CNA 2022-25 vFINAL 09202022 MASTER COPY - Flipbook - Page 144
In the area of discrimination based on disability (physical and/or mental):
▪ Community education on mental health
anxiety, and depression awareness. Providing
safe spaces to people who are struggling, access
to local treatment, and local resource
availability. Adults learning about inclusion.
▪ Build a culture to accept students with special
needs, have empathy but see difference.
Exposure to different types of people.
▪ Education on ACEs [Adverse Childhood
Experiences] is important when it comes to
mental health, because that might change bias.
▪ Establishing procedures to support mental
wellness and sharing [them] during [job]
interviews would be helpful and might help
with recruitment. Having a plan in place to set
expectations and [provide] supports will be
helpful and even reduce the absenteeism
concerns for individual who cannot get out of
bed because of depression.
On disability:
A conversation among Youth Programs Participants
An example I have seen a lot, they do make fun of
disabled kids very much and I am in class with them, so
I see it a lot and I want to speak out but like I said
before people shut you down and laugh at it when you
say something, so I don't want to get into that. Teachers
should be more aware when people are being
inappropriate. I have never seen a teacher step in
when people have made fun of disabled students
(physical and mental health).
People shouldn't be allowed to get away with that and
should be punished. (much agreement)
Learning to do better would be better because
punishment teaches them to be scared.
In my opinion, punishment - all it does is make you feel
bad, but discipline you get talked to, so you come to a
reasoning.
Sometimes people keep getting talked to and nothing
In the area of discrimination based on skin
changes.
color:
▪ I am not really sure what Pro Action can do
Learn, but have a consequence that makes them think
about this differently because I do not see color
twice about doing it again.
as a problem for Pro Action. Maybe working
together with other agencies as a network
group to talk about what the network can do to remove the stigma of color as a bad thing without
removing [anyone9s] identity.
▪ Community conversations. We have stopped listening to each other. We don't listen to understand.
Community Cafés to talk about these hard topics ... space for safe conversations.
▪ Increase depiction of diversity in materials that we use in programs, schools, materials. Can people see
themselves / culture in the materials?
Pro Action of Steuben and Yates, Inc. Community Needs Assessment 2022 – 2025
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