Self advocacy

It's become clear through virtual classes that many of our students don't know to self-advocate. How can we teach them to reach out for the help they need?

Self-advocacy is the ability to speak up for yourself and your needs. Establishing & maintaining healthy boundaries is a key component.

We reached out to Sarah Heinzl, self-advocate and youth leader, and asked for her five tips on how to foster…

8/9/16 This is a question that I get frequently. Teachers, parents and administrators ask “Why should a child be pulled out of class to work on these skills? Let’s talk! When this knowledge is ta…

This tool: -defines for students what self-advocacy (and self-awareness) are. -provides them with examples of times when they need to advocate.-provides them with sentence starters for how to advocate. -allows teacher/student to set a self advocacy goal in which the teacher can catch the students ad...

Learn about some self advocacy activities and skills you can learn to improve your autoimmune wellness journey.

For me, self-advocacy at work is hard. Mostly because I feel like I'm bragging or being selfish. How do you understand self-advocacy? Is it truly that important? Are you a good self-advocate or do you feel like you're bragging, too?