. . is 2-0i5191 :1;4; • ;i:frll S ' I Drug Abuse Blamed on Alienation, Youth Buried Despite Often Agony Cry by Most Talented Rabbis' Objections T•10.11,`11' NEW YORK — "Drug abuse Is often associated with alienation. The task in dealing with alienation is essentially that of developing attachments that are compelling and binding." At a two-day consultation on drug abuse conducted by the Na- tional Jewish Welfare Board in New York, 53 communal agency representatives from more than 25 communities heard this assertion made by a leading educator, Dr. Simon Slavin, dean of the school of social administration of Temple University, Philadelphia. "Alienation has essentially two faces — that of the alienated Indi- vidual and that of the alienating society. It is impossible to speak of one without implying the other," Dr. Slavin told the communal executives and other professional workers and lay le:ders who had gathered for the two-day consul- tation. Dr. Slavin views drug abuse as "at least a form of social criticism. Its very denial of con- ventional values and culturally implanted traits is testimony that something in the social order is woefully wrong. It is a cry of agony, often by the most talented among us. It enjoins us to do something, and not just about the hooked." Three case examples of Jewish Community Center nraetices were presented by Joel M. Carp, assist- ant director, YM & YWHA of Mid- Westchester, Scarsdale, N.Y., Har- old Gittler; program director for youth and adults, Baltimore Jew- ish Community Center, and Rhoda Wolfson, youth supervisor, Long Beach, Cal., Jewish Community Center. A hof:-line or community switch- board, known as the "Sunshine_ Line." is now operating out of the Mid-Westchester Y for teen-agers and their families who are wor ried about drugs and a host of other problems. The program is staffed by 26 teen-agers from New Rochelle, Mamaroneck, Scarsdale and Bronxville who have complet. ed eight weeks of training in theory sessions, role playing, leadership development and sensitivity ses- sions. The young people are backed up by the YM-YWHA's professional social work staff and seven psychiatrists who have vol- unteered their services. Although the Sunshine Line deals with problems of drug abuse and drug information, it also handles questions related to legal problems, draft counsel- ing, abortion, birth control and venereal disease information, employment opportunities, school and educational concerns and family 'relationships. The project also includes a walk- in clinic, staffed by psychiatrists and members of the Sunshine Staff, with the assistance of social workers, and "rap" groups, which provide an opportunity for indi- viduals to explore themselves and to "tune in" with others around them. The program is financed by a grant of $50,00a from the New York State Narcotic Addiction Control Commission and by the Y. Rhoda Wolfson described how the Long Beach JCC conducts inform- al teen-tween educational pro- grams as well as bi-monthly "Talk It Out" sessions with the Center's youth supervisor. The Center also does short-term coun- seling. Someone acceptable to the teens is available to meet with . any teen who wants to discuss any problem without, having to obtain his or her parents' approval for counseling. In a summary statement, Dan Morris, JWB Director of Program Development and staff director of the consultation, reinforced the point that while all three Centers are coping with the drug problem, the case examples reflect a broader focus with the primary target being meaningful relation- ships between the teenagers and the professionals, in which the empasis is on the full participation of the teenagers in the design and operation of the program and in the provision of such services as draft counseling, rock music, "rap" sessions, community service projects and other services which meet the real needs of teenagers. In essence, these approaches pro- vide constructive alternatives to alienation for middle-class youth through relevant programs, inclus- ion in the community, and a qual- ity of relationship they hunger for. Fifth Ave., N.Y.C. The Afula Religious Council now has decided to accept, ex post facto, the youth's burial and con , sider the case closed. 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