The Goderich Signal-Star, 1979-05-24, Page 17GODERICH SIGNAL -STAR, THURSDAY, MAY 24, 1979—PAGE 3A
Happiness for residents is high priority
Tuesday's theme was
Improved Care For
Residents --Facilities and
Community. This theme
was discussed using a
panel of four speakers
with Patrick Dunn,
superintendent of special
education, Bruce -Grey
Separate School Board,
as moderator.
The advocates of
communtiy residences
and the advocates of
institutional residences
for the developmentally
handicapped came
together during the
discussion despite their
different philosophies
and agreed that their
basic objective was to
provide a high degree of
happiness for the client.
Another objective was
to enable the develop-
mentally handicapped to
become as self-sufficient
as possible and in-
tegrated into the com-
munity.
All those concerned
agreed that the public's
fear and misun-
derstanding of the
mentally retarded had to
be cleared up.
"Mentally retarded
does not mean a person is
mentally deranged,"
explained Mr. Dunn.
He said that the
mentally retarded should
no longer be locked away
and that the public would
have to learn to accept
them as human beings
with wants and needs.
Many of the mentally
retarded have an even
greater need for love than
"normal" people and
constant rejection is very
difficult for Ahem to
understand, he con-
tinued.
Mr. 'Dunn said a much
higher degree of com-
munication and co-
operation among those
agencies dealing with the
mentally retarded wash
needed. All are trying to
help the mentally
retarded but are
disagreed on the methods
and philosophy, he said.
If the ultimate aim of
happiness for the client is
focussed on, much in-
fighting can be
eliminated, he feels.
SUPPORT -SERVICES
Wednesday's topic was
Family and Children's
Support Services to
discuss all current'
available services for
developmentally han-
dicapped children and
their families. Special
guest speaker was Mrs.
Janice Gouse-,Sheese
Ph.D. Director, Infant
Stimulation Program,.
Surrey Place Centre,
Toronto.
Surrey Place serves
about 50 to 70 families.
Between 40 and 50 per
cent of the clients have
Downs Syndrome, 30 per
cent have multiple
handicaps and 20 per cent
are developmentally
delayed. A special
project for mentally
retarded women with
children is also carried
out there.
Surrey Place features
both in -centre and in-
home programming.
Parents are taught how to
interact with their
children, how to fit ac-
tivities for their ehildren
into their daily routines,
leaving time for other
children in the family and
how to engineer the en-
vironment so the children
can learn on their own.
Mrs. Gbuse-Sheese said
that if mothers are told
before their babies are
born that they will be
born retarded, natural
bonding between mother
and child often does not
take place. The mother
always sees this child
through a glass as being
retarded and nothing
else. So mutually
satisfying interaction
between mother and child
is seen as an important
step in the infant
stimulation program at
Surrey Place.
The children in the
infant stimulation
program are assessed
every four months for
gross motor skills, fine
motor skills, social
cognitive skills and
communication skills.
After her informative
presentation on how the
infant stimulation
program can help
developmentally han-
dicapped children, Mrs.
Gouse-Sheese ended by
saying that something
has to be done about
children's rights.
In the afternoon session
on Wednesday, several
presentations were given
on what is available in the
way of services for
developmentally han-
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dicapped children in this
area.
Dr. Tony Miller Ph.D.,
psychologist with the
Huron Centre for
Children and Youth,
Clinton, spoke first. He
explained that the Centre
was one of 13 children's
mental health centres in
Ontario offering coun-
selling services for
families and handling
about 300 ongoing active
cases at a time. The
centre is 100 per cent
financed by Communtiy
and Social Services. The
centre can sometimes
pick up cases of mental
retardation which have
been passed by somehow.
It can also deal with
families trying to cope
with and adjust to han-
dicapped children.
Mrs. Bonnie Graham,
principal of Queen
Elizabeth School for
Developmentally Han-
dicapped, Goderich spoke
next on the various
programs offered to
handicapped children in
the county including the
Huron Hope Nursery
School in Exeter,
Goderich Municipal
Nursery School, and the
Silver Circle Nursery
School in Wingham.
Following nurser
school, there are three
special schools for
handicapped children
within other schools
operated by the Huron
County Board of
Education. They, are
Huron Hope School in
Huron Park, Queen
' Elizabeth School in
Goderich and Golden
Circle School in
Wingham. Between 69
and 70 students aged five
to 21 attend these three
schools and there are
nine teachers plus
teachers' aids.
At 18 the develop-
mentally handicapped
can receive disability
pensions. They can
become employed at ARC
Industries in Exeter, the
Kinsmen Centre in
Goderich or the Jack
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There are three group
homes in the county, two
in Exeter and the newest
one in Goderich to teach
life skills so that
residents may eventually
become tnctepenctent:
There are also two
apartment support
programs in which those
residents who leave the
group homes are visited
in their apartments.
In the area of
recreation, there is the
Leisure Buddy program,
camps and playground
activities.
Mrs. Graham con-
cluded by saying that
Huron County was well
ahead of other places
with services for the
developmentally han-
dicapped.
Richard Boonstra, a
social worker with
Family and Children's
Services made a
presentation next on the
services offered by that
agency.
Dr. Shaune Lawton,
chief psychologist at
Midwestern Regional
Centre in Palmerston
spoke next. Midwestern
is a residential facility for
developmentally han-
dicapped children. When
they get older, many of
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