How Does an Education Technology Specialist Evaluate This Course?

This video is a recorded interview with Warren Academy Head Hare, Phoebe Kingston, and Zoey Ka. Zoey has a working background in Education Technology and was an ed' tech' manager leading educational work for 7 universities across Australia. Zoey was a Lived Experience (LE) Project Manager and a leader in her field for the Mental Illness Fellowship of Australia (MIFA). Warren Academy was fortunate to have Zoey enrolled as an e-course tester for this e-course, Thru the Rabbit Holes of 'Mental Health' Service-User Self-Advocacy. As well as Zoey being a person of lived experience and beta testing the course from the LE perspective, Zoey also ran ed' tech' evaluation of this course, using her professional expertise as a leader in Australia for the education technology sector. Zoey has evaluated our e-course's engagement tools and formats, amongst several other aspects of the 'learning' and studying experience.

Warren Agility Course Overview

A mindful emersion experience from going Thru the Rabbit Holes of 'Mental Health' Service-user Self-advocacy

  1. 1

    • WELCOME Thru the Rabbit Holes! [5mins]

    • Terms of use and conditions

    • What is Warren Academy? What are agility courses, and what is the Warren experience? [1hr]

    • Your own underground rules [1hr]

    • How to use this course [2mins]

    • Exploring new ideas that bring discomfort [20mins]

    • Warren Academy Agility Course overview and outcomes [30mins]

    • Exploring Effectively (A) [2mins]

    • Exploring Effectively (B) [20mins]

    • Who is your instructor hare? [20mins]

    • Our CTA (A) [5mins]

    • Our CTA (B) [30mins]

    • Pre-WAC SURVEY [15mins]

    • INSPIRATION CHAMBER [20mins]
  2. 2

    • Chamber 1: Burrow introduction [5mins]

    • Chamber 2: What is advocacy? [5mins]

    • Chamber 3: Why learn about self-advocacy [2mins]

    • Chamber 4: What are the differences between advocacy and self-advocacy? [2mins]

    • Chamber 5: Where can self-advocacy be used? [5mins]

    • Chamber 6: History of the self-advocate movement [30mins]

    • CHAMBER 7: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 1 [30mins]

    • Chamber 8: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 1 [20mins]

    • Chamber 9: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 1 [10mins]

    • Chamber 10: Burrow survey [3 questions/3minutes]
  3. 3

    • Chamber 11: Burrow introduction [2mins]

    • Chamber 12: The importance of foundational knowledge for 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy [5mins]

    • Chamber 13: A brief history of the lived experience movements [30mins]

    • Chamber 14: Relevant concepts for 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy [30mins]

    • Chamber 15: Human and civil rights [5mins]

    • Chamber 16: What are human rights? [40mins]

    • Chamber 17: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 2 [30mins]

    • Chamber 18: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 2 [20mins]

    • Chamber 19: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 2 [10mins]

    • Chamber 20: Burrow survey [3 questions/3 mins]
  4. 4

    • Chamber 21: Burrow introduction [2mins]

    • Chamber 22: Common 'mental health' service-user advocacy issues [20mins]

    • Chamber 23: Common examples explained [20mins]

    • Chamber 24: Standards for community managed/public/private health and 'mental health' services and organizations [0.5-1hr]

    • Chamber 25: Emergency situations [20mins]

    • Chamber 26: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 3 [30mins]

    • Chamber 27: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 3 [20mins]

    • Chamber 28: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 3 [10mins]

    • Chamber 29: Burrow survey [3 questions/3 minutes]
  5. 5

    • Chamber 30: Burrow introduction [2mins]

    • Chamber 31: Reasons to advocate and what is required [10mins]

    • Chamber 32: Self-advocacy resources (capitals) [1hr]

    • Chamber 33: Should I self-advocate? [1hr]

    • Chamber 34: QUIZ 2 on 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy [1.5hr]

    • Chamber 35: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 4 [30mins]

    • Chamber 36: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 4 [20mins]

    • Chamber 37: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 4 [10mins]

    • Chamber 38: Burrow survey [3 questions/3 mins]
  6. 6

    • Chamber 39: Burrow introduction [2mins]

    • Chamber 40: Levels of service-user self-advocacy [20mins]

    • Chamber 41: Self-advocacy and progressivism [10mins]

    • Chamber 42: The difference between lived experience advocacy, representation and consultancy [25mins]

    • Chamber 43: Advocate quotes [35mins]

    • Chamber 44: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 5 [30mins]

    • Chamber 45: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 5 [20mins]

    • Chamber 46: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 5 [10mins]

    • Chamber 47: Burrow survey [3 questions/3 mins]
  7. 7

    • Chamber 48: Burrow introduction 6 [1min]

    • Chamber 49: Acronyms, clinical terminology, abbreviations, and medical symbols in the health and 'mental health' sector [1hr]

    • Chamber 50: 'Mental health' sector staff designations [10mins]

    • Chamber 51: A lived experience introduction to language [30mins]

    • Chamber 52: Highlighting the importance of language use and our language choices

    • Chamber 53: Peer worker perspectives on 'mental health' sector language [15mins]

    • Chamber 54: Lived experience language guide

    • Chamber 55: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 6 [30mins]

    • Chamber 56: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 6 [20mins]

    • Chamber 57: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 6 [10mins]

    • Chamber 58: Burrow survey [3 questions/3 mins]
  8. 8

    • Chamber 59: Burrow introduction 7 [5mins]

    • Chamber 60: RABBIT REMEDY #3 - 'Mental health' service-user self-advocacy basics [10mins]

    • Chamber 61: NORD -self-advocacy and care coordination [1hr]

    • Chamber 62: Tips for self-advocacy [20mins]

    • Chamber 63: QUIZ - Self-advocacy basics [15mins]

    • Chamber 64: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 7 [30mins]

    • Chamber 65: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 7 [20mins]

    • Chamber 66: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 7 [10mins]

    • Chamber 67: Burrow survey [3 questions/3 mins]
  9. 9

    • Chamber 68: Burrow introduction 8 [5mins]

    • CARROT BREAK CHAMBER

    • Chamber 69: LIBRARY Chamber 1

    • Chamber 70: LIBRARY Chamber 2

    • Chamber 71: LIBRARY Chamber 3

    • Chamber 72: LIBRARY Chamber 4

    • Chamber 73: LIBRARY Chamber 5

    • Chamber 74: LIBRARY Chamber 6

    • Chamber 75: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 8 [30mins]

    • Chamber 76: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 8 [20mins]

    • Chamber 77: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 8 [10mins]

    • Chamber 78: Burrow survey [3 questions/3mins]
  10. 10

    • Chamber 79: Burrow introduction 9 [5mins]

    • Chamber 80: Organizational resolution processes relevant to advocacy [5mins]

    • Chamber 81: Lived experience peer support worker advocacy [10mins]

    • Chamber 82: PSW Advocacy [5mins]

    • Chamber 83: RCA [30mins]

    • Chamber 84: RCA explained [30mins]

    • Chamber 85: QUIZ Levels of 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy and outcomes [30mins]

    • Chamber 86: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 9 [30mins]

    • Chamber 87: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 9 [20mins]

    • Chamber 88: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 9 [10mins]

    • Chamber 89: Burrow survey [3 questions/3 mins]
  11. 11

    • Chamber 90: Burrow introduction 10 [5mins]

    • Chamber 91: The benefits of written communication [10mins]

    • Chamber 92: The downsides of written communication [10mins]

    • Chamber 93: Written communication basics [45mins]

    • Chamber 94: Sample MHAS advocacy letter [5mins]

    • Chamber 95: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 10 [30mins]

    • Chamber 96: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 10 [15mins]

    • Chamber 97: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 10 [10mins]

    • Chamber 98: Burrow survey [3 questions/2 mins]
  12. 12

    • Chamber 99: Burrow introduction 11 [5mins]

    • Chamber 100: The benefits of verbal communication [10mins]

    • Chamber 101: Downsides of verbal communication [10mins]

    • Chamber 102: Verbal communication basics [10mins]

    • Chamber 103: Tips for advocacy-based meetings [20mins]

    • Chamber 104: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 11 [30mins]

    • Chamber 105: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 11 [15mins]

    • Chamber 106: CHECK-IN Chamber 11 [10mins]

    • Chamber 107: Burrowe survey [3 questions/3 mins]
  13. 13

    • Chamber 108: Burrow introduction 12 [mins]

    • Chamber 109: The importance of self-advocacy strategy [5mins]

    • Chamber 110: Five self-advocacy approaches [5mins]

    • Chamber 111: The mighty pen advocate [15 minutes]

    • Chamber 112: The asynchronous advocate [15minutes]

    • Chamber 113: The tornado advocate [15minutes]

    • Chamber 114: The micro-publicist-activist advocate (MPA) [15mins]

    • Chamber 115: The mail run advocate [15mins]

    • Chamber 116: Creating a self-advocacy strategy [1hr]

    • Chamber 117: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 12 [30mins]

    • Chamber 118: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 12 [15mins]

    • Chamber 119: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 12 [10mins]

    • Chamber 120: Burrow survey [3 questions/3 mins]

  14. 14

    • Chamber 121: Burrow introduction 13 [5mins]

    • Chamber 122: What effective and successful self-advocacy looks and feels like [30mins]

    • Chamber 123: Effective self-advocacy [30mins]

    • Chamber 124: Successful self-advocacy [30mins]

    • Chamber 125: What does 'mental health' systems advocacy produce and create? [15mins]

    • Chamber 126: 'Mental health' service-user self-advocacy - lessons learnt [20mins]

    • Chamber 127: HARE SNIPPET #5 - Anyone can contribute to progressivism [10mins]

    • Chamber 128: Examples of successful 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy [10mins]

    • Chamber 129: QUIZ - 'Mental health' service-user self-advocacy outcomes [15mins]

    • Chamber 130: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 13 [30mins]

    • Chamber 131: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 13 [15mins]

    • Chamber 132: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 13 [15mins]

    • Chamber 133: Burrow survey [3 questions/3 ins]
  15. 15

    • Chamber 134: Burrow introduction 14 [5mins]

    • Chamber 135: Experiencing barriers to 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy [20mins]

    • Chamber 136: Common barriers to 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy [20mins]

    • Chamber 137: Addressing barriers to 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy [20mins]

    • Chamber 138: QUIZ - Barriers to 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy [15mins]

    • Chamber 139: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 14 [30mins]

    • Chamber 140: REFLECTION POOL CHAMBER 14 [15mins]

    • Chamber 141: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 14 [10mins]

    • Chamber 142: Burrow survey [3 questions/3 mins]
  16. 16

    • Chamber 143: Burrow introduction 15 [5mins]

    • Chamber 144: Almost there... [5mins]

    • Chamber 145: Post advocacy self-evaluation [1hr]

    • Chamber 146: QUIZ - Synthesis - 'Mental health' service-user self-advocacy [1hr]

    • Chamber 147: CHALLENGE CHAMBER 15 [30mins]

    • Chamber 148: REFLECTION CHAMBER 15 [15mins]

    • Chamber 149: CHECK-IN CHAMBER 15 [10mins]

    • Chamber 150: Burrow survey [3 questions/3 mins]
  17. 17

    • Chamber 151: Burrow introduction 16 [5mins]

    • Chamber 152: Emergence and summary [15mins]

    • Chamber 153: Emergence mindset

    • Chamber 154: Getting involved in lived experience advocacy, representation, & consultancy roles in Western Australia [5mins]

    • Chamber 155: Final reflection [45mins]

    • Chamber 156: Self-care and self-nurture time [2mins]

    • Chamber 157: Post-WAC SURVEY [0.5hr]

    • Chamber 158: Where to burrow to from here? [5mimns]

    • Chamber 159: FINAL INSPIRATION CHAMBER

    • Chamber 160: WARREN ACADEMY AGILITY COURSE COMPLETE!

Course Emersion Outcomes

How this course will solve your self-advocacy problems

This Warren Academy Agility course contains 16 burrows and 150 chambers! It’s a challenge to summarize what your unique mindful emersion experience will be. However, the course is designed to provide some basic outcomes which are summarized below.

With this course you will be/be able to:

Affirm your current level of self-advocacy knowledge, experience and confidence

Consider self-care strategies during your self-advocacy journey

Consider your support systems during your self-advocacy journey

Identify foundational knowledge for self-advocacy

Study self-advocacy basics such as prioritizing, collaborating, networking, gaining support, identifying allies, systems navigation etc

Acknowledge self-advocacy in terms of human/civil rights

Recognise common 'mental health' service-user issues for advocacy

Understand the standards for community managed/public/private health and 'mental health' services and organizations

Differentiate between lived experience (LE) advocacy, LE peer support work, representation and consultancy

Be inspired by LE self-advocacy

Identify your personal attributes, resources and reasons to advocate

Assess your readiness to commence a self-advocacy journey

Collect numerous materials and resources to keep and refer to that will support your self-advocacy

Familiarize and understand 'mental health' sector processes and procedures relating to your mental wellbeing support and issues for advocacy (including ‘risk’ assessment, ‘emergency’ procedures and RCA)

Discover new terminology and/or new meaning in language from the health and 'mental health' sector

Familiarize yourself with governing and guiding health sector documentation

Investigate self-advocacy from the organisational perspective

Consider root cause analysis from multiple perspectives

Be aware of the levels of self-advocacy in Western Australia

Identify the executive administrative structures pertaining to 'mental health' advocacy

Explore written and verbal communication basics

Consider self-advocacy strategy

Create your own self-advocacy strategy

Understand successful and effective self-advocacy

Analyze the outcomes of self-advocacy from multiple perspectives

Consider what can be learnt from self-advocacy

Identifying barriers to self-advocacy

Improve your confidence in how to address the barriers experienced in self-advocacy

Gain skills in self-assessment of self-advocacy efforts

Practice skills in self-reflection

Define your self-advocacy experience(s)

Test your knowledge on self-advocacy

You will develop a proficient knowledge-base and skill set to support your 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy efforts, self-advocacy experience and decision-making

You will be adept at important aspects of the 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy journey

You will possess enough of the required knowledge to navigate a 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy process

You will be able to curate your own library/folder of interesting and helpful materials and resources on the topic of 'mental health' service-user self-advocacy

You will get carrots along the way….

Check Coms Burrow for other updates

Warren Agility Course Bonuses

Thru the Rabbit Holes of 'Mental Health' Service-User Self-Advocacy (Full WAC)

  • Bonus Library Chambers

    You'll have access to 6 library chambers with LOTS of articles and resources specified to your agility course! Including downloadable resources. Full Warren Agility Courses (WACs) have more library chambers than mini-Courses.

  • FREE Self-Care Workbook

    The Warren Academy self-care workbook is a 47 page jam-packed product! It is downloadable and takes you through the features and benefits of self-care, has key questions for you to answer, including survey style questions, prompt questions, and reflective questions. It has checklists, self-care examples, an inspiration section, and a list of digital self-care related resources to try. It also has a guide section to support you in how to identify personalized self-care techniques, it provides links to further online resources, and it also provides a helpful support contacts information sheet.

  • FREE e-Course!

    When you purchase the full Warren Agility Course, Thru the Rabbit Holes of 'Mental Health' Service-User Self-Advocacy at FULL price, you also receive the Warren Hole in One Course, 'Mental Health' Sector Change Agency and Activism, usually priced at $100. It's a steal!

Pricing Options

The World Wide Warren is scheduling many more courses and some of them are FREE!

Our first Full WAC has a payment plan equivalent to $6.94 per/wk for 6mths (or $27.70 per/mth). Calculated using 'averaged' DSP/Health Care card holder circumstances. Whilst current pricing is established at monthly payments, weekly debits will become available.

The academy is planning to offer subsidies and scholarships too. In addition, one update will be a paid site membership and/or subscription options, so you can access course contents plus more, on a weekly/monthly basis for more manageable payments. Warren Academy wants to support your needs and our Com's Burrow will update you on all our further planned payment, membership, and subscription options as soon as they're available.

Are you an NDIS participant? In the near future, you may be able to access courses with your NDIS packaging.

Once you sign into the Warren, you can contact the Support Burrow under your profile icon on your Warren Mud Map Dashboard(AKA Student Dashboard). Reach us there to discuss your needs and we'll get the ball rolling!

Check out these videos about our self-advocacy courses

Why learn about self-advocacy?

Problems the course will solve for you


What you get on the course