Advocacy

Advocacy

National Health Standard 8:

Advocate to promote health and well-being for self and others

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Multiple Choice

Why is self-advocacy important?

• It empowers you to speak up for yourself and make decisions about your life.

• Self-advocacy isn't important

• you can stand up for other people when they are being mistreated.

Multiple Choice

Because self-advocacy is a skill, it can be......

• memorized

• easy for everyone

• learned and strengthened

Multiple Select

Which is a common reason that people decide to do volunteer work? (hint: choose 2 correct answers)

• You learn from people who are more fortunate than you

• It is a way to earn additional income

• You are making a difference in the world

• You are able to help people less fortunate than you

Multiple Choice

Philanthropy refers to

• Giving money, time, & services to make other's lives better

• The study of money management principles

• The principle of compounding your money for growth

• Donating to a good cause in order to receive the tax savings

Multiple Choice

Which health skill is described as taking a stance and standing up for your own health and for the health of others?

• Decision Making

• Goal Setting

• Accessing Information

• Advocacy

Multiple Choice

After you pick a solution to an issue and try it out, what is your next step?

• Find another problem

• Reflect to make sure the solution works

• Nothing, you're done

Multiple Choice

When providing a possible solution, it is best to have more than 1 idea of how to solve the problem.

• TRUE

• FALSE

Multiple Choice

After defining and researching a meaningful health issue, the next step in advocating is to...

• Reflect on the outcome

• Taking action

• Create a health-enhancing position supported by facts geared to the right audience

Advocacy Project ASSESSMENT -

Project Overview

1. Project Planning Guide

2. Organizer

3. Campaign Plan

4. Campaign Creation

5. Reflection

• Research 2 points of view (Bullying - person who bullies; person who gets bullied)

• Create health-enhancing position

• Plan out the messages from facts you will use

​Organizer

• ​Topics - based on IL Youth Risk Behavior Survey

• What you each feel about the issue

• What you need to research

• Target audience and how you will deliver the message

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Planning Guide

​Advocacy Project ASSESSMENT - Project Overview

MESSAGE CREATION - PUT YOUR PLAN INTO ACTION (What is your message? How will you share that?)

​CREATE YOUR CAMPAIGN

• What can you do to make a difference here at school? EVERYONE NEEDS TO CONTRIBUTE TO CAMPAIGN.

• Be POSITIVE, provide facts and sources to help those affected!

• Be CLEAR about your purpose!

  • The MESSAGE should be a positive point you are trying to make based on the fact.​

• Know your audience!

• ​Don't be overly creative! (be clever, not overwhelming!)

• INSPIRE CHANGE, not make people sad... Don't talk down, insult, or scold.​

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​IDEAS INCLUDE:

• Contact counselors/deans/social workers on what you could do to help​ (provide resources, create options for the Reconnection room, give ideas for ways to get help to students)

• School announcements, video announcements

• Write poetry

• Quotes

• Short stories

• Infographics

• ​Positive resources for how to help someone

• WHAT ELSE?!?!??

MESSAGE CREATION PRACTICE

Take a FACT and put a POSITIVE spin on it to let others know what you would SAY to them.... using the fact to back it up. What behavior do you want to see, based on that fact. AVOID "DON'T..."