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 Help to recruit ID: 289044
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Community Forums to Increase Awareness of Mental Health Issues
Center for Civic Life at Ashland UniversitySlide2
A group of citizens committed to citizen solutions to issues that concern them.
Host deliberative forums for the publicHold Community ConversationsHelp to recruit volunteers related to issue(s)Consult with agencies and organizationsHold moderator trainings. Introducing a certificate program.
Who We Are & What We DoSlide3
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eld 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 CountySlide4
Community Conversations, which resulted in two working groups:
Prescription Drug Abuse – article series in Times-Gazette, starting of a Families Anonymous chapterAre 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 peopleForum ResultsSlide5
Purposes of Forums
To work toward solutionsTo engage citizens in problem solving To learn about how to talk together about issues that concern us allTo consider at least three options fairlyTo discuss what we value, possible actions, benefits, and trade-offsSlide6
Identify a common problem
Title should be broad, stated a problem, in a neutral wayResearch issueInterview a diversity of peopleFraming: Identify 3 or more options for solutions (based on research and interviews)Each option should have possible actionsEach option should have potential trade-offs
Steps to Deliberative ForumsSlide7
Framing Workshop: You Try It!Slide8
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 participateKeep remarks focused on optionsFocus on your own experiences and valuesListen carefully to others and seek to understand themNo one should dominate. Please keep remarks brief.Everyone should above all be respectful.Forum GuidelinesSlide9
Personal stake
Consider Options (by deliberation)Possible actionsBenefitsTrade-offsActions we can agree onTrade-offs we are willing to acceptNext stepsForum Structure
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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.orgDayton Office
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National Issues Forums, www.nifi.org