Advocacy for Success

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Explore the ToolKit

Discover how our collective empowers individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through inclusive research and advocacy. Together, we can create a more equitable society for all.

About this Toolkit

This toolkit utilizes a community-based participatory approach1,2 for working in partnership with community collectives. This framework3 incorporates five aspects: a) identifying leaders, b) building the collective, c) identifying partnerships, d) researching with the collective, and e) taking action. This framework is not a linear process. Rather, this is an iterative process involving an on-going reflexive process to meet the needs of the community. This toolkit describes the reflexivity needed to build this collective, Advocacy for Success.

The Toolkit

Keynotes
  • There are tools and resources in each section to guide others in this work.
  • Each section outlines and summarizes participatory action research.
  • Each section incorporates a reflection from a doctoral student.
  • The development of the collective was not a linear process, rather an iterative one.
  1. Letiecq, B., & Schmalzbauer, L. (2012). Community-based participatory research with Mexican
    migrants in a new rural destination: A good fit? Action Research Journal, 10 (3), 244-
    DOI: 10.1177/1476750312443571 ↩︎
  2. Vesely, C.K., Letiecq, B.L. et al., Goodman, R.D., & DeMulder, E.  (2023). Amigas de la Comunidad: A Critical Case Study of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with Central American Immigrant Mothers. In M. Call Cummings G. Dazzo, G., & M. Hauber-Özer, M., Critical Participatory Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Introduction and Guide. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Press.  ↩︎
  3. Vesely, C.K., Letiecq, B.L. et al., Goodman, R.D., & DeMulder, E.  (2023). Amigas de la Comunidad: A Critical Case Study of Community-Based Participatory Research (CBPR) with Central American Immigrant Mothers. In M. Call Cummings G. Dazzo, G., & M. Hauber-Özer, M., Critical Participatory Inquiry: An Interdisciplinary Introduction and Guide. Newbury Park, CA: SAGE Press.  ↩︎