This course equips you with the knowledge, skills and attitudes you need to advocate with children and young people with disabilities and follow best practice. You will focus on the experience and effects of disability and disablist attitudes; the rights, systems and decisions affecting disabled young people’s lives, the legal framework and the practice of advocacy.

Exercises are hands on, creative and participative leaving you fully engaged in child-centred advocacy with children and young people with disabilities.

“Brilliantly explained without being patronising.” Advocate

Who the course is for

Anyone who advocates with children and young people with disabilities. The training is aimed at those with some understanding of advocacy. We recommend anyone new to advocacy first attends our Introduction to Advocacy 1-day or Being a Voice 3-day course in advocacy with children and young people.

Learning outcomes

By the end of the course, you will be able to:

• List different types of physical and learning disability and their effects
• Compare & contrast the social and medical models of disability
• Identify the law in relation to the rights of young people with disabilities
• Summarise the issues faced by disabled children and young people
• Explain the role of the advocate and the available models of advocacy
• Demonstrate child-centred practice in advocacy with children and young people with disabilities

Course information

This is a 1 day course including comprehensive course materials.

Also recommended

The accompanying Communication with Children and Young People with
Disabilities course; our Non Instructed Advocacy & Makaton courses.

Click below to download the course leaflet.