HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Citizen, 2006-01-19, Page 6It's easy as ABC-123
Pita Ceja sings along with her daughters Maria,
three and Ivana, one and a half at the Ontario
Early Years ABC-123 program at its new
location inside Brussels Public School. (Heather
Crawford photo)
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PAGE 6. THE CITIZEN, THURSDAY, JANUARY 19, 2006.
Early Years moves to Brussels PS gym
By Heather Crawford
Citizen staff
"ABC- 123," an early
literacy program developed
by Huron-Bruce Ontario
Early Years, has moved to the
Brussels Public School
gymnasium.
"The program encourages
kindergarten readiness skills,"
Yvonne Wilts, program, staff
for Ontario Early Years
said.
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community is like. That is
how most communities are
attracting physicians right
now."
Recruiting new doctors is
also a priority for the Seaforth
and District Hospital.
"We use a recruitment
resource person who attends
forums that physicians belong
to and promotes the facility
and the community," Lavoie
said.
"We help with finding
employment for spouses of
physicians, we provide
accommodations When they
first arrive or for locum
physicians and we have a
partnership with three other
hospitals (Clinton, St. Marys
and Stratford) so when
physicians migrate to' this
area they have a network of
other physicians and
resources available."
Currently Seaforth has six
physicians, five full-time and
one part-time. The primary
care facility in Wingham will
have three locum physicians
available.
Province will
hear more
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to mount an energetic lobby of
our governments once the
election is over and it's clear
which party is responsible for
our country's future.
The provincial government
will be hearing more from
farmers after the federal
election.
We've already reminded the
Ontario Ministry of
Agriculture, Food and Rural
Affairs of the funding
promised just before the
election call - our farmers still
need those dollars.
The leaders all promised to
continue their support for
those sectors operating under
supply management - dairy,
chicken, egg and turkey.
This support will be critical,
especially from the federal
government if negotiations are
to be successful at World
Trade talks.
Farmers and their
organizations are putting
together long-term strategies
for their industry because we
want to continue feeding our
country. As an example of
this, the Canadian Federation
of Agriculture and its
provincial counterparts are
developing a Canadian Farm
Bill.
This is planned to be a five-
year strategic plan for
agriculture. OFA is pleased to
he part of this initiative, but
we must be recognized as
partners with our governments
to make this work.
"We have resources about
parenting and child
development. Sometimes
parents have questions about"
their child's development and
we can point them in the right
direction for where to go."
The program consists of
different stations that
encourage free play and
interaction with other
children. "They learn to share,
sit in a circle, and listen.
Things they will need to know
"We have a fair number [of
unattached patients],"
Cardinal said. "It is an issue
and we. hope the recruitment
of new physicians as well as a
new primary health care
model will help with this
issue."
The study from CIHI also
indicated that rural area
doctors are looking to cut the
scope of their practice.
"Rural family doctors work
differently than their urban
counterparts," Steve Slade,
program lead for Health
Human Resources at CIHI
said. "Rural family
physicians generally offer a
wider range of services
because in many small towns
a specialist may be hundreds
for kindergarten," Wilts
said.
A group of about five to 10
children and parents gather
every week to sing, play and
learn together.
Elizabeth Olaya said" she
wanted her son Eduardo to get
a chance to develop his social
skills. "I wanted him to be
able to play with other
children," she said.
Pita Ceja takes her two
children, Maria, three, and
of kilometres away."
Among all family
physicians, 15 per cent plan to
narrow their scope of
practice, while only six per
cent plan to expand their"
practice, the report for the
study said.
"It's difficult to say how
many hours [doctors in _the
Seaforth area] work," Lavoie
said. "They have office hours
in their clinical work but then
most also provide hospital
care and have on-call shifts as
well."
"I don't think [rural doctors
are, looking to cut their scope
of practice] but the demand is
ever increasing on each
doctor," LaPaine said.
t'If rural family doctors
Ivana a year and a half, "so
that they can start to learn and
share with other children.-
For Sarah Kipfer, it's all
about letting her daughter
Johanna have a little fun.
"She enjoys spending time
with the other children," she
said. "I also wanted her to get
ready for school."
"The social aspect of the
program is emphasized,"
Wilts said. "When the kids go
to school they will be faced
didn't provide some
speciality services, many
people would be forced to
travel even greater distances
to get medical care - or they
would simply go without,"
Dr. Roger Pitbaldo of the
Centre for Rural and Northern
Health Research said.
Cardinal does not feel a
lack of specialists is a
problem in this area. "We
have a very good range of
specialists from the Stratford
site such as general surgeons,
internal medicine,
obstetricians, gynecologists,
urologists, orthopedics, and
pediatricians for instance.
Having access to specialists is
a huge recruitment asset," she
said.
with getting used to other
children. [This program].
helps them deal with that
before school starts."
The group meets every
Friday in the school gym from
9:45 - 11:15 a.m. "We're
always looking for more
people to join us," Wilts
added.
Hospital offers incentives