Understanding Self Advocacy (Articles and videos to learn about the topic)
Teaching Children to Be Their Own Self-Advocate - Self-advocacy is the action of representing oneself or ones’ views or interests. When you are your own self-advocate, you can stand up to make your issues known and heard, and work to create change. This article includes steps for helping teach children learn to self-advocate.
Learning Ideas (Books and video suggestions to reinforce the topic)
Self Advocacy Skills (Video Lesson - 3:05)How to improve self-advocacy skills & self-advocacy tips and strategies. To succeed, it is important that students develop self-advocacy skills.
Speak Up (Read Aloud - 4:42)Join a diverse group of kids on a busy school day as they discover so many different ways to speak up and make their voices heard! From shouting out gratitude for a special treat to challenging a rule that isn’t fair, these young students show that simple, everyday actions can help people and make the world a better place.