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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance-Times, 1984-02-15, Page 18Page -6; -Crossroads Feb. 15, 1984 By Fred Gore This is the first column in a bi-monthly series written to answer your questions and concerns about your son's or daughter's learning and education. It will also serve as a means of providing you with necessary information about the changes in our educational system and as- sist you to help your children as a parent or a teacher. Letters requesting further or more specific information should be Mailed to "The Warning Signs", c -o Wing - ham Advance -Times, P.O. Box 390, Wingham, Ont. NOG 2W0. Such letters will be ans- wered and reprinted without signatures to protect writers' identity. 0-0-0 Here is a list of learning - disability warning signals compiled by the Canadian Association for Children and Adults with Learning Dis- abilities. The association points out: "All children exhibit some of the following behavior at times. The pre- sence of one or two of these signs may not be significant, but a cluster of these re- quires further assessment." IN INFANCY -Trouble nursing, sucking or digesting; -Resistance to cuddling and body contact; -Lack of or excessive response to sounds or other stimuli; -Trouble following move- ments with eyes; -Unusual sleep patterns ; -Delays in sitting, stand- ing'or walking; -Absence of creeping and crawling; -Little or no vocalization or baby sounds; -Irritability. IN PRESCHOOL YEARS -Delayed language and immature speech patterns; -Dif 1f CL11ty e 1 ; - Difficulty following in- structions; - Excessive repetitions in questioning, speaking; -Cannot skip, has trouble bouncing and catching a ball; -Does not become ab- sorbed in play or in any one activity ; -Does not respond to dis- cipline; q The ' 'arning Signs Fred Gore - Fear of swings and slides; -Impulsive, cannot con- trol behavior; -Exaggerated response to excitement or frustration; - Tendency to trip or bump into things; - Fearless, accident prone. IN SCHOOL YEARS - Very poor printing and - or writing with work poorly situated on page; - Difficulty cutting with scissors, coloring and print- ing inside lines; -Cannot tie laces, button clothes or hold a pencil well; -Does not know the differ- ence between "up" and "down," "top" and "bot- tom," "in" and "out," "in front of" and "behind"; -Problems discriminat- ing between letters, sounds and numbers; -Good verbal ability, but has trouble reading or put- ting thoughts or ideas onto paper; -Reads but does not comprehend; -Poor spelling; --Difficulty playing with, more than one child at a time, may prefer to play alone; -Has trouble catching a ball, copying from the black- board; -Difficulty expressing ideas and relating events in sequence; -Emotional lability, gets upset over changes in rou- tine, easily frustrated; -Seems „unable to judge the consequences of actions; -Difficulty remembering the names of things, the sea- sons, months, streets, etc. -Confused sense of time and -or distance, trouble learning to tell time; -Abnormal level of activ- ity; either excessive pur- poseless activity or is ;'slow as mo asses ; -Short attention span, seems to be a "poor lis- tener," forgets or misunder- stands verbal instructions; -Very uneven results in areas of performance on testing with unusual highs and lows. Parents and teachers should remember that these children may not pick up information from day-to-day Dolls Dolls Dolls 9 Soft Sculpture Doll Course Make your own Cabbage Patch replica in 4 weeks. Quilters .2 x 115 cm Quilt Strips ... • Early Birds 7 -Thinking about what you need in your spring wardrobe. Buy 1 'Pattern - Get 1 of equal or less value for '/ price at Listowel Textiles 170 Wallace Ave. S. Listowel. 291-2271 OPEN: Mon. and Sat. 9-5. Tues.-Thurs. 9-6. Friday 9-9. living as others do. These children have had 411 the opportunities to learn, at home that other children have enjoyed but need more time, and need to be taught in 'a step-by-step fashion. Parents can do a great deal to ease the way for such a child, such as tying his laces for him, (or buying loafers) without comment and being ever -sensitive to materials and tasks that he can man- age. IN ADOLESCENCE In adolescence, many of the symptoms, though likely still present and causing difficulties, will not be so readily observed. Matura- tion, peer pressure, emo- tional overlays, as well as survival and compensation techniques may militate for, or against, the young person. If the disability has not been recognized, years of frustration and bitterness alongside a reduced level of academic progress produce the overall appearance of an "unmotivated and slow learner," and possibly a dis- ruptive "behavior problem." Characteristics may appear as: -Poor and laborious handwriting and -or bizarre spelling mistakes; - Disorganized, books in a mess, notes in no order, loses things; -Does not plan ahead; -Poor judgment, does not learn from experience; - Poor social skills, few friends or socializes with a younger group; -Lacks insight into his own future, strengths and weaknesses; - Lacks logic, sometimes draws poor conclusions due to poor reasoning ability; -Frequently good or bet- ter in one-person sports, i.e., skiing, swimming; ult •ersistin with tasks, especially if diffi- cult; - Average or above aver- age in some academic areas, poor in others; - Tendency to be very literal, humorless and gulli- ble; Rarely relates past events or experiences in "sequence or detail; -Vulnerable to peer pres- sure, often the scapegoat in situations. 0 0. 0 Fred Gore is the director of St. Jude's Special Educa- tion Private School and Learning Assessment Clinic. He is a qualified Special Education specialist and an educational therapist with 14 years' teaching experience in the field of learning disabilities. He is presently the president of the K -W Association for Children and Adults with Learning Dis- abilities, Central Region representative for the Ontario ACLD and host of the Rogers Cable TV pro - gam "All Children Learn Differently". St. John Ambulance teach- es that you must not move an injured person whb is uncon scious, until you are sure there is no injury to back or head. By Gene Gary Q. Friends have told me that old mastic and plaster can be removed from the back of ceramic tiles by heating the tiles in an oven. Is this correct? - Dick J. A. It is true - most of the time. Since ceramic tiles are fired at temperatures in ex- cess of 2,000 F, they can be heated without damage. The theory of what you were told is that the heat will cause the backing to become tacky. When the tiles have cooled, the adhesive and plaster are easier to crack off because of the shrinkage, but be careful that ybu do not also crack the To repeat, this proc works most of the time. we[com e SINCE 1930 cordially invites all brides and grooms to be married after May 1184 to attend a FREE BRIDAL PARTY Weds, February 29, 1984 Erma Memorial Community Centre Atwood Displays & Demonstrations - 7:00 pm Program Commences - 7:30 p.m. .For your personal invitation call: 356-2624 or 887-6308 Fashions and Displays By: LISTOWEL BANNER LISTOWEL FLORIST CAKES BY HANNAH THE RUSSELL STUDIO LISTOWEL TEXTILES COLLINS HOUSE OF FORMALS CONWAY FURNITURE GEMINI JEWELLERS DISC JOCKEY PROFESSIONALS JAMES WALKER INTERIORS ELMA MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO. , MARY KAY COSMETICS STEVEN NICHOLSON VIDEOTAPING SERVICES es. C R 0 5 5 w 0 R D 5 ACROSS ure Q. About 20 years ogo, we added a bathroom, using Marlite for the walls, includ- ing the shower stall. When the -walls of the shower gave out, we had that portion tiled. Now we would like to redo the walls in the remain- der of the bathroom. ,Our question: Can we paint or wallpaper over the Marlite? Or do you have other suggestions? - H.T.L. A. Paper should be satis- factory over Marlite. First go over the surface with an electric sander, us- ing coarse sandpaper to roughen the slick surface. This permits the paper to ad- here better. After sanding, size the walls with sizing available at I. Odist 5. Calla lily 9. Bath, for one 12. Prefix with "mate" or "mat„ 13. "zilch" V 14. Affecting innocence 16. Likely customers.. 17. Weed the garden 18. Maxim 19. Canvass supports 21. Beef source 24. State in India 26. Faithful 27. Variety of palm 90. Use an abacus 31. Small and large 33. Viscous substance 34. Nitwit: slang 36. Signal -corps task 38. Of an ancient alphabet 40. "... as a weasel - egga" 41. Give heed 43. Make lace 44. Summer quaff 45. Olympic winners 50. Word of negation 61. Son of Isaac 52. Trim 53. Overhead Arsine 2 3 4 6 7 8 10 11 ii 13 14 15 17 23 23 21 25 22 a 30 34 35 2 2e 29 36 32 37 33 36 39 40 44 as - 49 47 50 51 52. 41 45 54. Invitee 66. Slightly tainted ®OWN 1. Semiliquid food 2. "- Town" 3. Ike's command: abbr. . 4. Hurls 5. Once more 6. Fabled bird • 7. Not yet tried 8. Arizona sights 9. Of a plan 10. Common fund 11. Certain votes 16. Fractions 20. Lugubrious 21. Strikebreaker 22. Fuse: hyph. wd. 23. Underwriters 24. "Down -under" soldier 26. Jauntinesa 28. Patton's vehicle 29. Work units 32. Rope fiber 35. Excepting 37. pleasure trip 39. Valley of Greece 41. Lola or Abbe 42. Graven image 43. Greek "T's" 46. Abbr. with North or South 47. View at Capri 48. Scottish cap, for short 8, 'shoat's home d v paint dealers. In a bathroom; I would recommend using a canvas- back vinyl -finish paper and add some white glue to the wallpaper paste or a special adhesive additive. In rooms where moisture will be present, do not use ready -paste wallpaper. Q. We have put the self- stick paper on the inside of our kitchen cupboards. Now we would, like to remove the paper and paint, but the glue is difficult to remove. HEY KIDS! LEARN TO DRAW WITH DANNY COUGHLAN 1. Here's Danny's complete drawing. A4m Iktf4(4 2. Finish what Danny started. 3. Now try it yourself! We have tried acetone and turpentine, but it still, is a time-consuming scraping job. Do you have any sugges- tions? - Mrs. R.E.F., Indio, Calif. A. Often heat will do the trick. Try going over the sur- fce with a hair dryer, work- 1on a small area at a time. his should soften the glue and the paper can be torn off. The opposite method used to remove floor tiles is to go over the surface with dry ice,. which makes the adhesive brittle. It might work on self - stick paper. Q. The glass in our win- dows has some scratches on it. Is there anything to help cover these?. W.C.C. A. Sorry, but there is no way that I know to cover scratches in glass or to re- move the scratches. Solve - times, to fill small holes int window glass, clear nail polish can be used. Replacement of the panes 4 the only solution for eliminating the scratched glass - if you cannot learn to live with it. E1E1 1E1 EJAEIFI. EWE i 1131?-1RJ Vi I E3 1111:11:3 Ed19Qhii I2lfE1 DEIIi 11:113121 EIEI ir:iu i ilEa017E EPEIE3E3I.. fl l©[7Ei 1:113U noon VDiU MElDEID DE1I7 1III1UU ©131151E13©QE] ©E10E11 V®©V. DElI3©D 1111311®© Elflnrin F117F1 11E1f0 nanhl 17013' E1nnn DanCI 14P Health and Welfare Sante et Bien -etre social Canada Canada Canad1 The following story is from The Hole in the Fence. a Cunadianchildren's story- books about the adventures of Vegetable characters. Dur- ing the next few months. 19 short stories, with activity pictures, will be printed. These stories are not mere- ly children's entertainment: Instead, they are contem- porary fables for parents and children to talk about together. No. 10 4, Eggplant arrives "We can't have anything to do with him," says Mr. Cauliflower. Draw party hats on the glue on coloured paper on Colour Eggplant purple. In today's story, old Mr. Cauliflower teaches the young Vegetables prejudice against purple plants. Potato goes up to peer through the hole in the fence. He can't wait to wel- come Eggplant, the stranger who is moving into the Garden. A party is planned in Eggplant's honour. Beet and Corn are the next to come, and they anxiously wait behind Potato for their turn to look through the hole in the fence. Just then, Mr. Cauliflower approaches. "Move out of the way, Potato,' de- mands Mr. Cauliflower. "Let me have a look." "That's not fair," thinks Beet. "We were here first." But she doesn't say anything. 0, Beet is too shy. Corn is not shy. She speaks up. "Excuse me, Mr. Cauliflower, but we were here first," , she says politely. Mr. Cauliflower turns around, amazed. "You can look after we do," says Corn firmly. "It's Beet's turn now." "Yes, yes, of course," says Mr. Cauli- flower, letting Beet pass. "I wish 1 could speak up like that," thinks Beet, as she peers through the hole. By this time, others have gathered around carrying flags, streamers and noise -makers "I see somethings Maybe it's Egg- plant," says Beet, jumping with joy. Excitement is growing higher and higher, when suddenly Mr. Cauliflower says in a shocked voice. "But he's purple!" Everyone crowds around to have a Vegetables or es. look. "He is purple," they all exclaim. "What does that mean?" asks Beet. She blushes immediately, thinking she has asked a stupid question. "It means we can't have anything to do with him," Mr. Cauliflower says. "Just because he's purple, Mr. Cauli- flower?" asks Corn. "Yes," says Mr. Cauliflower, waving his cane. "I warn you. Stay away from him. I order you all to go home right now." "That ruins our party," says Tomato, "aridwe were going to have such a good time." "Shucks," says Radish. "1 wanted to race him." "I thought I could make a new fri,e, ," says Onion. "Go home, everyone," screams Mr. Cauliflower. Disappointed, they all take off their party hats and turn to go home. When Eggplant arrives, there is no one there to greet him. The Hole in the Fence, a 132 -page col- our illustrated ,storybook published by Health and Welfare Canada, was developed in cooperation with provincial alcohol/drug commissions/foundations. It is available for, $4.50 through local bookstores or by send- ing a cheque/money order payable to the Receiver General of Canada to: Canadian Government Publishing Centre, Hull, Quebec, K1A 0S9. Afamily guide to this preventive drug edu- cation and living skills program contains story resumes, colouring pictures, home crafts and discussion ideas. it is available free, on request, from 'The Hole in the Fence, Box 8888, Ottawa, Ontario, K1G 3J2. Egalement disponible en franiais sous le titre "Mes antis, mon jar°din"