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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>I love when this list comes alive like this!! I’ve forwarded
Michael Clark’s ideas, and now Deborah Fisher’s too, to all staff at Coconino County
Juvenile Court in Flagstaff, AZ. These are the ideas the POs in particular often
need when they’re frustrated by choices the youth on their caseloads are
making.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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color:#1F497D'><o:p> </o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Thanks for so many of you chiming in!!<o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";
color:#1F497D'>Diedra<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span
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hchylist-bounces@lists.search-institute.org
[mailto:hchylist-bounces@lists.search-institute.org] <b>On Behalf Of </b>Deborah
Fisher<br>
<b>Sent:</b> Thursday, August 13, 2009 9:56 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Silbert, Diedra<br>
<b>Cc:</b> Michael Clark; Healthy Communities Healthy Youth<br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: HCHY List: Search Institute Press is looking for your on
Substance Abuse<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Dear Mike,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>You are amazing. This approach is right on. Too often we
think that just telling kids to say no and that drugs are bad for you will make
an impression, but you have really provided an excellent perspective.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>I would add one more thing to this list that I've learned
from my experience watching our son deal with his own issues and that is a
quest for a spiritual experience. One wouldn't automatically make that leap but
the intensity of some drugs, like oxycontin, can pull together several of the
aspects you mention (discovery, emotional experience, and belonging) into
something akin to a profound experience for a young person. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>For my son, lots of traditional talk therapy has had limited
appeal and impact. His recovery right now is totally centered on music as his
voice and vehicle for expression. I think the proposed book should include the
kinds of material you've described below and also include information and ideas
about spiritual and creative practices as important alternatives to drugs and
alcohol. <o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Thank you for your continued work and taking the time to
send such a thoughtful and useful post!<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Regards,<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>Deborah<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-style-span><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Deborah Fisher</span></b></span><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>Search Institute author<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>National Trainer, Vision Training Associates <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>(425) 641-4785 (PST)<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><a href="mailto:deborah1701@fishernyberg.com">deborah1701@fishernyberg.com</a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'>To be truly radical is to make hope possible rather than despair
convincing. <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span class=apple-tab-span><span style='font-size:9.0pt;
font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'> </span></span><i><span
style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";color:black'>Raymond
Williams</span></i><span style='font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Helvetica","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal>On Aug 13, 2009, at 5:59 AM, <a
href="mailto:MClark936@aol.com">MClark936@aol.com</a> wrote:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Hello
All, </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Many
helpful responses to this inquiry. Linda Hardman's post leans this thread
over towards the 40 assets and creates some space for a more novel way of
responding to substance misuse/abuse. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>The
Strengths/Assets approach reminds that no goal can be the withdrawal of an
unwanted behavior—it must be the beginning of something, the presence of
healthy interests, desires, goals, wants. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>It
is a short view (yet entirely correct) that alcohol and drugs will leave anyone
on the empty side. Yet, we in the helping professions engage in our own denial.
We deny that drugs DO THINGS for adolescents. To compete with illicit drugs
and alcohol, we must first come to terms with what they do…and then endeavor to
match these so-called perks or “benefits” with the 40 assets. Allow me to offer
seven (7) functions that alcohol and drugs offer youth. My past work (Clark,
1998) and work by Rosenthal (1999) detail these issues:</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>1.</span></b><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> <b>Action</b>. Drug use
is something to do. It fills a void for some and is a substitute for boredom.
For many, it is where the action is. Drug use often is linked to considerable
enabling, preparatory, and ritualistic activity.</span><span style='font-size:
10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l6 level1 lfo1'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Keep youth in action—physically
and/or mentally. My past posting on this listserv of “Dale’s Pyramid of
Experience” would be helpful here. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>2.
Discovery.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
Drug use provides learning and discovery experiences in finding out the
feelings resulting from ingestion, in supposed self-discovery with use of “mind
expanding” drugs, and in the social and sexual experiences of the scene.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l2 level1 lfo2'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Offer opportunities for discovery
and learning. (see above)</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>3.
Emotional Experience</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>. Drugs offer fabulous feelings. They are ingested in the quest to
feel better and gain a high. Some users see drugs as “frosting on the cake” to
make excitement and good times even better. For some, the risk-taking does not
deter but enhances the excitement of it all.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l0 level1 lfo3'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Provide genuine emotional
experiences. Juvenile drug court have used “emotional theatre” to allow a
free and creative expression of feelings. Kids tell me in therapy that
adults are not emotionally honest with them. Tell kids what you think when
they reveal something or ask for advice. Don’t be afraid to respond to
them with genuine emotion.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:
"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>4.
Belonging.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
Drugs are ingested by some because it seems “everyone is doing it,” and it is a
requirement of the crowd in order to belong. Drugs are used by others in
somewhat different circumstances to cope with loneliness and the lack of
belonging, to counter the depressions of rejection.</span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l1 level1 lfo4'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Foster a feeling of belonging. I
am reminded of a defense attorney for a juvenile drug court who found
donations to take drug court teens from San Diego’s inner-city to a
Native-American tribal village in the Aleutian Islands off the Alaskan
coast. Culture shock with no radios, no television—the “noise” and rush of
inner-city life brought to an abrupt halt. In its place was recognition,
being “seen” and affirmed by the adults in this small fishing village. It
was transformative. The story brought tears to my eyes. </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'> </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>5.
Voice.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>
Young people tend to see drug use as an assertion of independence and a symbol
of rebellion against authority. Some use drugs to exercise voice in their own
affairs and some to defy parents, school, and the established community.</span><span
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l5 level1 lfo5'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Permit people to have a voice in
what they do. Allow a voice, influence and ownership of programs and
initiatives. I’ve seen programs that are designed, implemented (and
assessed for effectiveness) solely by adults. </span><span
style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>6.
Being Somebody.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> Many see their drug experience as self-elevating. They see
themselves as significant somebodies because of their association with the drug
scene. Both because of the drug-induced feelings and because of the esoteric
creations of the media and other profiting enterprises, many see drug use as
necessary to really be somebody.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Recognize people as significant
somebodies;</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>7.
The Look Ahead.</span></b><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'> Drug use offers temporary escape from the depression of a dismal,
threatening, empty look ahead—a look ahead to First Period, tonight, tomorrow,
or 10 years down the line. For many, alcohol and drugs provide something to
look forward to, something wonderful within reach, an invitation to party and
feeling better, no matter how poor the grades, how rotten things many be at
home, or how dark and pointless the future.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<li class=MsoNormal style='color:black;mso-list:l4 level1 lfo7'><span
style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Give consideration to the look
ahead, both in avoiding regrettable happenings and in leading toward
happy, worthwhile things to come.</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;
font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></li>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>It's
a complex problem, so yes, I risk oversimplification. Somehow though, the
“next steps” from here is to connect the 40 assets to these seven issues. What
assets respond (compete) with these so-called perks of alcohol and drugs? </span><span
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>Best,<br>
Mike Clark</span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";
color:black'>Michael D. Clark, MSW, LMSW<br>
Director, Center for Strength-Based Strategies<br>
872 Eaton Drive<br>
Mason, Michigan USA 48854-1346<br>
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phone (517)-244-0654<br>
fax (815)-371-2292<br>
email: <a href="mailto:buildmotivation@aol.com">buildmotivation@aol.com</a><br>
website: <a href="http://www.buildmotivation.com/">www.buildmotivation.com</a></span><span
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