Resonating words for me and hopefully my OT kids

I'm trying extra extra hard this year to remember that LEADERS MAKE LEADERS, NOT FOLLOWERS. My goals for my kids this year that really resonate are to teach them the following vocabulary words in relation to our sessions together...I can use simpler words as necessary or just the concept, but to reinforce the ideas that each kid can think these things on varying levels of understanding - I only do elementary schools and most of my kids are K-4 as I have a high functioning caseload, so some of this is lofty, but I think awesome and helpful and possible to help think of themselves differently even at a very young age.  "I AM EMPOWERED. I AM POWERFUL.""I CAN BE A SELF-ADVOCATE. IE, WHEN I KNOW I DO BETTER WITH A BINDER AS A SLANT BOARD AND A SHORT PENCIL, AND I GO INTO A CLASSROOM AND NOBODY OFFERS IT TO ME, I CAN ASK BECAUSE I KNOW IT MAKES MY LIFE EASIER." "I KNOW THAT LEARNING TO BE EFFICIENT AND ORGANIZED MAKES LIFE WAY EASIER" "THE MORE I LEARN HOW TO DO THINGS, THE MORE INDEPENDENT I CAN BE" The key words: Empowered, Self-Advocate, Efficiency, Organization, Independence. My words of the year.Some of the things I've done lately...have them come in, pull out their personal folders, sign in on special lined paper with full name and date, get out their reinforcing "dollar" and write their name on it and hand it to me as they may get it back at the end (after a few sessions they may earn enough for a few minu...
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