When It Is Used
Use it before or during family group conference preparation when a child or young person may need support to express or have their perspective represented.
Advocacy Preparation Tool for child voice in family group conferencing
Advocacy Preparation Tool is a family group conferencing preparation tool for practitioners, coordinators, and advocates. It helps capture a child or young person’s wishes, worries, priorities, concerns, and participation or advocacy support needs so their perspective can inform safety, care, and support decisions.
Try a fictional child-voice preparation record, switch representation mode, separate child words from adult notes, and preview the conference-ready summary.
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Tool guide
Learn more about this tool
Use this background section to understand when the tool fits, how practitioners use it, and what to consider before sharing it with clients.
What It Captures
The tool captures wishes, worries, priorities, concerns, participation preferences, advocacy support needs, adult notes, attribution, and readiness status.
Important Limits
The tool prepares representation of child voice. It does not assess the child, reinterpret adult views as child views, or generate recommendations.
Can the child skip questions?
Yes. The child can skip areas they cannot answer, and partial preparation can still be useful when clearly marked.
Does the tool keep child voice separate from adult notes?
Yes. Child words, advocate summaries, and practitioner notes are shown with source attribution.
Does the tool decide what the conference should do?
No. It prepares the child’s perspective for representation and does not make automated recommendations or decisions.