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YORK COUNTYS TROUBLED CHILDREN McGregor defends use of his car By TERRY CARTER NEWMARKET Largo gaps and or inadequacies exist in every area of the community in York County dealing with troubled children a countywide survey pre sented recently to the Troubled Child Con- The report looks at our schools medical resources social welfare services and police and finds them all wanting in their efforts to meet the special needs of children with mental emotional and learn ing handicaps The survey which was prepared by members of the Canadian Mental Health Association York County branch is pari of a provincewide effort by the CMI1A Ontario division and the Junior League of Toronto to seek new or improved services far troubled children in Ontario The survey was highly critical of the menial health services under medical supervision available in York County It pointed out the entire county is served by psychiatric service in a gen eral hospital York County Hospital at Newmarket Children together with their parents can only been seen here on an outpatient basis The service lacks a volunteer pro gram it said although one is needed and adequate staffing is a real problem While there are two psychiatrists there is no child psychiatrist here is one psychologist full lime one part lime There Is one social worker on the staff The ser vice has no residential or inpatient facility to which cases can be referred after diag nosis has been made and there is no such facility available in the county Through Interviews and psycholo gical testing children can be diagnosed hut than home care and school involve ment no treatment Is available Groups home where professional agencies can send teenagers or where I are one of the countys biggest needs in the social welfare area the survey said TOP PRIORITIES Others In order of priority are day care centres In Aurora and Newmarket marriage and family counselling services dropIn and a larger Big Brother organization There are 14 nursery school pro- Community services full of gaps said they ought not to ic age group as latchkey children children in danger foster unwed mothers ens Aid social workers said re badly hampered in their lack of marriage counselling tonally disturbed children who need profes sional cure arc badly overworked in York County such children go to Training School when they should be receiving whieh lacks its This has further increased the work Hie CAS social workers and as a result caused inefficiency in other areas It would seem that he available probation officers work in the Criminal Courts They have with drawn from all family and juvenile cases unless they are on probation The report said there should be pre dial of all these cases and the Childrens Ah can only do this limited The survey said Big Brothers Asso ciation is staffed by one social worker who spend one half a day each week in Ihe county It also points out there are no group centres is building steadily POLICE SURVEYED None of the 12 police forces in the county has a youth bureau and only wo have separate officers working in the juven ile area said the report Aurora has one and two of their officers have had special psychological train ing and Vandorf OIP has two men assigned to the area but they have no special train ing fcr juvenile work There Is no juvenile detention home in the county The closest Is the Juvenile and Family Court building on St in Toronto but hey will not often lake lown children The report said police in the county da not keep statistics on juveniles so they have difficulty In setting priorities Police training seems be Inade quate In the juvenile field and time and staff to courses Is noncxistcnt There Is a complete lack of and commu nication between forces said the report The survey said top priorities in the area of he law arc youth bureau juvenile SCHOOL SYSTEM The county school system received the most favorable report of any of the four areas surveyed and the study pointed out bat when the surveyors were at work county schools were in the throes of merg ing a regional system 11 said both the new county public and separate school sys tem acknowledged the need for expansion in this area and are working on it report said schools offer profes sional counselling and guidance services with staff trained in special education attendance anil guidance counselling and but that only a limited volunteer program cited where children who an able retarded level but not up training level psychiatric the school system and mi AURORA Town said and for this Works Superintendent A reason he uses his own car McGregor last week dc- when necessary and col- fended his use of his per- mileage automobile for town from the town business and replied lo Mr McGregor town councils charge that conceded that he bad not he should be driving a pick- asked councils permission up truck the own purchased to reassign the use of the for his use In 1W8 truck Mr McGregor WEEK would be forthcoming Bui when the report MAY 3rd to May 9th Whereas the Newmarket Lions Club is a Music Festival in Newmmkel liuriiu the week of May 3rd to May J GOD SAVE THE QUEEN able at last weeks council meeting the deputyreeve asked thai it be referred to tin light of Mr McGregors The Eras headline on the The report which Truck explained the to he collects car mile for Mr McGregors age was in error Jecting to an Era article have to do on published April ex- plained that townowned running proper- truck originally in- tolI tended for his use is now The matter driven fulltime by Works arose during Herb Rolling and oration of a finance corn- other members of the town mittec report In council on maintenance staff April when Mayor Dick ing the water and sewage and Reeve Eve- disposal departments Buck questioned Mr He said he used McGregors use of his car truck until about three The reporl re- months ago when Mr Roll- questing an explanation normal duties lownowned truck but was There Is presently using bis own car on a no truck 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