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‘ _Qutreach Services for the Arbutus Society for Children,last week to discuss

- and centre staff and explain a pilot outreach program

epresentative

Skog and

id Development Centre director Maureen

‘Hospital pediatrician and James Cawsey, Manager of -

the needs and concerns of parents

which may address Some of the needs.

- Outreach’

TERRACE — -The beginnings
-- Of a pediatric. outreach program
’ “for northern Child Development

Centres started with a meeting at’

, : the Terrace Centre last week.

by Tod Strachan

Dr. Tibble, a pediatrician at.
Queen ‘Alexandra Hospital in
Victoria, and - James .Cawsey,

. Manager for Outreach Services.
‘of the Arbutus Society for Chil-

dren, visited the local Centre last
week for the ‘first stage in the
_ development of a pilot. program: :

requested. by the. Ministry: “9 .
' Health:

“According to Cawsey, the Ar-

butus Society had entered into a

“contractual agreement’’ with
the Special Care Services Branch

of the Ministry of Health, “‘to .“

support and augment the provi-
sion of treatment services to
special needs children resident in
rural and smaller urban areas,
through the development, imple- -
mentation and coordination of
an itinerant pediatric resource
team”,
He said the specific objectives
of the program are to provide
advice and assistance to physi-
cians and medical specialists car-
ing for special needs children, as’
well .as their families, and to.

‘make local assessments where

practical in order to reduce the
need for families to travel to
pediatric tertiary care centers in .
Vancouver and Victoria.

According to Cawsey, this will.
be done by offering in-service
care givers to parents, physicians
and other pediatric care pro-
fessionals.

He said that, following their

-present tour to hear local needs.

and concerns, a team will be
formed with consultation from

local care givers and, depending |

on specific community needs,
this team will work in con--
junction with local professionals
and probably vary in form for
each community. .
Cawsey said, ‘‘A steering
committee has been struck to be

pureand

program comes to
~ Child Development Centre ©

an advisory body to the Arbutus’
Society for Children and the.
B.C. Ministry of Health, Special °
Care Services Branch, in the de-
velopment and implementation

Of the endeavor.”’ -

‘One. presentation . -during the

_ meeting by local B.C. Parent

Network representatives Cathy
Lussier, * Monique » -Malenfant

‘and Brenda Ward, summarized
‘local needs,

In their summary, they gave

‘the local Child Development
Centre top marks for. profes-
“sionalism and dedication but
Said, “It is not enough to meet

the needs of the community.
. {The greatest gaps in
specialized services are in the
areas. of behavior. management
and speech (therapy).
“‘We need to learn to com-
municate with our children and
to help them deal with their
frustrations, and we cannot do
this through ‘normal’ channels,
We need to be taught to under-
stand their behavior by those
who have a great deal of ex-
perience with children with
severe and multiple disabilities.”

They also requested assistance
with specific problems, on a
need basis, in areas. such as:
feeding, bracing and casting,
music therapy and other speech-
related programs, family sup-
port and seizure disorders,

They concluded by saying,

“We are all too aware of the

cost of special services to the dis-
abled but feel that the more ser-
vices they have as children the
less they. will need in the future,

minimizing future expenses.

Hopefully, they will be better
prepared to deal with the regular
school system. and their adult
lives,

“Also, these services might in-
crease our abilities, as families,
to cope with the needs and costs
involved in raising a child with a
disability.’’

Cawsey is a graduate in
Health Care Administration and
learned of northern life by work-

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‘ing on the Alcan ingot finishing
line for a year prior to universi-
ty. He developed a similar pro-
gram in Yellowknife, NWT, as
well as © Drumheller, Alta., for
the Calgary Children’s Hospital.

Tibble moved to Canada in
the mid-fifties and trained as a

pediatrician and neurologist in

Britain, Canada and the U.S. He

was the head of the neurology .
department, at the Halifax Chil- ©
dren’s: Hospital. for 20 years —

before accepting the post. of

Medical. Director . for the Ar-.
_butus Society -a year ago. He.
also established an outreach} pro:

gram in the Maritimes while

- working in Halifax,

Tibble gave credit to local
parents and centre staff for lob-
bying Premier Vander Zalm and
local candidates during last No-
vember’s provincial election for
the Ministry to develop a better
support mechanism in the north,

He said it is important for
those people to continue their
lobbying to insure the - future
success and continuation of the
service once it was developed. -

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Library task force
to visit Terrace ©

TERRACE — The “New Ap-
proaches’ Task Force reviewing
the provision. and delivery of
public library | services .in B.C.
will be visiting Terrace on Tues-
day, Oct. 1.

Established at the request of

_ the B.C.: Library Trustees:

Association and co-sponsored
by the Ministry of Tourism,
Recreation and Culture, and the
Union of British Columbia

| - Municipalities, the task force is
travelling ‘and province to seek

the. views of local. government,

associations, .

the system. .
‘Major topics for discussion ¢ on
the. task force agenda -include

: library. funding,. organization.

and regulation, the B.C. Library
” Services Plan,
_ resource library and continuing
_ Opportunities for joint develop-
‘ment,

‘Task force chairman Stan
Pukesh_ said,

know -we can make a positive
contribution to the Public

dibrary service, but your ‘par-

ticipation is crucial to the suc-
cess of the enterprise.”” ,

Fire Report.

On Sept. 16 at 10:10 p.m. in’

the 4500 block Scott Ave., the
Terrace Fire Department ans-

which resulted: from bare wires
igniting some clothing. Only
minor damages \ were reported,

On Sept. 17 at 10:30 a.m, the
Terrace Fire Department ans-
wered a call concerning a
gasoline fire on Graham Ave. A
Terrace resident was changing
his gasoline tank, and excess fuel
stored in buckets was ignited.

The fire blistered the side of
his vehicle and resulted in only
minor damage.

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library boards - and.
library profes-
-: sionals-and: the public’to deter-_
~ mine areas of concern and invite. -
_ Suggestions for i improvements to

“This is a con-
sultive process. ‘and our primary.
task is to receive, interpret and.

synthesize your concerns. . I

Minister of. Tourism, Recrea- 7
tion and Culture Bill Reid also
encouraged public participation,
saying, ‘‘By making your views
known to the task force you will

be contributing. to an. initiative

which ‘is dedicated -to. their-
(libraries) continued. success.”
_ The Terrace meeting: will be.

heldin the afternoon ‘of Oct. f at
‘the Inn of the West. Moreinfor- .

mation .can - be ° obtained’ by

‘phoning :the. Terrace Public - .
Library’ at 638-8177, or -the © -

_task . force. headquarters. at _
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Bike club.
organized:

TERRACE — A’ new ‘club is’ -
‘starting in town and’its main:
‘function is to promote bike ‘Safe~

. ee m
a provincial yy and ““fun’”.

Organizer "Mel Gellner, a

Thornhill: Primary: teacher, said:

_ there has been a rapid. growth i in

‘the popularity. of : ‘cycling in.

. Canada and there is--a genuine
‘need for: this: ‘ype of club. -

“Cycling :is~ fun,’ © said

Gellner. ‘It’s healthy it’s great’
exercise, and the: idea ‘i is to ‘keep woe

it that way.
* “f¥ou only have to drive down
the street to find people who
should belong,” he said. -
_ The club has received thé full
support of the’ Tertace. ‘Detach-
ment of the RCMP. ae
Community Relations Officer
Cst. Ewen Harvie, said the com-
munity has to: face the'fact that.

.. bicycles are becomi more. id -
-wered a call to an électtical fire” icycles are becoming ani

more popular: ‘This is ‘a: good
example of. somebody taking a
leadership role in the communi-
ty,”’ Harvie said.

“If the community takes an.-
interest, then we can support
them and provide resources,” he
said,

According to ‘Harvie there
were up to seven bike rodeos a |
year in Terrace at one time, but
now there are only one or two. |

‘*Nobody wants to take it on.

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