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Sunday, April 18, 1993 — The Allen American — Page 9A
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EDUCATION
‘Theories of Personality
Course gives students better understanding of mental illness
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By JESSICA HALL Debbie Mormon, public information officerand volun-
a” writer teer services coordinator for MHMR, said students re-
p- ceive extensive training before they are allowed to in-
Psychology students at Collin County Community teract with clients.
College dismissed the "Silence of the Lamb” stigma She said students went to court to watch the legal
U ounding rental illness patients and are volunteering process for commitment to mental health institutions. It
a mental heath centers throughout Collin County, is important for students to she how mental illness tears
,Lauren Gaynor, a psychology student at the Spring families apart, she said.
Creek Campus, saidthe class, "Theories ofPersonal- They also attended family, alcohol and drug support
ity, taught by Stephanie Meinhardt, taught her to see groups.
mental illness patients as everyday people. Morman said since some of those activities can be
pilot volunteer program, organized through personally disturbing for students, alternative activities
CCCC and the Collin County Mental Health Mental can been arranged.
Retardation Center requires students to volunteer 30 “We want them to see (mental illness) from both
hours at mental health centers during the semester to sides,” she said.
complete the class. Many people from MHMR lecture to the psychology
Gaynor volunteers for two hours each week at Collin class before volunteering began. Students then chose
Center, a group home for adults with serious mental mental health centers where they wanted to volunteer
illness in McKinney. Other students volunteer at a vari- “We want them to learn that people with mental ill-
* ety of clinics in the area. ness are not freaks,” Morman said.
, When Gaynor is volunteering, she talks to clients c.
about themselves. She said one man in particular never • Gaynor said she also learned basic psychologist analy-
remembers anything she tells him Pa hover sis theories through discussions, videos and labs, and
“It’s interesting to see how they perceive things,” she students kept individual dream logs for class analysis,
said. Students will write reaction papers about volunteer ex-
Gaynor also participates with Collin Center outings periences at the end ofthe semester.
such as trips to the circus and barbecues. Meinhardt said the program gives students an oppor-
She said she will continue visiting the center after tunity to give something back to the community while
completing the class because she likes knowing patients, deciding whether to pursue a psychology profession.
You get to care about the clients,” she said. Intership-type experiences are good for students so
• Iracy G awe, supervisor at the Collin Center, said they can decide if psychology is a proper career choice
volunteer/client interaction helps patients learn before finishing school, she said.
appropriate behavior and socialization skills. u Morman said psychology is not a job for everyone and
The Collin Center has approximately four CCCC stu- they hope to continue the pilot program to further be-
dents who visit regularly, he said. nefit students, clients and mental health centers.
Education Briefs
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PTA board names award four more scholarships than with special needs. He received a
• award reciniart originally planned.bachelor’s degree at the University
award recipients Awards will be given to students of Houston and a master’s and docto-
The Allen High School PTA Board at the Council of PTAs Life Mem- rate from North Texas State Uni-
has announced the following 10 bership Banquet beginning at 6:30 versity in special education,
seniors who will receive $300 scho- p.m. May 3 111 the AHS cafeteria.
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He has made approximately 150
professional presentations at the
local, state, national and internation-
al levels on topics related to behavior
larships: Jennifer Cecil, Christen
Cudly, B. Heath Daugherty, Angela Linking Hands
Doty, Linda Herbst, Jennifer Hogan, t
Cheryl Moore, Christopher Tokarz, to meet April 22
Christopher Watkins and Dawn Wil- Linking Hands, a parents support
liams.• group for parents of students with
Each of the following two students special needs is hosting a meeting
management of students with Atten-
tion Deficit Disorder, emotional diffi-
culties and mental retardation.
will be recipients of Summer School/ for all interested parents, Allen ISD Parcells joins
Camp $50 PTA scholarship: Vivian staff members and their guests at 7 coon 1:0 :
Do — 11th grade and Alex Dobson p.m. April 22 in the Allen ISD board CCCC division
ninth grade.. . room, 200 S. Cedar. Collin County Community College
Because of the fund-raisingThe guest speaker will be Dr. has named Rex Parcells as dean of
efforts of the Ways and Means Com- Tom Turnage, who has had con- the college’s new division of health
mittee, headed by Zoma Sacher and siderable experience for the past 10
Cindy Nelson, the PTA was able to years in the education of students Turn to BRIEFS, Page 14A
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