100160: Self-Advocacy

About the Course:

This Technical Assistance Guide provides an overview of the attitudes and skills you can use to improve your and your clients’ self-advocacy abilities. Includes references to other resources for refining skills and attitudes necessary to be a successful self-advocate.

Author

A National Mental Health Consumers’ Self-Help Clearinghouse publication

About the Authors:

Funded in part by the Community Support Program of CMHS, The Center for Mental Health Services

Course Objectives:

1. To learn more about the attitudes necessary for self-advocacy, including strategies for problem solving

2. To learn about specific methods for building self-advocacy skills

3. To become more familiar and proficient with various forms of advocacy