What sort of advocacy experience is Michigan looking for?
This experience can cover a broad range of undertakings, since different communities provide access to different advocacy opportunities. Overall, the experience should provide you with: 1) training in interviewing, crisis intervention, or other interpersonal communication skills, 2) an opportunity to work one-on-one, in person or by phone, with clients from a variety of backgrounds, and 3) supervision in some form. The advocacy experience should give you an opportunity to work with individuals around issues that do not have a right or wrong outcome, but are measured by the clients sense that they have made their own choice. Community programs that can typically provide this type of experience include, but are not limited to: crisis intervention, unplanned pregnancy, domestic violence, teen runaway, hospice programs and various support groups.
