Advocacy

Assignment description:

The advocacy project is to focuseither on a specific client population or counseling as a profession. The project should offer the student an opportunity to focus on counseling in an innovative way. Advocacy supports the rights and opportunities of clients and/or the profession. Advocacy takesplace through political activities and community initiatives to achieve rights, protections,and opportunities for clients, counselors and counselors-in-training. The student will submit a plan illustrating how he/she will assist in implementing a project. The paper is to follow the stylistic conventions set forth in the American Psychological Association’s Publication Manual.
This project is based on a series of workshop that has been identified in the community of Trinidad and Tobago by the elementary school system. The first of the series was on suicide that took place in April 2013 (25 and 26), the second was on Bullying Awareness and prevention that took place on Sept 18 and 19, 2013.

To date, these were the needs that were assessed and addressed.
This advocacy is to help create a new culture where the parents, teachers and students are involved and aware.
In this paper:
Need to talk about the underpinning of advocacy
What is the need for this project and the Steps for implementation.
This is for the Counseling profession

advocacy

Order Description

Write a comprehensive report explaining how you would develop a systemic advocacy campaign for a chosen client group (this must be in your own words, 1,500- 1,700 words).
•Please note you are NOT actually running the campaign, you are hypothetically addressing how you would run a systemic advocacy campaign for your chosen topic.
•Please ensure you include a bibliography containing ALL references you use.

For formatting, write in paragraph form addressing the headings in bold below (please read this page carefully as to ensure you include all necessary information):
•Introduction – Briefly identify and explain your topic/campaign
•Identify Stakeholders – (Identify all stakeholders you would involve in your campaign and explain why it would be vital to involve these people. Remember to include in this section what networks you may develop and what agencies/organisations you will include). ·
•Consult Stakeholders – (Explain in what ways you will involve stakeholders and how you will encourage their participation. Consider what modes/methods you will use to communicate with stakeholders, as well as what skills you will need to utilise).
•Research – (Attach to your assessment as an appendix ONE piece of research you would use to support your advocacy campaign. Under this section heading briefly summarise the main point of the research, by explaining how it would support your advocacy position. · Strategies/Action Planning- ( Write about what kinds of methods you will use to assist your advocacy campaign and to raise awareness of the topic issue- set this out as an action plan, in table format if you wish).
•Conclusion – (Sum up your project/campaign as well as what you would hope to have achieved by your campaign).

advocacy

Order Description

Write a comprehensive report explaining how you would develop a systemic advocacy campaign for a chosen client group (this must be in your own words, 1,500- 1,700 words).
•Please note you are NOT actually running the campaign, you are hypothetically addressing how you would run a systemic advocacy campaign for your chosen topic.
•Please ensure you include a bibliography containing ALL references you use.

For formatting, write in paragraph form addressing the headings in bold below (please read this page carefully as to ensure you include all necessary information):
•Introduction – Briefly identify and explain your topic/campaign
•Identify Stakeholders – (Identify all stakeholders you would involve in your campaign and explain why it would be vital to involve these people. Remember to include in this section what networks you may develop and what agencies/organisations you will include). ·
•Consult Stakeholders – (Explain in what ways you will involve stakeholders and how you will encourage their participation. Consider what modes/methods you will use to communicate with stakeholders, as well as what skills you will need to utilise).
•Research – (Attach to your assessment as an appendix ONE piece of research you would use to support your advocacy campaign. Under this section heading briefly summarise the main point of the research, by explaining how it would support your advocacy position. · Strategies/Action Planning- ( Write about what kinds of methods you will use to assist your advocacy campaign and to raise awareness of the topic issue- set this out as an action plan, in table format if you wish).
•Conclusion – (Sum up your project/campaign as well as what you would hope to have achieved by your campaign).