Developing effective advocacy messages requires deep knowledge of a particular topic, an effective means of delivering the message, and the ability to design a research-based message that can serve to motivate others to your cause. Over the next 5 weeks, you will design three advocacy pieces. Each advocacy message must be on a different topic and related to nurturing young children. To prepare: Select from the following topics, or choose another topic or topics of great interest to you: Attachment Empathy Self-regulation The role of play in social-emotional developmentFamily cultures Resilience Risk factors Across each of these topics, the information you develop needs to be responsive to the following: Audience: For whom is this information being developed? (Families, early childhood coaches, policy makers, educators, etc.) Role: Whom are you speaking as? Please select a role that provides your voice for each piece that is meaningful to you (educator, family advocate, administrator, coach, policy maker, researcher). Goal: What do you hope to gain by sharing this information? What impact do you want to have on your target audience?
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