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Standing Up For Your Wants & Needs: Self-Advocacy Skills for the SLP

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Have you ever felt nervous to speak up at work, to ask questions, or to advocate for yourself or your patients’ wants and needs? If so, you are not alone! Self-advocacy is a challenging and complex skill that requires practice, and it is one that all SLPs should focus on developing in order to find success and fulfillment in their career. In this course, you’ll have the chance to dig into what self-advocacy truly is, as well as learn some of the common roadblocks to doing it effectively (we’ve all been there!). I’ll also share my eight best practices for effective self-advocacy, as well as some tips for strong and assertive communication – all skills that you can take with you and apply right away in your life. You won’t want to miss this chance to build a skill set that can be a game changer in your career!

 

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What Will You Learn?

  • Learn what self-advocacy really is, and why it is a skill that matters for SLPs.
  • Unpack some of the common roadblocks that often prevent self-advocacy, with the goal of being able to work around these roadblocks more effectively.
  • Discover eight key principles to help you become a stronger self-advocate.
  • Learn about assertive communication, and how you can get better at it as a tool to support your self-advocacy.

Course Content

Standing Up For Your Wants & Needs: Self-Advocacy Skills for the SLP
In this course, you’ll have the chance to dig into what self-advocacy truly is, as well as learn some of the common roadblocks to doing it effectively (we’ve all been there!) AND eight best practices for effective self-advocacy that will help you get your wants and needs met as an SLP and a person!

  • Overview & Welcome
    00:00
  • Stop & Jot: Initial Reflections
  • What It Is & Why It Matters
    00:00
  • Self Advocacy Roadblocks
    00:00
  • Stop & Jot: Self Advocacy Experiences
  • Eight Principles to Build Your Self Advocating Skills
    00:00
  • Stop & Jot: Self Advocacy Reflections
  • Tools for Supporting Your Self Advocacy
    00:00
  • Stop & Jot: Self Advocacy Engagement Reflections
  • Strategies for Being Confident in Your Self Advocacy
    00:00
  • Stop & Jot: Final Reflections

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