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Self-Advocacy Skills For Students With Disabilities
- Take control and responsibility for your own learning
- Identify yourself to the professor when learning assistance is needed
- Know your strengths and weaknesses
- Know your learning style/preference
- Specify both long-term and short-term goals for your educational expectations
- Time management and study skills are critical for academic success
- Must identify problems as they arise and seek help to resolve them
- Be aware that learning occurs when dialogue and feedback takes place
- Schedule ongoing meetings with professors provide opportunities for open communication on your progress in the course
- Have a support systems outside the classroom
- Know that persistence is often the key to discovering solutions
- Know that motivation is an important factor in learning
- Ask for help with personal difficulties you may be having by seeing a professional in the counseling center on campus
- Build a network of support on campus which includes students, faculty members, and staff members
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