Monday, October 1, 2012 Session I

Housekeeping Review of the Materials Overview of the process Ground Rules Gathering and Grounding Follow the agenda

 Confidentiality  Active Listeners  Respect for Privacy  Respect for Values  Recognition of each person’s journey

Your name- THE QUESTION - How you feel about being here.

Your name- WHAT OPPORTUNITIES DO YOU HAVE TO CONNECT WITH ADOLESCENTS AND YOUNG ADULTS? How you feel about being here.

Ms. Candy Hadsall, RN, MA; STD Clinical Specialist Infertility Prevention Project Coordinator Minnesota Department of Health STD and HIV Section

“When a child is born, he/she is given a backpack. Throughout their childhood, adults fill this backpack with the things that young people need for a good life. When the child reaches adolescence, they take their backpack off and empty everything out. Throughout adolescent and young adulthood, young people go through all their backpack items – deciding what to put back in the backpack, in what order, in what format, revising, adding to and leaving things out.”

As the prefrontal cortex matures, teenagers can:  Reason better  Develop more control over impulses  Make better judgments

Themes of our past approach Challenges to an alternate approach

 “DON’T DO IT”  FEAR

Recognizing the value that is represented by each voice in the room.

Collective leadership holds the belief that every individual in a group has skills, talents, ideas and attitudes to contribute to the whole.

Forming a Collective Statement

The Role of the FACILTATOR The role of the RECORDER  To make sure that each person has the same opportunity to speak.  To accurately record each person’s thought. It is important to listen – To listen brings validation. Be an active Listener Be patient with self and others Respect confidentiality

Forming a Collective Statement