Learning Activities

Before you begin, please review the content on advocacy and legislative advocacy. These learning activities will enable you to explore your own level of advocacy and advocacy in this case in greater detail. You can exercise your skills in legislative advocacy for children with special health care needs through real life situations.

Activity 1: Personal Advocacy Assessment
In this activity, you will reflect on your own advocacy activities.  Recognizing your prior experiences with advocacy can help you be aware of advocacy opportunities in the future.  Each of us has a unique advocacy history that we can build upon for future legislative advocacy.

 

Activity 2: The Rest of the Story
Learn how the struggle of the Simmon and Scott families to provide medical care for their chronically ill children comes to the attention of a state legislator.

 

Activity 3: Preparing for the Listening Session
In this activity you will think about how you and Chris could prepare for the listening session. The goal of this activity is to make Senator Stevens aware of the families in the case story.

 

Activity 4: Writing Your Legislator
In this activity you will conclude your interaction with Senator Stevens by writing a thank you letter after the listening session to remind the Senator of your request.

 

 

After you have completed the content for this lesson you can take the quiz to complete Advocating for Children with Special Health Care Needs.