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Ecology of the Community - Coggle Diagram
Ecology of the Community
community ecology
the psychological and practical relationships between humans and their social, as well as physical, environment
Community's 5 Functions
Production, distribution, consumption.
The community provides its members with the means to make a living. This may be agriculture, industry, or services.
Socialization.
The community has means by which it instills its norms and values in its members. This may be tradition, modeling, and/or formal education.
Social control.
The community has the means to enforce adherence to community values. This may be group pressure to conform and/or formal laws.
Social participation
. The community fulfills the need for companionship. This may occur in a neighborhood, church, business, or other group.
Mutual support.
The community enables its members to cooperate to accomplish tasks too large or too urgent to be handled by a single person. supporting a community hospital with tax dollars and donations is an example of people cooperating to accomplish the task of health care.
Imagery of Neighborhood and People who Live There
-How did they earn a living
-How did the people in our community instill in us their norms and values
-How did our community enforce its rules
-How did the people in our neighborhood community socialize with one another
-How did the people in our neighborhood community help one another?
Family-Friendly Community
education, childcare, recreation, community safety, citizen involvement, physical environment, employment opportunities, cost of living, neighborhood quality
gemeinschaft
communal, cooperative, close, intimate, and informal interpersonal relationships
gesellschaft
associative, practical, objective, and formal interpersonal relationshi
preventive services
programs that seek to lessen the stresses and strains of life resulting from social and technological changes and to avert problems
supportive services
programs that maintain the health, education, and welfare of the community
rehabilitative services
programs that enable or restore people’s ability to participate in the community
child advocacy
the process of sensitizing individuals and groups to the unmet needs of children and to society’s obligation to provide a positive response to those needs
Planning Our Day vs. Seeking a Higher Plan
- H. Wallace Goddard Meridian Magazine
Growth and renewal are less about setting goals than submitting to His will.
"Our self-guided planning and goal setting can get in the way of His customized curriculum for us"
Growth and renewal are less about fixing ourselves than in being fixed by Him.
"When we get humble, He can do miracles with us."
Growth and renewal are less about using psychology (and management and finance and...) than about using covenants.
"Using our narrow definition of "prosper," we may believe that doing our part in the Church will assure us wealth. But God thinks of "prospering" in a broader context."
Solutions for Families & Communities
-Greenspan
Putting children's needs first:
Job Schedules Structured so That Children Come Before Work
Ongoing, Nurturing Relationships Within the Family
Opportunities for Developmentally Appropriate Emotional and Intellectual Interactions
Involvement in Children's Schools and Community
Cultural and Family Continuity
The Freedom Principles
"The core unit which determines the strength of any society is the family."
Taxes in Sweden
Sweden has high middle class population and taxes care for citizens
Hurricane Sandy Helping Hands
Church members helping those affected by Hurricane Sandy and working alongside volunteers of others faiths.
Santa Ana Building a Healthy Community
City not relying on government to create the community they want, but the citizens are working together to achieve goals for their community.
The Jones Center
Harvey and Bernice Jones lived their life sharing their fortune with others. "When you're serving others you're serving yourself too, because that's where you get your joy."
Timing
- Elder Dallin H. Oaks
The Lord's Timing "Indeed, we cannot have true faith in the Lord without also having complete trust in the Lord’s will and in the Lord’s timing."
The Agency of Others "The achievement of some important goals in our lives is subject to more than the timing of the Lord. Some personal achievements are also subject to the agency of others."
Applications to Our Lives "Even our most righteous desires may elude us, or come in different ways or at different times than we have sought to plan."
-"The most important principle of timing is to take the long view. Mortality is just a small slice of eternity, but how we conduct ourselves here—what we become by our actions and desires, confirmed by our covenants and the ordinances administered to us by proper authority—will shape our destiny for all eternity."