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These key pointers have been co-designed between practitioners and children, young people and young adults throughout the Not Just a Thought\u2026 project.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Overall, children, young people, young adults and practitioners should be treated as equals with mutual respect for each other. A conversation should be just that \u2013 a two way dialogue not an interview. 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