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3 Including Youth and Family Voices as a Means to Help Adolescents Flourish
3 Including Youth and Family Voices as a Means to Help Adolescents Flourish
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Autism Speaks Kelly Headrick, senior director of state government affairs and grassroots advocacy for Autism Speaks,1 introduced the mission of her organization, 1 See https://www.autismspeaks.org/? gclid=EAIaIQobChMIma6ZwJ-86wIVGIvICh1Z5Q yEAAYASAAEgIYoPD_BwE.
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Their main responsibilities are to develop relationships with legislators at the federal level, serve as a local media advocacy stakeholder, recruit other volunteers in their area for autism advocacy efforts, and report district activities and meetings as well as any outcomes to Autism Speaks staff members. "We have a goal of having an ambassador for every member of Congress," Headrick commented.
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The mission of NOYS, which Brown shared, focuses mainly on traffic safety, but it also includes other relevant issues such as injury prevention, substance abuse prevention, and violence prevention. She described interprofessionalism as a practice that is generally used in health care settings but works extremely well in many team settings because it gives value to each team member.
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Differing slightly from other groups on this panel, Zimmerman said Youth Thrive spends most of their time concentrating on the child welfare and juvenile justice systems. They have identified several levers of change to help them implement their framework, but they found youth engagement and leadership to be one of the most powerful catalysts for making the system more responsive to youth needs.
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Figure 3-1 Four-step plan to youth engagement. SOURCE: Brown presentation, May 5, 2020.
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Youth Thrive, an initiative of the Center for the Study of Social Policy, https://cssp.org/our-work/project/youth-thrive.
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Their staff training is co-led by youth with expertise in the child welfare system. The young people themselves have created a very comprehensive curriculum called Youth Thrive 4 Youth (CSSP, undated)
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,6 described the goal of his work as giving attention to the challenges of youth advocates and exploring how he can support them. He said that trusting that the young people he oversees have a voice of their own can be difficult, as is ensuring that their voices are heard rather than jumping straight 5 For additional information, see the CSSP website: https://cssp.org/our-work/project/youth thrive/#survey-instrument.
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They then work to make an advocacy plan for that issue. Shapiro reiterated the importance of the role of the adult ally, saying that knowing the ways the youth work together and their personal strengths and weaknesses are key.
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YOUTH PERSPECTIVES Carlos Santos, associate professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, moderated a discussion of first-person youth perspectives on the importance of mental health supports. This section highlights thoughts from adolescents on what supports they need to thrive.
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The power of peer-to-peer support is one of the main reasons Hughes started the Detroit Flutter Foundation. It is difficult to talk to someone and trust them, he shared, but peer-to-peer support can help adolescents discuss things that happen on a daily basis and help those with mental illness realize that there is a network of people similar to them.
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She emphasized the importance of having a strong support system and a good medical care team to help navigate difficult moments. Mental Health Support in Schools Conor Curran, currently a high school student at Old Mill High School and president of the Chesapeake Regional Association of Student Councils9 in Anne Arundel County, Maryland, began his presentation by emphasizing the need for advocacy on behalf of school counselors.
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Students usually spend 10 months of the year following a routine that involves daily school attendance, he said, but for the last 6 months, students have been at home instead of being in class experiencing normal personal interactions. This can be damaging to social development, especially for younger students.
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Santos asked how school systems can train students to act as suicide prevention peer counselors or social workers. Ball offered a personal story, saying that following the death of a student in her high school, students cre 10 Pupil personnel workers are specialists trained to assess student needs, serve as student advocates, and act as a motivating force in removing barriers to student achievement.
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It involves not just going to a facility for a counseling session, he explained, but maybe also featuring resources on mental health at recreation centers where youth already spend time. Ball added that teaching future students of social work how to work with children and youth is quite important.
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Finally, Santos asked for advice on the best ways to encourage young people who might resist seeking mental health services to accept that this is what they need. Hughes agreed that it can be a challenge, admitting that he had experienced this himself.
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