Speaking Up: A Plain Text Guide to Advocacy 4-volume set
Kate Lyon
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Description for Speaking Up: A Plain Text Guide to Advocacy 4-volume set
Paperback. Advocacy for people with disabilities is about empowering people - gaining rights for individuals, access to services, inclusion in society and their own voice. Speaking Up is a set of four guide books designed to give people with a disability the knowledge and advice needed to approach self-advocacy with confidence. Num Pages: 4 pages. BIC Classification: JKS; JNS; YXK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 29. Weight in Grams: 861.
This training package encourages an equal partnership between the advocate and the user where the shared goal is to develop the life skills of the individual with learning difficulties. It is accessible to people with a wide range of literacy needs, including those with high learning needs and is designed for use in formal and informal learning situations, either unsupported or with a facilitator present.'
- Autism Us
'The book is clearly written and is consistent in style and presentation.
Advocacy draws attention to the need for the individual's views to be expressed, communicated and understood by ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Condition
New
Number of Pages
4
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781843104742
SKU
V9781843104742
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 5 to 9 working days
Ref
99-1
About Kate Lyon
John Tufail and Kate Lyon are directors of People's Advocacy Network in Wellington, New Zealand. John Tufail has over 30 years' experience working in the disability sector, specialising in high communication needs. Since the 1980s, he has been increasingly involved in developing advocacy services. John has been lead investigator on a number of research projects into advocacy provision, both in ... Read more
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