The Goderich Signal-Star, 1974-08-01, Page 18?A91 2A --,G.. ODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, 'THURSDAY, AUGUST 1, .1974
JACK'S JOTTINGS.
FIOY OUEFNI PAIN
On June -, 4, 1974, Mgrs.
Margaret .Birch, Provincial
Secretary for Social Develop-
*nent, introduced a new Prnyin-
cial policy regarding clay care"
for. 4Ontario's `children. Im-
mediately a cointroversY =erup-
ted about the adequacy of ..the
!new program and considerable
concern was•A".e•xprea.sed by
. Parents and those involved in
the' care 'Of young ,children
about
child'r'en
about staff training
requirements and the proposed
ratios of adult workers to
children., •
The' -°new ratios call foto 1•'
adult worker to 4 children un-
der
18 months of age, 1 adult
worker top children aged bet-
ween 18 months'and •2 years, 1
adult to 12 children for 2 to 4
year of, age, and 1 adult for 16
Children of 5 years of age.. The
Federal Government recom-
mends a lower ratio of 1 adult
for. 9 children aged 2 1/2 years.
to 4 years 'and 1 'adult to4,12
children aged 5 years. Two
other Provinces for which
statistics are available enforce
lower ratios than tho.,se
proposed for Ontario.
Mrs. Birch's objective ap=
pears •to beto allow more
children to9benefit from the day
_ care program without undue in-
creases to program cost - an ob-
jective with which we would all
agree. However, if,. as it is,
feared,' the result. of the
proposed changes is over-
crowding and inadequate
supervision the',economy will be
false indeed.
Child •care professionals
remind us that the first five
years of. a child's life largely
sets in place his attitudes and
expectations for the future.
Good care aL this stage is
critical for the child's physical
and mental well being. There'is
no way, to make up in•later life
for what' a child °misses in his
formative years. Forthe child
.who • .must spend the greater
part 'of . his waking hours in a
day care centre, it is essential
that he or she receives the kind
' of care that will develop ,his
cognitive skills, language and
social -skit -Wit is probably even
More ..important for this. little
person to develop 'attitudes of
trust and affection ,in those who
„' care for him -- impossible to;
achieve in 'a situation of over-
Fcrowding with high ' tension
,.levels, noise, confusion and in -
'sufficient adult attention.
In addition, "of coarse, a
properly supervised day care
program offers an excellent op-
`portunity to Iden ify the poten-
• tially troubled c 'ild, the child
with a percepti ' handicap, or
children with inimal, physical
impairments. t is at this stage
that reinedia programs should
begin befo real ,damage
becomes, a burden'to.the child, •
and ultimately society. •
Mrs. Birch has consistently
refused to make. public ,a Task'orce, report completed at the
end of Jure last year. An.,
earlier report on the Care . and
Education of Young Children
has similiarly not seen the light`
•. of day. The Minister insists
that these reports' are confiden-
tial, in-house documents. `° A'
great sense of relief.jwould be.
experienced by parents and day
care- •workers 'if, through the
release of these reports and ,the
studies on • which they are.
based, it could be -shown that
the proposed changes ,-would
provide sound -child care.
Referring 'to the ,training of
day care workers the -Minister
:made ,the -following statement
in her June 4th. policy
Statement to the -Legislature.
a "To encourage more parent
.'and volunteer involvement in.
all ,,,,Day 'care•.• -programs, the
Ministry hiss increasingly'' been
approving staff on .the basis of
• ,l individual competenbe 'anal ex-
periencerather than by relying
on any,, particular set of
professional qualifications, We
will extend this 4p`ractice by
removing from the regulations
under the Day Nurseries Act
the requirement that , all staff
have specialized knowledge of
what the regulations now' refer
to as ':Methods of Child
Gui4ance'. We will require, no
formal qualifications • for staff
in the, supplementary after-
school programs' for 6-9 years
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Day care centres needwide discussions
olds.
°We will, of course, continue•
to require that supervisors of
Day• °Care Centres have
specialized knowledge, but once
again we recognize"
° relevant' experience rather than
relying s.olety on any particular
professional backgr'otind."
Because of this statement
very considerable unease is
being experienced by child care
workers; who consider there is
little real understanding of .the •
particular skills that are
required,;. to :‘.care ''for ;young
children and provide the
enrichment' programs that .are
necessary.
On1 'Thursday June 21st,
Robert Nixon, the Leader of the
Opposition, presented •a
petition on behalf of groups
calling themselves the Commits
Mee in Opposition to • Revisions.
in. the Day Nurseries Act.,5,300
Persons signed the petition, the
.majority of whotp were
vast
wrent'. To Mrs. Birch's claim
that the Ministry •will n;bt sup-
port the vested interest of the
daycare 'profession the. parents
retorted that they have a vested
interest they intend to support -
the interests of their children.
It is not clear whether the
new regulations': state a
minimum requirement and ,clay
care centres are free to impose
higher standards for their
programs and still receive any
provincial support to .which
they would be entitled. It ap-
pears that municipalities can
develop , :higher standards for
their prograrns and still be
eligible for assistance.,
The Ministry has recently set
up a special conithittee to ad-
vise it on Day Care matters. In
the faceof continuing concern
it is to be, hoped that the Com-
mittee will allow the widest
possible public discussion of
Mrs. Birch's proposals before
the regulations to the Act are
amended,
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