Medication & Treatment Conversations / GRP526
Appointment Advocacy Practice — Shared Pattern Map
Draft a concise agenda that gives the person's priorities a place in the treatment conversation.
25 minutes · 3–12 people · Adults with trained group facilitation
Facilitator PDF · Fillable participant PDF · Open activity / add to session
UNDERSTAND THE IDEA
A treatment question is a starting point for shared care.
People may need help expressing concerns about benefits, side effects, access, stigma, or daily routines. Preparing questions can support a discussion with a qualified prescriber or treatment team. Medication used as prescribed is not evidence of recovery failure.
Facilitation lens: Help participants phrase a question and identify whom to ask. Do not recommend a dose, a medication change, or abrupt discontinuation.
Explore the conceptual background · Broad background, not validation of this original exercise.
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Fictional example
A member wants a recovery goal included in a review.
Open with choice — 3 minutes
Explain the purpose, privacy limits, and the option to observe, use fiction, adapt, or pass. Check access needs and group readiness; do not promise absolute confidentiality.
Meet the fictional case — 4 minutes
A member wants a recovery goal included in a review. Ask what is known, what is assumed, and what the person in the case wants.
Practice: Mapping — 11 minutes
Draft a concise agenda that gives the person's priorities a place in the treatment conversation. Each person privately maps the fictional case. Offer optional contributions to a shared map, then compare where context, access, and support change the picture. Do not interpret another person's map.
Reflect and compare — 4 minutes
What would show that the preference influenced the discussion? Ask what fits, what does not, and what external conditions or supports affect the options. No personal disclosure is required.
Close and integrate — 3 minutes
Invite an optional observation, support request, or small next step. Passing is welcome. Agree how to revisit questions and seek appropriate help outside the exercise.
Practice output
A map with at least two possible support or choice points.
Scope and adaptation
Use ordinary or fictional examples, not graphic substance-use stories or cue exposure. No competitive abstinence scoring, forced disclosure, or required pathway. These plans do not manage intoxication, overdose, withdrawal, or medication changes; follow individualized care and appropriate medical assessment.
Offer reading aloud, typing, drawing, pointing, or observation. Avoid mandatory movement, eye contact, touch, and body focus.
Original AI-assisted educational draft; independent clinical review pending.
Conceptual background
References inform broad principles and do not validate or endorse this original plan.