Ontario Community Newspapers

Georgetown Herald (Georgetown, ON), August 17, 1988, p. 31

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Wcdneadiy IT Page Children need protection its up to us rated Nearly half of all childhood deaths in industrialized countries ace caused by traffic accidents And Furthermore have concluded thai it is adults not children who take responsibility for the traffic which have become the No childhood killer The finding is that children simply are insufficiently developed to cope with traffic differs sharply from logic specially for small children the barrier between the real world the world of fantasy is Vague All too a small child game begun the playground ends in the dangers Logic not the same It has been pointed out that the traffic environment is designed and directed by adults who do not take into consideration a child needs and his particular logic which often Children also believe that cars an slop immediate They know nothing about Ihc distance required Tor a car to brake is also apparent thai a child can only do one thing at a time A year old on his bicycle thinks only about his cycling he has no left to dedicate lo the automobile traffic around him reality a child up to the age of is deaf and blind in traffic to Children have trouble orienting themselves in traffic by means of hearing which an adult does unconsciously speed do not have an adult ability to distinguish bet ween vital essential sounds on streets and loads Children also blind faith crosswalks them is of p Analysi another oft forgotten fact children are by definition small They cannot sec over hedges and bushes before venturing out into the street and they cannot see over car roofs to take into account a moving car passing a vehicle which has Hazards lor small pedestrians Children everyday environment them to a variety of traffic risks Corners with bushes and trees obstructing the view playgrounds situated on heavily travelled streets and schools without properly protected crosswalks are just a few examples of the hazards small pedestrians and cyclists must contend with daily What this boils down is that there is one basic problem with our traffic environ mem adults assume children can be taught lo behave as adults do in traffic They simply instructing children about traffic hazards has only a limited Adult motorists thus have a moral obligation to be aware children s behaviour in traffic It is up to us to be and to anticipate Early diagnosis is the key to preventing behavior problems Mike is eight years old anil so far most thing he has learned in school is how to fail He has trouble read seldom finishes a project and has difficulty concentrating When his teach speak in class he listen Months pass and his parents rung nic he learning properly buy s self image sinks a bit lower years later Mike is si feet ill and still barely can read Two facts thinned however Mike now has ptob as signed to him by juvenile court and it tends school on in The above scenario is every liclllmitL accord n to and educator J is help for kids like Mike it ihc can he diagnosed ind ml ire A diagnostic evaluation and par conference is Greene first in remediation process Once the satiric the learning problem is identified comes developing a assist strategy thai fits child s sir lie says may be dome poorly in sill Mil because lie or she t re id efficiently or c in eon enough His le I down then ill Hit ok sue in learning hyperactivity low sell i sensor impiirment dysfunction inline tile- ind in warning sun lis r le inline problems of child Greene sllcssnes lo foil indu of a possible says esses the import ice or in their child nd thai they must be and in mi stance money to help solve u learning and few the helm ill parents of disabled Id iniisi learn to handle Tor most couples producing i child is rcl ilively he says it child Ik tonic hippy sell ind self lonlident can Ik far more dill cult The process love and hit of skillful parenting Parents is he primary which Can ensure that a illild be comes a kid who loves school and mil one who hates it LAZY DAY Summer is Over and BacktoSchool Shopping starts right here in Georgetown LAZY DAY 78 Main Street Downtown Georgetown 8732233

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