{"id":98,"date":"2013-08-12T12:01:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-12T16:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/projectteam\/?page_id=98"},"modified":"2014-06-24T12:31:09","modified_gmt":"2014-06-24T16:31:09","slug":"second-base-plan-step-1","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.bu.edu\/projectteam\/teens-young-adults\/the-game-plan\/second-base-plan-step-1\/","title":{"rendered":"Second Base: Plan Step 1"},"content":{"rendered":"

Contents<\/h2>\n
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  1. Second Base: Plan Step 1 Introduction<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. What is the Environment?<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. The 11 Parts of the Environment<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Second Base: Plan Step 1 Game Plan Worksheet<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Second Base of the Game Plan is called Second Base: Plan. When we plan, we think of ways to meet our goal. Second Base: Plan has three steps, or three things we have to think about. The first step of Second Base is Plan Step 1. During Plan Step 1, we ask the question, \u201cWhat parts of the environment help me or make it hard for me?\u201d<\/p>\n

    \"Plan<\/p>\n

    Each base of the Game Plan has a hand motion to help us remember what it means. When we ask \u201cWhat parts of the environment help me or make it hard for me?,\u201d we make this motion which represents things that help (thumbs up) or make it hard (thumbs down).<\/p>\n

    \"Second<\/a> \"Second<\/a><\/p>\n

    Another way to remember that Second Base: Plan Step 1, is by remembering the symbol. The symbol for Second Base: Plan Step 1 is a thumbs up and a thumbs down.<\/p>\n

    \"The<\/p>\n

    Now it’s time to ask yourself the Second Base: Plan Step 1 question: \u201cWhat parts of the environment help me or make it hard for me?\u201d<\/p>\n

    In Project TEAM, we use the word environment<\/strong><\/a> to describe the people, places, and things all around you<\/strong>. That\u2019s because this is how other professionals like teachers, therapists, counselors, and other staff use the word environment. Using the same words that professionals use might help you be a better communicator or a more effective advocate<\/a>. Everything around you is part of your own environment.<\/p>\n

    Other teenagers with disabilities have described the environment like this:<\/p>\n