Summary Of The Advocacy Competencies Self-Assessment Survey

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According to the Advocacy Competencies Self-Assessment Survey (Ratts & Ford in Lewis et al., 2011), the number of points for each domain includes client/student empowerment, community collaboration, public information, client/student advocacy, systems advocacy, and social/political advocacy. In the sum of the domains, the score is 84 which suggests that some work is needed for development in specific advocacy areas such as public information as well as community collaboration in order to be a capable social change agent. In my current position of employment and the suggestion of the survey questions; some domains do not fall within the scope of my current job position. Therefore, in my current situation, I am not afforded a chance to offer

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