Advocacy and Self-Advocacy Resources

Advocacy and Self-Advocacy

• How to Promote Good Mental Health Elements Behavioral Health articles on positive mental health strategies
• Improving Emotional Health Helpguide.org provides Strategies and Tips for Good Mental Health
• Minding Your Mental Health American Institute for Preventive Medicine, 10 characteristics of mental health
• Role Playing Scenarios for Practicing Self-Advocacy from Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills to Students
• Teaching Self-Advocacy Skills to Students  An online resource kit for educators to teach students self-advocacy skills 
• Understanding Your Emotions Building emotional awareness skills – Teen Health
• Advocating for self and other Skills Models – RMC Health  

Many of these resources are embedded in the teacher-authored instructional units.

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