Wednesday, March 2, 1988

THE REVIEW 9781-2nd St., Sidney B.C.

Page A3

PARENT-AND-SON combination dishes up ata Baden-
Powell night last Wednesday, in the Legion Hall.
Shown are Lynn Reid and son Jesse, a Beaver.

SET

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' grams. ‘Children with severe.
learning disabilities and those
who. are gifted receive the
largest budgetary allocations.

. Custodial. services - are the.
final big-ticket:item in‘ the pro--
visional.  budget.. Almost $1.4
“million -has_ been. set: aside for

' payers are forced to bear the en-
tire burden of an increase. ‘‘All
‘the facts aren’t in yet.. Asa
member of the finance commit-
tee,.I don’t feel the provisional
budget reflects final: figures,”’
said Trustee Dave Christian.

FOSTER

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Lodge or a someone who has
taught for 20 years may be
equipped to care for a child that
a less trained person: couldn’t
take,’’ says Jeffs.

Most children come into care
under the Family and Child Ser-
vices Act, says Kelly. It requires
social workers to apprehend a
child who’may be abused or
neglected.

Others are placed in foster
homes under a_ short-term
agreement with the parent.
“ve taken in two boys whose
father, a single-parent, got a job
out of town for a while.

“He definitely loves those
kids, but he needs help with the
family. He calls every week to
talk to them.’’ Jackson adds he
calls her when he’s at home,
sometimes to talk. over. pro-
blems he’s having with the boys.

Children aren’t always taken
from. their natural homes
because the parents don’t love
them, says Jackson.. ‘‘Society
expects people to naturally be
able tc be good parents. Not all

Plates

An unemployed laborer has

been fined $400 for stealing a.

car. licence plate.. Kenneth
Hornby, 25, pleaded guilty to
the charge in Sidney provincial

‘court last week.

A car. with ‘the stolen rear .

‘parents, says Pearson.

behavior problems.

Foster parents don’t have a
magic want that makes like
easier for children and natural
“We're
just ordinary people. ”

Pearson takes in special needs
children — those with extreme
Over 15
years of inviting foster children
into her home, she’s learned to
cope with most problems and
offer warmth to most children.

“In foster parenting, you
have to realize that you’re going
to love some children’ and
you’re not going to feel that
same affection for others,’’ says
Jeffs. ‘‘You: have to face the
fact that you’re not going to
take the place of the -child’s
mother.”’

The support system has. come
a long way in the 13 years she’s
been. taking in children, says
Jeffs. A social worker visited a
prospective home and talked
with the family.

Now parents. are offered a
five-week © course,
classes one night a> week. It
covers all aspects of opening a
home; ‘‘both the positive and

pilfered

plate was found abandoned in
the Swartz Bay ferry terminal
early Oct..27. It was traced to
‘Hornby, who moved to Pender
Island last fall.

The man who reported the

plate was missing said he sold’

the car to Hornby last year.

attending |

the negative,’’
worker Kelly.

“if you’re at the. stage. of
thinking seriously of becoming
a foster parent, you should: go
through the course,’’ says Pear-
son a 15-year veteran. ‘‘It's
worth a try.”’

Workshops are also offered
to active foster parents. Penin-
sula parents have formed an
association. which holds formal

says

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and informal meetings each

‘If-you’ve got love in your
heart and an extra bed in your
home, you should think about

~ becoming a foster parent,’’ says

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Anyone interested should
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social services and housing, 656-

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scheduled to begin on April 6.
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