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Community Forums to Increase Awareness of Mental Health Issues

Community Forums to Increase Awareness of Mental Health Issues. Center for Civic Life at Ashland University. A group of citizens committed to citizen solutions to issues that concern them. Host deliberative forums for the public Hold Community Conversations

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Community Forums to Increase Awareness of Mental Health Issues

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  1. Community Forums to Increase Awareness of Mental Health Issues Center for Civic Life at Ashland University

  2. A group of citizens committed to citizen solutions to issues that concern them. • Host deliberative forums for the public • Hold Community Conversations • Help to recruit volunteers related to issue(s) • Consult with agencies and organizations • Hold moderator trainings. Introducing a certificate program. Who We Are & What We Do

  3. Held two forums, in cooperation with the MHRB in Ashland County: • Prescription Drug Abuse: A Problem Hiding in Plain Sight? • Are We Overmedicating Our Children: How Should a Community Respond to Emotional and Behavioral Issues in Children and Youth? Our Involvement in Mental Health Issues in Ashland County

  4. Community Conversations, which resulted in two working groups: • Prescription Drug Abuse – article series in Times-Gazette, starting of a Families Anonymous chapter • Are We Overmedicating Our Children? – four committees working on online parenting recordings; workshop series for teachers and parents; family therapy group(s); healthy activities for young people Forum Results

  5. To work toward solutions • To engage citizens in problem solving • To learn about how to talk together about issues that concern us all • To consider at least three options fairly • To discuss what we value, possible actions, benefits, and trade-offs Purposes of Forums

  6. Identify a common problem • Title should be broad, stated a problem, in a neutral way • Research issue • Interview a diversity of people • Framing: • Identify 3 or more options for solutions (based on research and interviews) • Each option should have possible actions • Each option should have potential trade-offs Steps to Deliberative Forums

  7. Framing Workshop: You Try It!

  8. Moderator remains neutral, clarifies points, asks questions, leads discussion • Recorder remains neutral, captures essence of comments. Notes are used to inform stakeholders. • Participants are encouraged to participate • Keep remarks focused on options • Focus on your own experiences and values • Listen carefully to others and seek to understand them • No one should dominate. Please keep remarks brief. • Everyone should above all be respectful. Forum Guidelines

  9. Personal stake • Consider Options (by deliberation) • Possible actions • Benefits • Trade-offs • Actions we can agree on • Trade-offs we are willing to accept • Next steps Forum Structure

  10. Resources Community Conversations about Mental Health: Planning Guide, http://store.samhsa.gov/product/Community-Conversations-About-Mental-Health-Planning-Guide/SMA13-4765 Everyday Democracy, www.everyday-democracy.org Kettering Foundation, kettering.org Dayton Office200 Commons RoadDayton, OH 45459937.434.7300800.221.3657 National Issues Forums, www.nifi.org

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