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Youth Advocacy Training Curriculum

Youth Advocate
Training

For Youth 12 and older...

Have fun and learn how to advocate for yourself and others! Read below for an overview of the Youth Advocate Training Course:

Unit One  In the first unit we will play a couple of get to know you games, go over what all the course will cover, discuss what we want to get from the course and begin talking about confidence in our own expertise.

Unit Two More games & fun! We will discuss communication and assertiveness. Then play a game of “Who’s Line is it Anyway,” to practice our new skills!

Unit Three We will discuss the Texas Legislative process. As we learn, we will play a board game that simulates the legislative process!

Unit Four We will continue to learn about speaking up. We’re going to speak up without saying a word as we practice writing letters to elected officials and other important people.

Unit Five Speak up some more! This time using your voice. We will discuss how to meet with elected officials and how to get to adults to take what you say seriously.

Unit Six It’s Jeopardy Night! IDEA, IEPs, & BIPs- what do all these acronyms mean and why should I care? We will be discussing how you can make a difference in your own education!

Unit Seven News Flash! Education should be researched based! You’ll be able to tell us all about it after we put on a mock newscast about the latest & greatest evidence based practices.

Unit Eight Has anyone ever told you that, “you act like the world revolves around you?” Well it should, at least where your education is concerned. We will be discussing why it is important that your education be designed to fit you individually!

Unit Nine We will bring it all together. We’ll take a look at example IEPs & figure out how we can make’em better!

Unit Ten So whatcha gonna do about it? Tonight we will devise our plan for action.

 


The DCFF office number is 940-381-5000 x5525

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The Denton County Advocate Training Project Curriculum can be graded to meet the needs of your group. If you have specific needs, please contact us and we will work with you to develop a curriculum specific to you.

REACH Transportation Training

The REACH Center in Denton was interested in a more focused training specific to transportation. We developed a hands-on class that was graded specifically to their center and brought it to them.

We did some background work on the issues around transportation in Denton County and discovered several opportunities to effect change. Graduate participants from the full training are helping to form a transportation advocacy organization to move forward in advocating for accessible transportation across the county.





Participant
Responses
to the Fall 2004 Lewisville and Denton Standard Advocate Training Series


"This training has been absolutely fantastic and I have learned a lot"


"Doors were opened to information sources"


"My knowledge was greatly increased. The things that I knew a little about I gained details and more understanding. I was made aware of many policies and consumer concerns that I was completely unaware of."


"This is just the tip of the iceberg."


"I have already used some of the info to help my own family"

"It helps you to help others. It educates you about what is going on (like in the legislature)."

"The structure of the training group, the slides on paper, talking and listening to others and their stories and learning about state programs (were helpful)"