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Appendix B: Youth Engagement
Appendix B: Youth Engagement
Pages 449-458
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Environment and experience critically sculpt the developmental process of adolescence, and youth themselves are shaping these experiences and environments. Moreover, adolescents are particularly primed for participation in civic life, and throughout history young people have used their energy, enthusiasm, and passion to inspire and lead social change (Patton et al., 2016)
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and mental health services (San Mateo County Health, 2017) .1 In this spirit, the committee sought the input of a diverse group of adolescents throughout its deliberative process to better understand how young people perceive and engage with the systems intended to serve them.
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Each expressed a desire to reshape their environments for the benefit of future generations. They mentioned ending the school-to-prison pipeline, justice reform, reducing health disparities, and changing public perceptions of Black youth and youth involved in the justice and child welfare systems.
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provide support during the transition from adolescence to adulthood; 2. provide adequate resources for mental health; and 3 Further details of MyVoice's research protocol are described in DeJonckheere et al.
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-- 17-year-old, non-Hispanic white female MyVoice participant The gaining of responsibilities, more expectations, more opportuni ties for my life to fall off the rails. -- MyVoice participant
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As one participant said, "It is a very big change, but I think it allows you to grow a lot if you make the most of the opportunity." Young people shared their excitement about shaping their own futures, leading independent lives, and igniting their passions. The young people in the MyVoice survey reported enjoying their growing freedoms, pursuing education and career paths that interested them, and fully exploring their sexual and/or gender identities.
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As one 15-year-old respondent said, "The hardest part has been people thinking I'm responsible and mature enough to do adult tasks that require more knowledge than I have." Learning to pay bills, budget and save money, make doctor's appointments, and make decisions about their future were all identified as sources of stress by participants in the MyVoice poll. One 16-year-old participant said, "All of a sudden there are lots of expectations piled on you and in school you didn't learn enough about how taxes work or how you're going to support yourself." Likewise, the youth panelists recalled feeling stressed and confused when they had to do certain "adult tasks" on their own for the first time.
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Adolescents in both the MyVoice survey and the youth panels identified a lack of mental health services in their communities, with one panelist describing the situation at her school as "dire." "Everyone feels stressed at some point," she noted, and "you should be able to have these resources" to cope with challenges available. Throughout the youth engagement process, young people called upon the systems that adolescents engage with and the adults who work within those systems to better serve their mental health needs.
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The adolescents that the committee engaged identified the need for supports for taking on adult responsibilities, better mental health resources, and authentic and respectful engagement from adults as their priorities. Society has a responsibility to listen to and engage with young people in decisions that affect them.
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