Early childhood product

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Reflecting on Advocacy Efforts

1. How do you see yourself as an advocate? How does this complement your role within your present position?

2. What is meant by informed advocacy? How does knowledge of child development, evidence-based practices, and issues impacting children and families influence our ability to advocate around important issues? Which do you think is more important: information about an advocacy issue or information on an issue?

3. What are the hot topics, related to young children and their families, within your community? Who are the agencies or leaders responsible for implementing policies related to these topics? What is the public’s role? What do you see as the potential role of the early childhood professional in providing a voice?

4. What strategies can you use to determine where policymakers stand on specific issues? Who would be the best to target, based on what you have learned about the five categories of policymakers’ stands, for a lobbying campaign?

5. What current strengths can bring to your advocacy role?

6. What skills do you need to develop in order to be an effective advocate? What is your plan for developing these skills?