Identify specific barriers that impact the student at school, work or home. Come up with strategies for overcoming or managing the barriers. 3-3 Role play a counseling session using this example. The counselor's task is to help the student come up with strategies to manage her barriers. Encourage Self-Determination Students with disabilities or disadvantages are often dependent on others and institutions.
Institutions often encourage dependency.
As a group, make a list of things counselors, teachers and other school professionals can do to empower students. Activity 3-5 Break into groups of 3. Each group will role play a counseling session that focuses on empowering the student. One person is counselor, one is the student and one is an observer. Each group creates their own scenario incorporating the ideas we have generated.