Agency
Agency
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Agency is our ability to act independently to make free choices.
Agency is our ability to act independently to make free choices.
Sometimes our ability to do that is disrupted. For example, some parents are overwhelmed after the diagnosis of their child’s disability and hand over their agency to professionals with the intention of doing the best for their child. However, in doing so they can lose what Michael Kendrick refers to as their “natural authority“ as a family. If we have time towards the end of the session today we’ll play a video of Michael talking about natural authority.
When we have agency plus pathways to a different future we have hope in the context of achieving our goals.
When we have agency plus pathways to a different future we have hope in the context of achieving our goals.
Below is an example of how to use the All About Me tool and harness your agency to create the progress you want for your child.
Below is an example of how to use the All About Me tool and harness your agency to create the progress you want for your child.
Background: Michael is a lovely gentle child mainstreamed in primary school. His teacher had little experience with teaching a neurodiverse child. One day the teacher tried to hurry Michael into a new class activity whilst he was using his iPad. After some initial unmet request to put the device down, the teacher pulled the iPad from him causing him to pull it back and react with frustration, which the teacher labelled as agressivity against her. Parents were summoned to the Principal's office for the next day.
We used the All About Me to turn the situation around and put as the center question how the teacher can support Michael achieve his goal of being able to move from one activity to another. All people present at the next day meeting received a copy of All About Me to be discussed as a team.
You will receive a copy of the All About Me tool into which you can type with the email pack after this session. It has guidelines and reminders of which concepts learnt during Now & Next can be inserted before printing for a meeting.
You will receive a copy of the All About Me tool into which you can type with the email pack after this session. It has guidelines and reminders of which concepts learnt during Now & Next can be inserted before printing for a meeting.
Last you will create your Jouney Map and review our Toolkit
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