… As one of few studies about legislative advocacy, this study focuses on parents of individuals
with disabilities thereby greatly contributing to the limited extant literature. It seems that …

… Advocacy Project is a 36 hr advocacy training for individuals … the association of the advocacy
programme on specific … education knowledge, empowerment and parent well-being) and to …

… advocacy. Thus, the purpose of this study was to explore individual and systemic advocacy
among parents of … Prior to attending a training on civic engagement, 127 parents from four …

… State, a growing workforce of Family Peer Advocates (FPA) is … program to enhance Family
Peer Advocate professional skills, called the Parent Engagement and Empowerment Program (…

… Research about parent advocacy programs designed to increase individual … of a legislative
advocacy programs, which may help enable parents in overcoming barriers to advocacy. …

… parent legislative advocacy has been minimal. In this study, we evaluated the effectiveness
of a legislative advocacy program for parents of individuals … the legislative advocacy program …

… However, for parent advocacy to be the most successful, it is vitally important that the
supporters of threatened programs be organized … The more individuals that can be mobilized to …

… In the United States and abroad, parents of individuals with disabilities have … and advocacy
discourse for individuals with disabilities. For example, in the United States, parent advocacy …

… Given that disability is a widely varying condition which each individual experiences uniquely,
… -cost or no-cost supplemental advocacy program, many of these parents will not have the …

… advocate who worked at a PTI; both individuals were parents of children with ASD, were
Latina, and spoke Spanish. The individuals … Volunteer Advocacy Project (an advocacy training …