title: Training volunteers as child advocates.
abstract: Volunteer child advocates require specific knowledge as well as enthusiasm if they are to succeed in their goals. The training program suggested here can give them effective techniques for organizing; assessing and gathering data on relevant public policy; educating others; winning public officials to their aims; and evaluating how enacted legislation affects children.
mesh_terms: D002648:Child; D002651:Child Advocacy / Q000331:legislation & jurisprudence*; D003479:Curriculum; D006801:Humans; D011640:Public Policy; D014838:Volunteers / Q000193:education*