Local resources that address the needs of thehandicapped may be located by checking localtelephone listings under the following headings:Community ChestCommunity CouncilCommunity Planning CouncilCommunity ServicesCouncil for Community ServicesCounseling ClinicCounseling ServiceCounty Department of HealthCounty Mental Health AssociationFamily Counseling ServiceFamily ServiceFamily Service AssociationHealth and Welfare CouncilInformation and Referral ServiceMental Health ClinicUnited FundUnited WayTHE FAMILY ADVOCACY PROGRAMThe Family Advocacy Program (FAP) wasdeveloped in 1979 under the auspices of theBureau of Medicine and Surgery (BUMED).BUMED promulgates procedures for identify-ing, evaluating, intervening in, treating andpreventing cases of abuse, neglect, sexualassault, and rape of spouses and children inNavy and Marine Corps families. The FamilyAdvocacy Representative (FAR) implementsand manages the local Family Advocacy Pro-gram at the command level. In the absence ofthe Family Advocacy Representative, theDuty Family Advocacy Representative (DFAR)assumes the duties of the FAR. BUMEDINST6320.57 series provides information regardingthe Family Advocacy Program. A copy of thisinstruction should be maintained within theecclesiastical reference library.PERSONAL ANDFAMILY ENRICHMENTPersonal and family enrichment activitiesinclude any service or program that helps tostrengthen and develop the lives of single serv-ice members, family members, or families as awhole. Personal and family enrichment pro-grams help people to feel good about themselvesand their relationship to each other.Family Services Centers generally maintain alist of the personal and family enrichment pro-grams available within the military and civiliancommunities. Several programs which deal withpersonal and family enrichment are presented inthe following paragraphs.Chaplains Religious EnrichmentDevelopment Operation (CREDO)CREDO is a new kind of learning experienceboth for young adults and for leaders in theNavy. The chief aim of CREDO is to help peo-ple understand themselves better, develop newperspectives about their relationships withfriends, shipmates, the Navy, and the broaderworld in which they live. CREDO workshops aredesigned to explore some of the more distressingaspects of our contemporary culture. Some ofthe subjects explored are the rapidly changingvalues concerning the family, such as authority,religion, personal freedom, drug and alcoholuse, ethnic and racial disharmony, and genera-tional distrust.Parent Effectiveness Training (PET)Parent Effectiveness Training (PET) is aprogram designed to enhance the way parentsrelate to their children. PET endeavors to showparents and children how to develop mutualrespect for each other. PET programs are con-ducted at many local community colleges.5-15
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