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TRANSYLVANIA'S
MENTAL HEALTH PROGRAM
By - Dr. Joanna Byers
Consulting Psychologist
How The Community Acts
Goes To School With The Students •
From time to time we have mentioned
community attitude* as part of what the stu
dent takes to school. Today I would like to
discuss how the community attitudes show
concern or lack of it for all it’s members.
For many years I have been working in the
Mental Health Program and in various com
munities. Bach community has been a different
size, made up of different groups, and with basi
cally different problems. But how the commun
ity works together to make a community that is
a better place to live for all the members is
pretty much the same.
Let us take an example of some need that
Transylvania County has had to face. The need
for recreational facilities for the home folks.
Last Spring it seemed that everybody was con
vinced that better recreational facilities would
be one answer to the prevention of the growing
drug abuse in the county. There were various
groups talking together about what was to be
done. The Chamber of Commerce, the Jr.
Women’s Club, Western North Carolina Com
munity Action, and a group of people called to
gether by the Alpha Lambda Chapter of the
Delta Kappa Gamma Society International for
consideration of how they could help the youth
of the community.
The most important idea that came out of
all these groups was: that while we might do
some little “busy work*' projects to take us
over the summer, the only way to really solve
the problem is to plan on a long range basis.
The amazing part of community work is that
all groups were surprised and pleased to find
that each had decided on the fundamental
need: a long range plan which affects the
whole community. To this end the Council on
Community Services is having a meeting on
November 18th, which is bringing together
members of all these groups for a concen
trated effort to make such long range plans.
This then is how the community shows its
concern for all. To many who want “instant so
lution”, just aa ye now seem-torwant^iijKrtani
this may seem a long, devious an
* anything” tms may seem a long, devious and un
^ reasonable process. But if you will look at the
history of many of the services now offered by
this community you will find that they were de
veloped in just this way. The process of people
recognizing a problem, coming together to try
to solve it and finding others are also concerned
about it, has been the way groups of people have
become a community .
. This attitude “we can solve our problems
together'*, is carried by our children to the
school situation. It was most thrilling to find
that the young people who came together with
adults to discuss the problems of recreational
facilities and what to do about drug abuse,
were the children of adults who have shown
their interest in developing community action.
It is my earnest suggestion that young people
be involved in continuing planning. Their
ideas are good. If they like a plan their energy
seems to be limitless and it is part of the whole
process of passing on responsibility to the
citizens of tomorrow.
Perhaps one last comment should be made.
In the short time I have worked in Transylvania
County many state and federal helpers have
been in. You should know that they all express
pleasant surprise to find this county has become
a community. They don’t say it in those terms,
but this is what they mean. We are working as
a community and the children and young people
carry this attitude with them. Can we continue
to work together, even though they feel we move
slowly, to tiie end that all members feel the sense
of community?
School Calendar For 1971-72
(914 Months)
I May 24, 1972 _End of 180-Day Term
May 25-26,1972_Extended Term for Teachers
26 - September 23, 1971
Sept. *24 - Oct. 22, 1971
25 - November 19, 1971
Nov. 22 - Dec. 21, 1971
HOLIDAYS:
November 26 - 26, 1971 -Thanksgiving
December 22 - 81, 1971 -Christmas
January 17, 1972 -Teachers Work Day
Pupil Holiday
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