What is advocacy

What is advocacy

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What is advocacy for you?

What is advocacy?

Advocacy

-The effort to change public perceptions and influence policy decisions and funding priorities

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What is advocacy?

Advocacy

-involves making a case in favor of a particular issue, using skillful persuasion and strategic action

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What is advocacy?

Advocacy

-is actively supporting a cause and trying to get others to support it as well

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Why be an advocate?

Advocate

-an individual who is committed to actively supporting a particular cause

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How can an SLP be an advocate?

Why be an advocate?

SLP as an Advocate

-as professionals working with individuals with commiunication disorders, it is part of our role to be the voice of our clients and our practice

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Why advocacy is important?

Advocacy in SLP practice

-We influence people and public opinion, so that issues that are facing our stakeholders will be resolved through policies and systems

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Why advocacy is important?

How do we advocate exactly?

-Public opinion influences policies made, thereby public information is vital for the cause

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Why advocacy is important?

How do we advocate exactly?

-Doing advocacy campaigns such as providing information through publicly available channels of communication (e.g. Social Media posts, petitions)

-Providing services that cater towards the stakeholders that are affected, in partnership with other groups (e.g. CBR)​

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Tips on doing an Advoc campaign

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2. Goals and objs

1. Needs assessment

3. Partnerships

4. Provide information

5. Evaluate​ and iterate