ERIC Number: EJ1269424
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2020-Oct
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Strategic Communication for Advocacy
Franks-Thomas, Alexandra; Comizio, Rebecca; Saint, Jo; Dockweiler, Katherine
Communique, v49 n2 1, 19-20, 22 Oct 2020
In the field of school psychology, advocacy skills are both a professional competency and an ethical responsibility (National Association of School Psychologists [NASP], 2020). Ideally, school psychology training programs emphasize skills, strategies, and knowledge related to interpersonal communication, collaboration, data-based decision making, and ethics. School psychologists can use this professional training, and their experience, to create and share valuable key messages to shape the delivery of school-based psychological services at the school, district, state, and federal levels. Given that many advocacy strategies involve written and verbal communication, school psychologists should develop effective skills to promote advocacy including developing professional identity, promoting the profession's public image, and establishing effective intraprofessional and interprofessional collaboration (NASP, 2019).
Descriptors: Advocacy, School Psychologists, School Psychology, Skill Development, Communication Skills, Cooperation, Stakeholders, Training
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Language: English
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Identifiers - Location: Nevada; Washington
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