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SIMINAR ON SELF-ADVOCACY 2007

Aim of this Project

To create awareness on the importance of self-advocacy in the lives of persons with learning disabilities and to train supporters/advisors as well as parents to support self-advocacy groups. The result of this awareness and training project should strengthen existing self-advocacy groups and establish new self-advocacy groups in the selected regions.

Collaboration

This project enhance collaboration between JICA Malaysia, United Voice, local universities, local government and non-government organizations/bodies that supports persons with learning disabilities

Main Speaker

1. Dr Dan Goodley

8.00 am	Registration
9.00 am	Opening and Introduction
9.30 am	Keynote Address: Why and What is Self-Advocacy (Dr Dan Goodley)
10.15 am	Break
10.45 am	Session 1: The Self-advocacy Movement in Malaysia (United Voice)
11.30 am	Session 2: The Impact of Self-Advocacy Movement: Experiences in UK, Japan and Malaysia. • Japanese Experience (Dr Kenji) • Malaysian Experience (Self-advocates from KK/UV) • British Experience (Dr Dan Goodley)
12.15 pm	Q & A (Facilitator: Mohd Sharani)
12.45 pm	Lunch
2.00 pm	Session 3: Self-advocacy should begin at Home and in School (Dr Dan Goodley & Swee Lan)
2.45 pm	Q & A (Facilitator: Chairperson of Family Support Group KK)
3.00 pm	Break
3.15 pm	Session 4: Support for Self-Advocacy Movement (Dr Dan Goodley)
4.00 pm	Q & A (Facilitator: Joanne Lee)
4.30 pm	Closing
4.45 pm	Refreshment
5.00 pm	Adjourn

9.00 am	How to Form a Self-advocacy Group? (Dr Dan Goodley & Swee Lan)
9.45 am	How to Support a Self-advocacy Group? (Dr Dan Goodley & Swee Lan) *For these two sessions, Swee Lan will just be sharing briefly the Malaysian experience (10 minutes each session)
10.30 am	Break
11.00 am	The Role of Parents Support Movement : Discussion (Facilitator: Dr Dan Goodley)
11.45 am	Resolution (Facilitator: Joan Lai)
1.00 pm	Closing
2.30 pm	Evaluation
5.30 pm	Adjourn

Dr. Dan Goodley obtained his Ph.D from the Department of Sociological Studies, University of Sheffield in 1998. Since then he has been a lecturer at the University of Leeds, Bolton Institute and Open University. His current appointments include Reader of Disability Studies in the University of Sheffield; Director of the Centre of Applied Disability Studies; and Director of the Inclusive Education and Equality Research Cluster. He is also a visiting professor with the University of Iceland.

Being an ardent supporter of the Self-Advocacy movement for the past 15 years, his extensive research in the field of Disability Studies makes him a dynamic contributor. His impressive list of published work on Self-Advocacy includes authored and edited books, articles in refereed international journals and book chapters. His research has always endeavoured to express openness to reflexity and critique to uses of power, voice and authenticity.