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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1986-04-30, Page 2PAGE 2—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 30, 1986 Only 39.9 Final Net Impulse Perfumed HAIRSPRAY 225 mi. Dry Idea Roll on DEODORANT 75 mi. Only • 79 and enloy Triangle's many Spring Savings! TR NB LE D15CD. Li NTint 172 The Square, Goderich/Main Corner, Clinton/ Main Corner, Seaforth Lawn & Garden Tractors Cho • se a John Deere for value and durability thut you can count on year after year. • If you're looking for a dependable lawn and garden trc 't:tor... choose a John Deere. • 14, 16, 18 and 20 HP models in gas or die$el Take the work out of yard work, cuts the green and blows the white HU EXETER 335-1115 - r -4: 4 (mei) Feature TAL ��B/l00 BASEBALL DIAMOND DELIGHT SPECIAL CLEAT$ 3 9 9 Reg. 856.00 i We honour VISA & MASTERCARD B. +UWE9. CUDA MULTI -CLEAT SPECIAL $34998 . Reg. 39.99 KIDS ' -BALL STAND SPECIAL $I349 Reg. 15.99 ILO • This year's annual meeting marked Family and Children's Services 75th year in Huron County. John Penn, executive director, Mildred Desjardine, president of the board of direc- tors and George Caldwell, executive director of the Ontario Association of the Children's Aid Society helped to cut .a cake commemmorating the occasion. (photo by Susan Hundertmark) Children's needs come first OPEN DAILY aam- 6 pmFRLtill 9pm 4 THE SQUARE, GODER1CH 524-2822 SALES &SER'VICE -`h • from page 1 the integrity of the family unit prior to out- side intervention and continuum of care were extant at the time. They are not the modern day inventions that we sometimes believe," said Leschied. At the time of the Child Savers move- ment, detractors complained of its over- emphasis on compassion rather than punishment and control. • Others felt the protection of neglected children through institutional care abused the rights of families and children. But, the defence of the Child Savers was that they always acted in the best interests of the children, said Leschied. "No less than with missionary zeal, they evangelized their .cause • and were ' in- strumental in developing our modern day system,child welfare probation departments o (n' a bucourts andw of their major legacies,'1 he said. -Two major movements" critical of the: Child Savers resulted in the recent legisla-. tion concerning family law. The first said that child welfare and treatment interven- tion were not working. Instead it accused that the system was separating families rather than re -integrating them. The second was the civil rights move- ment which wanted to -protect' potential legal abuses against a child's or family's rights or freedom of will. To this move- ment, resistance to treatment is a right to be protected. "Historically, child welfare personnel have frequently met with reluctant clients, children or families whose disorganization or pathology did not free them to accept outside assistance. Anyone who has ever been involved in a serious abuse case or extreme family disturbance know what resistance i§ all about," said Leschied. Meeting children's needs while respec- ting their rights is the compromise society must now meet. Lescheid suggested that compromise could be worked by consider- ing such things as third party reviews of contentious protection cases, court reviews of treatment orders and an in- creased ability to act in crises to ap- ' prehend out -of -control youth with third party review. ' To meet the compromise, people who consider themselves Child Savers must be willing to speak out against civil rights if those rights arepreventing the. best�rii- ,o terests.i:.a. chilfrom being served Also, social workers must be confident of their effectiveness and be able to convince other people of it. "The heritage of the Child Savers need not be lost. We need to be more creative. My greatest fear is that Child Welfare historians might lood back at Ontario's Children's Services in the 1980s and, acknowledging the concerns of youth and the fragility of family, ask, 'Whatever hap- pened to the Child Savers?"' Children's Aid begins 75th year The same concern for children which resulted in the original Children's Aid society in Huron County in 1911, is still evi- dent as Family'. and, Children's Services begins its 75th year. "This annual meeting marks the beginn- ing of a year of celebration and reflection. We still have the same $1 membership and we still rely on the community to report cases of abused and neglected children so we may intervene on their behalf," said John Penn, executive director. The Children's and Humane Society of the County of Huron was formed after a meeting on July 11, 1911 in the YMCA room in Goderich. `The .first meeting of the. organization of concerned citizens was on Dec. 4, 1911. The first grants from the county were slated under the . heading Grants for Lunatics and Children. "Today we're a much more complex organization but we still depend on you to help the cause financially especially for the summer camp and the Christmas Bureau programs," said Penn. "And, there's still a particular need for foster homes for teens," she said. 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