Support Partnership Agreement

We ask all support partners to agree to the following:

1. My goals are my goals and therefore I will not be harassed or belittled for the goals that I set and whether or not I accomplish them;
2. I agree to demand my privacy, dignity, and respect be maintained at all times in my partnership relationship;
3. I agree to report and terminate my partnership agreement the moment I feel my privacy, dignity, and respect have been seriously violated;
4. If I believe my privacy, dignity, and respect have been violated, I agree to confront my partner to give them an opportunity to provide explanation.  If I am not comfortable confronting my partner, I agree to report the incident to the program facilitator immediately;
5. I agree to strictly maintain all acknowledgement, recognition, and exercise of practices that maintains the privacy, dignity, and respect of my support partner;
6. I agree to treat my partner the way they want to be treated, not the way I believe they should be treated;
7. I agree to contact my support partner as often as they need to be contacting (at most once per day);
8. I agree me and my support partner are in this together and will therefore finish together;
9. I agree to provide my support partner the support they need, support I cannot give, I will work with my support partner and the program facilitator to find the support;
10. I agree to always encourage my support partner, even when they may not be moving in the direction I believe they should be moving in; and
11. I agree that I will participate in all aspects of the program and ensure that my support partner does the same.
12. I agree to attend programs on time and not delay the end of programs beyond the end time, without the expressed consent of the program facilitator