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Haton Developmental Centre The only limitations are what we impose Lawrence Smuckler director of the new Developmental Centre believes every child is en titled to an education He feels the object of the Centre located in 13000 square feet of space the Ernest C Drury School Milton is to get severely retarded and multiple handicapped child to do as much for them selves as they possibly can To achieve this goal the centre has a staff of 10 highly qualified persons to work with a total of school age children An army of leers will work on a one-to- one ratio with the children who are bused to Milton from all over Region Special care The Centre has been est ablished to help children who need more specialized care than already offered at schools for the menially retarded It is a place where severely handicapped child ren will be helped with behav ioral problems the schools are not equipped to handle Areas of greatest con centration will be in self help and social skills Walking dressing personal hygiene eating and language develop ment are high priorities of the program which began April Mr belie ability who cant be Id never predict childs potential ill be he says Were not working with special people we re working with children with learning problems who require special training Its no big deal he insists He believes the only lions on these children are the limitations society imposes The more severe the fundi cap Ihe more resources and staff is needed to teach the child Mr Parental relief is a major reason for the program at the Centre Parents are involved in the program so they can continue the approach at Parent training programs will be set up with workshops and home visits as part of the overall picture Our object here is to get people t do as much for Ihcm selves as Ihey possibly tan Mr says Our ultimate goal is o make sehes Ihe Centre is jointly operated by the Burlington North and Associations for the retarded and is funded the of and Social I la Centre will serve students on a a m to p m basis he children are drawn from nursery schools and of Schools for the retarded the children it will be the first school ever attended Individual programs ill be arranged for each child with the hones the child will benefit from a higher level program in The Acton Free Press Wed Apt 21 1 1 Move to censure CAO fire staffers fails LAWRENCE SMUCKLER is the director of the new Halton Developmental Centre for severely retarded and multiply handicapped children located at Ernest C School in Milton He received his masters degree in child and devel opmental psychology in New York and now lives in Milton with his family id class Volunteers mil pla a crucial part in the program and those interested maj call learn more ol the work needed I he been carefully with is backgrounds as possible for Hall Linda Brown Velma Pal Judith Mathieu Peggy Barbara Bella and Diane Ii holds a masters degree in child and developmental psychology Chief Administrative Officer Ernie escaped being officially censured by the Regions Administration Committee Wednesday However he was severely chastized during a discussion that took a large part of the morning s meeting Oakvillc Councillor Carl urged the committee officially express its dis satisfaction in the way the handled a reccnl staff transfer That motion failed But committee members con to verbally assault the Not known In December of 197 Regional Treasurer Don Far requested tvo people be added to his department On first glance the committee denied that request but later agreed thai if two people could be taken from Centennial Manor and their functions transferred to headquarters they could be added to the staff What in fact happened and remained unknown lo committee until this month at he to travel to Burlington to work on sequcntly they resigned and new people were lured PSYCHOLOGIST DIANE YOUNG is one of staff of persons working with children at the new Halton Developmental Centre She helps Susan control her motor activity with the aid of the tape recorder The prof essional workers are well qualified with honors BAs and masters degrees in psychology Manor budget cut Administrator of Halton Centennial Manor Stan Allen must look for areas in his budget where he can cut Mr Allen re ceived that directive from Administration Committee after the commit tee examined the budget Wednesday Committee made no w here the cut should be made but claimed the in creased region share of about per cent was not In 1975 it cost to run Centennial Manor and of that the region paid nt understand This sear the budget stands at and the regions share is Making Ihe motion to cut he budget Councillor Carl said mo tion that called for blind cuts but claimed he couldnt make enough sense of the budget lo make detailed Councillor Jim Watson ask ed hat Ihe daily rates charg ed for residents be reviewed He suggested consideration should given to increasing fees to those with the ability to pay Hills Mayor Tom Hill said he had worked on many budgets prepared by Stan Allen had never found them lo be padded 141000 in 28000000 he asked Have Responding to questions Mr Allen suggested that if the committee wanted to take all it wanted from the resi dents there was enough money there to run Ihe home at a profit He referred to fin anclal reserves of Ihe He indicated the first areas he would cut from the budge would be in area of main lenance but suggested that would be penny wise and pound foolish llumeniuk barber shop lad a charming display for faster in the front window VOLUNTEER EDITH BIELBY supervises sandbox play of two little girls at the new Halton Developmental Centre located at Ernest C Drury School in Milton Half of the proposed 30 children are now in the centre which began operations April The remaining 15 children will be introduced gradually The centre is asking for more volunteers DONT FORGET OUR CHICKEN SPECIAL SEE PAGE 3 For Summer Comfort Mens Womens Playtrek Soft Leather Uppers Plantation 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Councillor Jim Watson opposed motion to express dissatisfaction in Mr Held recognizes the different between department beads He trying to on the best lie can He could jump on one or two department heads but in stead lies taking the blame himself Burlington Mayor George Harrington supported Watson s stand Harrington usually takes a tough stand in slnff matters He admitted that he had become confused in the maze of paper and claimed there was a problem in keeping lines of communications open But theres no sense putting your bead in the Attempts full After two to have the censured and sub sequent attempts to the two new employees fired had all a report on the pro was commissioned Thai report will address it self to the workload al he Manor and lo pros and cons of centralizing staff trcasi headquarters Work not transferred Bui Manor Administrator Stan Allen said some of the functions performed the people who resigned is still carried out at the Manor Mayor Hurry Bar rcll insisted that the 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