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 . Peter Edwards. Peter Edwards Law. Ventura House. Market Street. Hoylake CH47 2AE. 0151 632 6699. peter@peteredwardslaw.com. October . 2013. PETER EDWARDS. Director of Peter Edwards Law. President Mental Health Lawyers Association. 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. Andrew Watson@lawcol.co.uk. Growth of courses at university . introducing students to advocacy. skills.. In my idea their appreciation. and knowledge of courtroom advocacy could be further enhanced by study of what has shaped it over time.. ,. . Statutory Advocacy always involves a 1 to 1 relationship where an independent advocate provides support to a person on a specific issue. This is mostly referred to as issue based advocacy – because the focus is usually given to supporting a person achieve specific outcomes (or represent them through a specific decision like in IMCA).. 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:. Relationships and Best Practices. Elizabeth . Cota. , Monterey County Rape Crisis Center advocate (CSU Monterey Bay). Emily Crutcher, CARE Director . (. UC Santa Cruz). Caitlin Kauffman, Bay Area Women Against Rape advocate (CSU East Bay). 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. 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 1. Presented by: . Liz Weintraub, Hillary Spears, Mary Kay Rizzolo and Katie Arnold. Reports are available here…. … and they will be available online soon!. 2. The purpose of the . summits:. to talk about . 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. History. Support. Future. Told by Tia . Nelis. Current Landscape. The . self-advocacy movement . in the US is a human rights movement of and by people with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).. Study Overview. These findings and recommended actions are based on a nationwide study of tourism advocacy . planning. efforts.. In-depth interviews . with 26 state-level destination and advocacy association leaders and an . 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 .