HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1978-09-07, Page 23Wed 55 years
Mr. and Mrs. Leslie
Johnston of Nile
celebrated their 55th
wedding anniversary
recently with a dinner for
family and friends.
Mr. and Mrs. Johnston
were both born in Ash-
field Township, living
only a mile and a half
were married by the
Reverend Alp in the
Auburn parsonage.
Before moving .to Nile,
the couple farmed in
Colborne Township from
1923 to 1967. They have
two sons, Bill and
Charlie; four grand-
- both attended Shep- grandchildren. '
parton school and on
September 1, 1923 they The family, including
Mr. Johnston's two
sisters and one brother
and Mrs. Johnston's two
sisters, were all present
for the anniversary meal
served in the Nile United
Church 'by 'the U.C.W.
ladies on Saturday,
September 26. The couple
received many nice gifts
family and friends to
mark the special oc-
casion.
Get new chance
A diagnostic and
remedial teaching clinic
for children with learning
problems will operate
this fall at The University
of Western Ontario's
Elborn College to serve
the counties of Norfolk,
Elgin, Huron and Perth
and the eastern half of
Larpbton County.
The clinic, to be
directed by Prof. W.A.
Scaldwell of the Faculty
of Education, will be
partially funded by,
three-year, $21,000 grant
from the-UWO Academic
Development Fund. He
will be assisted by
research assistant Linda
'urner.
Dr. Scaldwell said he
expects the clinic
facilities will be.
especially useful to
county boards of
education which may not
have,ample population or
facilities to provide the
same degree •of special
services as boards in
larger centres r___-- '
The goal of the clinic
will be to determine
which of three types -of
learning is best suited to
a child and then develop
an instructional program
around that type of
learnin$, Prof: Scaldwell
said.
• The three types of
learning are: visual;
auditory; and tactile -
kinesthetic.
The visual method of
learning is emphasized in
the school system, but'
according to Prof.
Scaldwell many students
Who -are-believed 'to have
serious learning disor-
ders, may simply be
unable to learn visually,
often because of
neurological dysfunction.
Some primary students
may have trouble lear-
ning to read and write
because they simply
can't remember what is.
written on a blackboard
long enough to copy it on
paper, Prof. Scaldwell
said.
- Those same students
may be abia to learn very
well using a tape
recorder or some other
means of repeating their
lessons orally.
Still other students
might be able to learn by
touch what they can't
learn by sight. - These
students can be helped by
a system of printed or
written words which can
be discerned by touch.
Prof. Scaldwell says that
such students might end
up with a file of these
word cards instead of a
speller.
Prof. Scaldwell said it
is important to• reach
students with learning
disabilities by-., age 10,
before they have learned
to compensate for their
problem and before their
education is seriously
affected. -
It's often difficult for
busy teachers to identify
students who have
learning disorders but
are normal in every other
way, he said. Because
their problems are so
hard to spot, these
students suffer.
"The ones with real
problems are --very- well-
looked after. It's the ones
that are just on the verge
that are ignored? '
"School as we know it is
designed for those who
are 'normal'. But at least
10 to 15 percent of us do
not learn in the visual
manner. But because
school is a . publicly
funded institution, it has
to suit the majority. If
you -don't happen to;,be in
the majority, you have to
look elsewhere and we
hope the clinic will serve
that purpose.'"
To enrol a child'in the
clinic, the school or the
child's parent should call
Prof. Scaldwell at 679-
6023. Any school-age child
is eligible. Once a
diagnosis of the problem
is -. made, a special
program is developed for
the child, who can remain
in his or her own
classroom. Follow-up
visits will be made by
clinic staff.
Prof. Scaldwell said
educational diagnosis"
will be the first step for
every child at the clinic.
Once the problem is
pinpointed, a special
instructional program is
developed and copies of
the program are given to
parents and teachers.
If the child lives close
enough to Elborn College,
he or she may be able to
get involved in remedial
teaching at the Faculty of.
Education. If not, con-
sultants will assess the
child's progress in the
school at six week in-
tervals.
Prof. Scaldwell said he
hopes to involve graduate
students in the Master of
Education in education
studies program
specializing in special
education in all phases of
the project. He also hopes
the clinic will become an
important part of the
fac-ulty's graduate
studies program.
Stridents in theone-
year special education
program are already
heavily involved in
remedial work- in a
special program for
children with learning
problems. The special
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clinic . is held every.
Thursday from 8:30 a.m.
to 10:30 a.m. Many of the
students in this clinic are
referred by Wetern's
communicative disorders
program and the
Childrens" Psychiatric
Research Institute and it
is ,Moped this cooperation
can continue as the clinic
evolves.
. Prof. Scaldwell said
local county boards in the
area surrounding. London
have been receptive to.
the clinic concept and he
' he expects referrals'
will come from within a
50 -mile radius.
In adaitton to the
diagnostic and remedial
function of the clinic,
counselling willbe
available for students,
parents and teachers who
might want it. Prof.
Scaldwell said teachers
often don't have anyone
with .whom they can
. discuss problems,'
THE GODERICHSIGNAL-STAR, THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 7, 1978PAGE 3 A
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Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Johnston of Nile recently celebrated their 55th wedding
anniversary with a dinner for family and friends. They were married on
September 1, 1923 by the Reverend Alp in the Auburn parsonage. They
farmed In Colborne Township for 44 years before moving to Nile. They have
two sons, Bill and Charlie; four grandchildren and two great-grandchildren.
They are picutred here with one of the flower arrangements presented to
them by family and friends to mark the special occasion, (Photo by Joanne
Walters) -
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