PPT-Sexual Self-Advocacy: Definitions and Strategies from Self-Advocates

The present study explored how adults with intellectualdevelopmental disabilities who selfidentify as selfadvocates understand and experience sexual selfadvocacy This study comes out of an awareness of the lack of evidencebased research and general knowledge about the core barriers and facilitators of effective policies services and practices In turn this perpetuates ignorance and stigma about the sexuality of people with disabilities Despite a strong disability rights tradition in the US the sexual rights of people with IDD is rarely debated discussed or researched . PRINCIPLES of PROFESSIONALISM for ADV OCA TES Intr oduction Pr eamble An Advocates Duty to Society How Can it Help Us Achieve Our Goal?. . What is Advocacy? . The act of supporting . a cause, idea or policy and convincing the right people of its importance . and the need to act on it. An essential tool for changing practices and polices . Improving availability of RH/FP services and supplies in Latin America. Why youth?. Per 1,000 women aged 15-19 *. Pregnancy rates only below . Sub-Saharan region. * UNFPA - SWOP2010. Unmet. . Need. Evoking the Students Voice. Warm up Activity . Closed Fist. Thanks to MINT member's Rik Bes and Coleen Marshall. Pair Up. Instructions. . Person 1. Person 2. Debrief . Why did you open your fist?. Why did you not open your fist?. How can . i. t . h. elp . u. s . a. chieve . o. ur . g. oal?. . What is . advocacy. ? . The act of supporting . a cause, idea or policy and convincing the right people of its importance . and the need to act on it. Moving your CCR Beyond an . Incident-Based Response. Cindene Pezzell, National Clearinghouse for the Defense of Battered Women. Mary Ingham, Crisis Intervention Services, . Sandra T Murphy, BWJP . When the Victim is Arrested:. Introduction and background: . www.ccwales.org.uk/getting-in-on-the-act-hub/. Learning outcomes. By the end of this session learners will be able to:. Give an overview of the Social Services and Well-being (Wales) Act (‘the Act’) and its key principles. Objectives. List reasons for physician advocacy for adolescent reproductive health.. Describe how to effectively use storytelling as a tool for advocacy. .. Discuss ways physicians can influence public policy and raise the . February 15, 2018. Objectives . Identify the legal sources of lobbying . restrictions. Define . and describe advocacy, direct lobbying, and grassroots lobbying and the difference between these terms. Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy An Introduction to Self-Determination and Self-Advocacy for Students with Disabilities This training is intended to introduce educators and staff to the basics of evidence-based strategies for developing self-determination How LEND/UCEDD Programs are Driving Change by Training and Supporting a New Generation of Family Advocates and Disability Leaders The LEND Family Discipline Network Presenters Laurene Cichon , MA May 10, 2016. Why revise the DVOMB Victim Advocacy Standards?. What prompts the DVOMB to revise Standards?. Consistent feedback from stakeholders that something isn’t working. New research. Victim safety and victim rights. Adolescent Reproductive . Health. SPEAKER. DATE. Disclosures. Physicians for . Reproductive Health . Objectives. List reasons . for . physician . adolescent reproductive . health advocacy. List . ways physicians can influence public policy . Introduction. . Families and Self Advocates can benefit from this workshop to develop marketing materials and strategies to influence legislators and other policy makers regarding . disability . issues. Based on a leadership workshop developed by the University of New Mexico’s .