Exam 13: Approaches for Getting Involved in Family Policy: Advocacy or Education

Because alternatives education is less common than advocacy, it is more difficult to explain to those unfamiliar with its power of influence, yet it is also a breath of fresh air for those who are used to the agenda-oriented nature of advocacy.

A think tank is a form of government where decision making is controlled by technology experts.

The type of advocacy intended in the definition of family policy advocacy is Advocacy (with a capital "A")

The family policy alternatives educator's goal is to persuade policymakers, using science to support a single policy option based on personal value judgments.

Even though policy advocacy and policy alternatives education overlap, crossing over from one of these professions to the other can be harmful to a professional's credibility, for which their career may suffer.

Advocacy goals are typically ambiguous, making it difficult to measure the effectiveness and evaluate the outcomes of the advocacy effort.

Is family policy alternatives education a dispassionate approach with little political influence?

Is family policy alternatives education a politically neutral act? What evidence supports your position?

What is family policy advocacy? What beliefs and assumptions underlie it?

Family policy alternatives educators prefer the term social problem to social conflict, because it better encompasses the reality that social issues affect everyone.

What is family policy alternatives education? What beliefs and assumptions underlie it?

How is advocacy with a small "a" different from advocacy with a capital "A"?