Listen Up! Speak Up!: The Third Book of Speaking Up - A Plain Text Guide to Advo

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This book uses examples of advocacy to explore how to be a good advocate, emphasising the importance of listening to and working with an advocacy partner and explaining how to prepare for and behave in meetings. It is illustrated throughout with colour drawings and case studies.

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I think all self-advocates should have a copy of this book to bring along to meetings to help them get more out of them.'- The Frontline of Learning Disability'The Four Books in this series; 'Introducing Advocacy', 'Rules and Standards', 'Listen Up!' and 'Advocacy in Action' are comprehensive, informative and quite simply a very good introduction for someone new to the world of advocacy.'- Practice Links in Social WorkAdvocacy for people with disabilities is widely practised, but what about self-advocacy? How often do parents or carers speak 'for' you and prevent you being heard? Do you know your rights within advocacy law? The four books in the Speaking Up set were conceived and written specifically to promote self-advocacy to disabled individuals who want to learn how to speak up for themselves.This third book in the series uses examples of advocacy to explore how to be a good advocate, emphasising the importance of listening to and working with an advocacy partner and explaining how to prepare for and behave in meetings.All four books are illustrated throughout with colour drawings and case studies showing the positive results of self-advocacy on the individuals themselves, as well as on their families and carers.This empowering 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.

Author Biography

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 the UK and internationally, and was central to the development of the UK's first university advocacy course at the University of East London. Kate Lyon is a self-employed graphic designer and web-page designer and the winner of four industry awards. She runs her own learning and design company, Merlin Design.

Table of Contents

1. Be Strong for Yourself and Others. 2. Roy's Story. 3. Listening. 4. Points of View. 5. Speaking Up in Meetings. 6. Why Don't You Practise?

Review

This third title in a four-volume advocacy training set continues explaining relations and practices between people with disabilities and their advocacy partners, explaining basic advocacy skills including involved listening and teamwork. This gives a case study and background information on developing listening skills and understanding others' points of view. One particularly useful section explains how to behave in meetings, a skill people with disabilities and their advocates can use to their advantage to get things accomplished. -- BookNews.com

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How to be a good advocate, the importance of listening

Long Description

Listen Up! Speak Up!: The Third Volume of the Speaking Up set uses examples of advocacy to explore how to be a good advocate, emphasising the importance of listening to and working with an advocacy partner and explaining how to prepare for and behave in meetings.

Review Text

This third title in a four-volume advocacy training set continues explaining relations and practices between people with disabilities and their advocacy partners, explaining basic advocacy skills including involved listening and teamwork. This gives a case study and background information on developing listening skills and understanding others' points of view. One particularly useful section explains how to behave in meetings, a skill people with disabilities and their advocates can use to their advantage to get things accomplished.

Review Quote

'This third title in a four-volume advocacy training set continues explaining relations and practices between people with disabilities and their advocacy partners, explaining basic advocacy skills including involved listening and teamwork. This gives a case study and background information on developing listening skills and understanding others' points of view. One particularly useful section explains how to behave in meetings, a skill people with disabilities and their advocates can use to their advantage to get things accomplished.'- BookNews.com

Promotional "Headline"

How to be a good advocate, the importance of listening

Description for Reader

'I think all self-advocates should have a copy of this book to bring along to meetings to help them get more out of them.'- The Frontline of Learning Disability'The Four Books in this series; 'Introducing Advocacy', 'Rules and Standards', 'Listen Up!' and 'Advocacy in Action' are comprehensive, informative and quite simply a very good introduction for someone new to the world of advocacy.'- Practice Links in Social WorkAdvocacy for people with disabilities is widely practised, but what about self-advocacy? How often do parents or carers speak 'for' you and prevent you being heard? Do you know your rights within advocacy law? The four books in the Speaking Up set were conceived and written specifically to promote self-advocacy to disabled individuals who want to learn how to speak up for themselves.This third book in the series uses examples of advocacy to explore how to be a good advocate, emphasising the importance of listening to and working with an advocacy partner and explaining how to prepare for and behave in meetings.All four books are illustrated throughout with colour drawings and case studies showing the positive results of self-advocacy on the individuals themselves, as well as on their families and carers.This empowering 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.

Description for Sales People

Practical guide to self-advocacy for people with disabilities - ideal for use in groups.

Details ISBN1843104776 Short Title LISTEN UP SPEAK UP Series Speaking Up Language English ISBN-10 1843104776 ISBN-13 9781843104773 Media Book Format Paperback Illustrations Yes Year 2007 Illustrator Kate Lyon Imprint Jessica Kingsley Publishers Place of Publication London Country of Publication United Kingdom Author Kate Lyon DOI 10.1604/9781843104773 UK Release Date 2007-02-15 NZ Release Date 2007-02-15 Subtitle The Third Book of Speaking Up - A Plain Text Guide to Advocacy Pages 56 Publisher Jessica Kingsley Publishers Publication Date 2007-02-15 DEWEY 362.4 Audience General AU Release Date 2007-02-14 We've got this

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