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Montgomery and Greene County Boards host second annual Self-Advocacy Conference at Wright State
Voices Matter and The Voices of Greene County, the community-based self-advocacy groups of the Montgomery and Greene County Boards of Developmental Disabilities, hosted their second annual Self-Advocacy Conference for individuals with developmental disabilities on Friday, March 2. During the first part of the Conference, the presenters teamed up with officers from the City of Beavercreek Police Department for a presentation on personal safety. Representatives of Voices Matter and the Voices of Greene County then made an interactive presentation titled “Self-Advocacy Basics” where they covered the essentials of advocacy and invited members of the audience to share examples of how they advocate for themselves.
After these presentations, attendees were invited to participate in break-out sessions that
addressed how to start a self-advocacy group; how to create a one-page portfolio to guide an
Individual Service Planning (ISP) meeting; how to be safe in the community; and how to network with others.