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Taylor Hooton Foundation“Appearance and Performance Enhancing Drugs
(APEDs) Educational Programs”
Don HootonDonald Hooton Jr.Clint Faught
Educating America’s Youth about the Dangers of Anabolic Steroids and Appearance and Enhancing drugs
2010
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Agenda
Overview of Taylor Hooton FoundationMission and VisionPartners and Board of DirectorsHow serious is this epidemicWhy are kids using APEDsOur 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
KidsAdult influencers
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THF Mission and Vision
•Educate America’s youth and their adult influencers about the dangers of anabolic steroids and Appearance & Performance Enhancing Drugs (APEDs)
Mission
• Eliminate the use of APEDs in our nation’s high schools and middle schools
Vision
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Board of Directors (a partial list)
•Chairman, World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) Banned Substance Committee
Gary Wadler, MD
•CEO - American College of Sports Medicine
Jim Whitehead•Exe
cutive Director - National Athletic Trainers Association (NATA)
Eve Becker-Doyle
•Former Strategic Director – White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Rob Housman
•Former Asst. Secretary of Labor, former leader in the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy
Neil Romano
•Renowned NFL HOF Player, leads the “I Play Clean Campaign”
Dick Butkus
•Retired Head Athletic Trainer - St. Louis Cardinals
Gene Gieselmann
“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
Program delivered in every MLB Park
each summer
Endorsed by Dick Butkus
. . . . and more
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How Big is the Problem?
Consensus ~4-6% of US HS students nationally have used
anabolic steroids
~1 million kids
6.8% males / 5.3%
females*
Median age of initiation:
15
Fastest growing user
group is young girls!
7th – 9th grades
*CDC Youth Risk Survey
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Teen steroid usage on the rise
• 1 in 45 high school students
1993
• 1 in 27 high school students
1999 • 1 in 16 high school students admit using anabolic steroids
Today
“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?
Improve Physical Appearance 65.2%
To Feel Better About Myself 48.5%
Improve Athletic Performance 40.9%
Intimidate/Fight Better 18.2%
Treat Illness/Injury 3.8%
Participants could select more than one reason.Source: Tom Hildebrand, PsvD, Mt. Sinai School of Medicine, 2008
What needs to be done to address this problem?
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 trainedCoachesAthletic TrainersPhysiciansParents
Education
Teach our kids about the dangers of using APEDS
Through education
Train Influencers
Coaches Athletic Trainers Physicians Parents
Increased knowledge
and decreased
usage
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Education vehicles
Hoot’s Chalk Talk
In-auditorium or in-gym program
Hoot’s Chalk Talk e-learning Program(s)• Visual Audio Training• Online Certification
THF is the ONLY organization in the US focused on this topicOnly education programs of their kind in the USTHF 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 lengthSpeaker, PowerPoint, and videoPost-assembly Q&A sessionLeave 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 CoveredWhat are anabolic
steroids?Where do they
come from?How many kids are
taking steroids?
Why are kids taking steroids?
Is this just a student athlete problem?
What quantities of these drugs are kids
taking?
What motivates our youth to feel
pressured to use these drugs?
A deeper look at supplements – Are they safe to take?
Physical, psychological, and internal dangers of using these drugs
What can we do about this problem?
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Proven training methods
Presented to:Over 110,000 high school students, parents, and coaches nationwideUSOC athletes and USOC board of directorsAmerican 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
Our Foundation
would like to drive
Appearance and
Performance
Enhancing Drug
awareness and
education programs
into schools all
across the country