Adult Youth Partnership Workshop Survey Results

A85. Youth survey: Open-ended question: What are the biggest barriers inbeing partners with adults?What are the biggest barriers in being partners with adults?Age and experience.Age and knowledge. Every idea we had seemed simple, but the adults wanted to break the ideasdown to be more complex.Age differences (music, cultures, norms are different).Different views.Many don’t believe in such thing as a high school student not drinking/doing drugs.Some provide alcohol to minors.Sometimes I feel that they think we don’t care or know much so they don’t think they can learnfrom us.Sometimes they don’t understand what we are going through.They did it when they were young and they don’t think it’s a bad thing.They don’t always like to listen to us because they think we don’t know things.They don’t think we know anything – no experience.They think you’re just another dumb kid.They’re older so they don’t always think what we have to say is important.A86. Adult survey: Open-ended question: What can you do to help the youthand adults in the group work together to complete the project?What can you do to help the youth and adults in the group work together to complete theproject?Be organized and have everything set out.Be very open to their ideas and support their thoughts. Encourage teamwork and completion ofthe project.Explain exactly what will be happening.Get everyone involved in everything.Help them and agree on what they are saying and give suggestions.Listen from every view. Be open to new ideas and take responsibility for them.Set deadlines.Show that they can work/have fun together.Show the adults we’re not all irresponsible and earn their respect by giving it to them.Show them they can have fun with each other.Show we know what we are talking about and compromise.Spread the leadership between both youth and adults.Talk to them some more.ATOD: Creating Community 84 Wilder Research, July 2009Adult Youth Partnership Workshop survey results