HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1977-10-20, Page 36PAGE 16A—GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSPAY, OCTOBER 20, 1977
Richard Boonstra
Family services supervisor excited about job
Richard Boonstra is excited
about his new job. His new job
is supervisor with Family and
Children's Services of Huron
County (formerly the
Children's Aid Society). His
excitement stems from the
fact that he can play a vital
part in a change -in the
agency's role in family life in
Huron County. The agency is
attempting to become a
household word in Huron
• County helping people to deal
with social problems related
to the family unit.
"We offer services here
that people just aren't aware
of," said agency director
John Penn. "We're trying to
get int() preventative work
here that will change our role
from drastic, last minute
decisions to helping with
Eeopleicular
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problems before they become
serious. -
Penn said the agency even
changed its name in keeping
with the change. He said he,
his staff and agency board
ague that the change is for
the better and are working to
inform the public of services
offered by the agency. He
added that the addition of
Boonstra as a supervisor
brings the agency another
step closer to its goal.
Boonstra will fill a badly
needed gap in supervisory
duties for the agency. He will
also use his experience and
knowledge in dealing with the
problems of teenagers to
expand the agency's services.
The new supervisor came
to Huron County from
Toronto where he worked
with Child Welfare. His last
position was Youth Coor-
dinator where he was
responsible for creating and
implementing a supportive
treatment system for
adolescents and their
families. He has organized
unci handled special group
sessions with teenagers
setting up the groups with
just the teenagers and with
the teenagers and their
families.
Boonstra said his ex-
periences in dealing . with
teenagers' problems are
usually related to emotions.
Ile said the catth all for_the
problems usually is the
generation gap adding that
the gap can be closed with an
honest effort by both parent
and child.
The problem usually arises
when no one seems to know,
be aware of or identify the
need for counselling in the
family. He said he hopes to
get involved with schools ,
physicians and other areas
with which the ,family has
fairly consistent association
and try to. identify the
problems before they are
critical.
He said the drastic steps
the agency has to take in
dealing with problems in
families usually have to he
taken because the agency
doesn't find out about them
until its too Tate. The agency
workers become involved "
with the situation at the crisis
stage and sometimes have to
face major decisions like
whether or not to leave the
children at home. These
decisions are what causes
people to get the wrong im-
pression of Family Services
he added.
"We end up dealing with
crises all the time and that's
a very bad` time to become
involved " said Boonstra.
"We can only take physical
steps and manipulate the
family taking a child out of
the honie or something so we
can deal with the problem to
prevent a recurrence."
"We get • the image of a
heavy coming in to take the
children," he added.
He suggested that if the
agency can get involved with
these situations before they
come to a crisis stage we can
prevent a lot of needless
sorrow by parents and
teenage children.
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Kathy Lomas checks out a wooden rocking horse on display at Colborne Township's 12th
annual Christmas Country Fair held at Saltford Valley Hall last Wednesday and Satur-
day, October 12 and 15. The rocking horse was part of a wooden toy display by Marie
Webster of Auburn. (staff photo)
Wed in Goderich
A quiet"wedding took place at Victoria Street United
Church on Saturday, October 8 when Elaine Schmidt,
daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Norman Alms and
Kenneth Edward Prouse were united in marriage by the
Reverend J. Wood.
The bride wore an ivory silk floor length gownr'and
corsage of yellow and white mums.
Bridesmaids, Mrs. Evelyn Levey of Goderich wore a
blue floor length gown similar in style to the bride's
gown and a corsage of yellow mums.
Groomsman was William Levy of Goderich.
Following the wedding, a reception was held at the
Sandpiper Inn. Clinton.
Mr. and Mrs. Prouse travelled to Bay City and other
points in Northern Michigan for their honeymoon.
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