1. Course 1
Outreach & Advocacy
{ Instructor: Pat Kermeen

2.  Define outreach and advocacy
 Recognize barriers faced by client groups
 Document strategies used to develop trust
Course Learning Objectives

4. Fulfillment • Self-Actualization
Self-respect,
achievement,
attention, • Esteem
recognition
Friendship, family,
intimacy, social • Love/Belonging
interaction
Home & medical security,
stability, freedom from fear • Safety
Breathing, sleep, water, food, sex • Physiological
Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

5. Confi- Your
Outreach Barriers Current Building Advocacy
dentiality
& Barriers Trust Voice
Advocacy
Web-based
Scavenger Photo Newspaper Co-worker Form/Policy Mind map
Hunt for: Journal Search and Interview Critique
OR Activity
Definitions Client
OR Interview
Code of
Ethics
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seminar to seminar to
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6. Outreach & Advocacy
{ WRAP-UP

7. There are three types of advocacy:
1. individual advocacy - action taken to assist a person
in finding appropriate services
2. program advocacy - action taken on behalf of a
group to change an agency's services
3. social action advocacy - action taken to change
systems, policies, or the law.
From: Vancouver Status of Women, Single
Mothers Resource Guide, 2011/2012