Reciprocal Roles

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Reciprocal Roles Responsibilitiesof Families
Youth as Partners in Public Health Policy

• Patti Hackett, M.Ed.
• MCHB-HRTW Consultant
• Washington, DC
• pattihackett_at_yahoo.com

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• Success is to be measured not so much by the
  position one has reached in life as by the
  obstacles which have been overcome while trying
  to succeed.
• Booker T. Washington
• Glen Gallivan age 27
• Glenners at the Track
• Racing Editor , Wire to Wire
• Beyers Speed Analyst
• Ocala, FL
• Spinal Muscular Atrophy
• G-Tube, Pulmonary, Ortho,
• Incomplete Quad

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Todays Coaching Advice

• Affirm
• Squirm
• Oh no!
• IQ vs EQ
• Negotiate
• Compromise
• Positive Note

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Energy Info for the Long Haul

• Living longer survive thrive
• France for 18 years - Learn FRENCH, oui?
• Assent to Consent
• Skill-building Assertiveness
• Portable Medical File
• Emergency Plan
• Life Plan Age 18 (5 yr segments)
• American Dream , friends, job, car, sex
  rockn roll

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Why a Partnership ?

• True Outcome of
• Public Health Programs
• Access to Quality Care
• Program Design
• Proactive Wellness
• Staying Out of the System

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People closest to the problems are the smartest
about the solutions. Vice President, Al Gore

• Informed consumers of care
• Family Centered Practices
• Youth Self-Determination
• Family / Youth as advisors
• Leadership Roles
• Partnerships care, policy,
• jobs
• Balancing Power
• Whose Life is it anyways?

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Skill-building Families Youth

• Communication Listening Speaking
• Supporting the Dream
• Self-Determination
• Trail Error Attempts, Failures, Success
• (dependent, co-dependent, interdependent)

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• What would YOU attempt to do
• if you thought you could not fail?

Attitudinal Dignity Value Civil
Rights Assurance Mandates Integration Unive
rsal Design Advisory Councils Partnerships
Compensation Equity
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Public Health Productive Citizens

• Informed Consumers
• Active Role
• Taking Charge
• Health Outcome Improved Quality of Life
• Community Inclusion, Independence Employment