Hoots Chalk Talk Overview

Taylor Hooton Foundation“Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs (APEDs) Educational Programs”
2010
Don Hooton
Donald Hooton Jr.
Clint Faught
Anabolic Steroids and Appearance and Enhancing drugs
Educating America’s Youth about the Dangers of

Agenda
Overview of Taylor Hooton Foundation
Mission and Vision
Partners and Board of Directors
How serious is this epidemic
Why are kids using APEDs
Our Hoots Chalk Talk Program
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Who was Taylor Hooton?
Taylor Hooton, a 16-year old, 6' 2", 180 pound, muscular high school athlete was told by his high school coach that "he needed to be bigger" in order to effectively compete in his senior year. Like others on his team, Taylor decided to take a short cut to help him achieve his objective.
Unfortunately in his efforts to "get bigger", Taylor was unaware of the depression he would experience as a result of using anabolic steroids.
On July 15, 2003, Taylor took his own life.
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Taylor Hooton Foundation
Formed in 2004 in memory of Taylor E. Hooton, a 17 year old high school student athlete
Founded by the family of Taylor when they became aware of the magnitude of a growing problem among high school students across the country – the widespread use of appearance and performance enhancing drugs (APEDs)
Knew that parents and coaches were generally unaware of the real dangers of this powerful drug.
Taylor Hooton foundation was formed to change this through education
Kids
Adult influencers
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THF Mission and Vision
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Board of Directors (a partial list)
“Delivering Expertise on the Topic of APEDs”
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Some of Our Partners
Recommended in Senator Mitchell’s Report to the Commissioner of MLB
Endorsed by Dick Butkus
Program delivered in every MLB Park each summer
. . . . and more
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How Big is the Problem?
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*CDC Youth Risk Survey

Teen steroid usage on the rise
“A recent study showed 6.1 percent of high school students
used anabolic steroids with numbers appearing to be on the rise. . . “
Dr. Teri McCambridge, American Academy of Pediatrics (Reuters, 3/11/2009)
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Why do kids use APEDs?
Participants could select more than one reason.
Source: Tom Hildebrand, PsvD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, 2008
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What needs to be done to address this problem?
Increased knowledge and decreased usage
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Education is the primary weapon that we should be using to fight this battle
First priority: teach our kids about the dangers of using APEDs, to provide them with the knowledge that they need make an intelligent decision not to use APEDs
Recent studies indicate 84% of our kids have never had a parent, coach, or teacher talk with them about dangers of these drugs!
This is not just an athletic problem - all students need to be educated on this subject matter.
Adult influencers must be trained
Coaches
Athletic Trainers
Physicians
Parents

Education vehicles
THF is the ONLY organization in the US focused on this topic
Only education programs of their kind in the US
THF invests more in APEDs education than all of the Federal Government
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What is a Hoot’s Chalk Talk?
Multimedia assembly program
Schools, conferences, coaches meetings, any large gathering of youth, parents, or coaches
One hour in length
Speaker, PowerPoint, and video
Post-assembly Q&A session
Leave behind classroom curriculum
Designed to raise the awareness and provide education on the subject of the use and abuse of APEDs by the youth of America
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Topics Covered
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Proven training methods
Presented to:
Over 110,000 high school students, parents, and coaches nationwide
USOC athletes and USOC board of directors
American Assoc. of Family Physicians, American College of Sports Medicine, US Dept of Education / Nat’l Drug Educators, WADA, USADA, and more
Presented in every MLB Stadium in partnership with Professional Baseball Athletic Trainers and MLB Strength Coaches for the past 3 years
In addition, Minor League Ball parks, Pro Fast Pitch League, and others
Proven test results via testing by SAMHSA
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Our Foundation would like to drive Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drug awareness and education programs into schools all across the country

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