their learning needs and profile.  They understand the relevance of the document and the IEP process to their lives.
• Parents report that participating in S.A.M.E. and the Student-Led IEP process led to a growth in confidence in their children, including that it taught them how to ‘own’ their disability and an improvement in their communication skills.
• Teachers and Counselors report that the S.A.M.E. program leads to an increase in students’ ability to acknowledge their learning profile and to identify and request the accommodations (such as extended time or use of a calculator) they need to overcome or work around their disability.

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~ Overview
~ Outcomes and Indicators
~ Table of Contents
~ Sample Case