The Rambler (Fort Worth, Tex.), Vol. 93, No. 23, Ed. 1 Wednesday, November 10, 2010 Page: 3 of 8
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Melissa Bates
mdbates@mail.txwes.edu
The School of Arts and Letters is on
a bear hunt.
In 2005, professor of English and
pre-professional program director
Miriam Espinosa and administrative
assistant to the dean for the School of
Arts and Letters Patricia Ersland be-
gan collecting bears and other stuffed
critters for the Fort Worth Police De-
partment's East Division to give to
children in the midst of a crisis.
Ersland said in 2009, the statistics
for the zip code surrounding Wesley-
an showed officers needed 350 stuffed
animals to fit the needs of the children
and young people who would be pres-
ent when officers were on-scene deal-
ing with a situation.
The crisis situations children en-
dure range from a car wreck to a child
waiting for a Child Protective Services
pick-up to a parent being arrested, Er-
sland said.
"After 2005, we found it interest-
ing that it's not just the toddlers that
you quiet so they're not crying be-
cause they don't understand," Ersland
said. "It's even the teenagers who just
need something to hang on to when
all around them there's activity that is
normally dangerous."
In 2005, the languages and literature
department collected 179 stuffed ani-
mals, Ersland said.
Since 2005, the number of stuffed
animals collected has mushroomed to
432 in 2009.
Since the beginning, the School of
Arts and Letters has collected 1,487
stuffed animals.
Ersland said the quantity matters,
not the quality. She said some of the
cutest stuffed animals they've received
have come from stores like Dollar
Tree.
"It doesn't have to be expensive, but
it needs to be new," Ersland said.
Espinosa said she finds it very sad
to think the officers need so many
stuffed animals during the year for so
many crisis situations.
"Then it makes you feel good to
know you've helped, even in some
gain insight in themselves,"
Warren said. "They also
learn to be encouraging, yet
realistic with clients and the
people in which they en-
gage."
In addition to offering
degrees in counseling, Wes-
leyan also offers counseling
services to all students, fac-
ulty and community mem-
bers.
"Our practicum students,
aided by our faculty, offer
these services through the
Glick House Community
Counseling Center," Connell
said. "They also serve be-
yond Wesleyan students and
faculty, and offer affordable
counseling services to the
surrounding community."
A variety of services are
offered in the Glick House,
including marriage and fam-
ily counseling, substance
abuse, anger management,
parenting, grief counseling
and relationship counseling.
Individual counseling for
students and faculty is free,
while counseling for indi-
viduals outside of the Wes-
leyan community comes
with a sliding rate, meant to
be affordable for all families,
couples and single people.
The university also has Scott
Methvin in the Glick House,
a licensed professional coun-
selor and marriage and fam-
ily therapist, who also helps
to provide these services.
"This facility is the train-
ing ground for our many
great students," Warren said.
"They see some undergrad
students, staff, family mem-
bers related to staff, faculty
and students, and others
referred to them by outside
professional organizations."
However, students in the
counseling programs do not
usually see other students
in the graduate program of
counseling and faculty due
to professional ethics.
"Counselors are natural
helping people; these pro-
grams lead to career paths
that provide helping services
with issues that plague many
in our society," Warren said.
Meisa Keivani Najafabadi I Rambler Staff
The Fort Worth Police Department gives stuffed animals to children and young
people in the midst of crisis situations such as car wrecks or CPS cases. The School
of Arts and Letters and pre-professional program director Miriam Espinosa began
collecting bears to donate to the police department in 2005.
small way," Espinosa said. "By spend-
ing a relatively small amount of mon-
ey, we can help someone so very much,
and it makes you feel good to do that."
Professor of English Elizabeth Bat-
tles said she thinks the program is a
wonderful idea and a great way to give
children some measure of comfort
and confidence and a sense of stability
in a difficult situation.
"That's simple for us to do as a char-
ity-type thing," Battles said. "To give
a stuffed animal that can make such a
huge difference."
Deliver captured stuffed animals to the
dean's office, room 256 in Polytechnic
United Methodist Church by Nov. 30.
For more information contact Patri-
cia Ersland at persland@txwes.edu or
817-531-4900.
Counseling services offered:
•Individual Counseling (free for students and faculty)
•Marriage and Family Counseling
•Parenting Classes (English and Spanish)
•Adolescents
•Anger Management
•Grief Counseling
•Substance Abuse
•School-Related Issues
•Partner Violence Counseling
•Relationship Counseling
What Graduate Counseling students will
learn:
•Goal setting techniques
•How to help individuals recognize their strengths
•How to find solutions to everyday problems
•How to challenge themselves
• How to be better active listeners
•How to see things from another's perspective
•Encouragement techniques
•How to be realistic with individuals
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