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WITBY FR] Summer st udents at Whithy Psych By S. GREENAWAY Free Press Staff Stuclents from surroun- ding unîversities, com- rnunity colleges and high sehools are spending the summer working at the Whitby Psychiatrie Hospital and ioving it. Experience '80, a projeet started eight years ago by the Youth Secretariat, ern- ploys students to serve as social workers in the provin- ces psychiatric hospitals. This year 15 students are working at the Whitby Psychiatrie hospital ten- ding patients and generaliy gaining an active inisight in- to the workings of its facilities. 4We try to set up a progrem that wili allow the studei.. -. to work in ail dif- ferent sections of the hospitai to give thern an overail experience", s"id project co-ordinator Jen- nifer Grey. The students Ywork in nur- sing, recreational and 'baby- sitting' capacities at the hospital.* "4The projeet gives them a social, recreation and theraputic experience," said Grey. The students fromn univer- sities and community colleges started to work in May of this year while high school students didn't start until June 16. Set schedules are prepared on a weekly for- mat giving the students an opportunity to work in three different departrnents a day, said Grey. There were no preretýuisates for the students except for an overail interest in the program. Fitness fits in. 'jý "They're going to get alot of experience out of this summer."e The work week begins on Mondays at 8 a.m. going un- tii 4:30 p.m. through Friday while a second shift begins at 12:30 p.m. and runs until 9:30. Several of the students have and do re-appiy said Grey. Every Friday mor- ning the students attend a serninar given by a different speaker each week. "Speakers give taiks on a variety of different subjects which provides a good way for thern to learn, " said Grey. Every second Friday the students hoid a speciai event which could range anywhere from a car wash to the up- corning carmival. "I1 put rny application in the day I finished last year. This year I arn working in work shops and that makes for a pretty busy day," said Diana Micailef, a return student., III think I enjoy working over in the Geriatria ward," said Leona Rodai, a fourth year eariy childhood major at Ryerson. "lYou realiy feel like you're doing sornething over there, and yoy tend to over- corne alot of your fears about growing oid. " The students tended to agree that working in .the hospitai was a beneficiai ex- perience, both in a field reiated and personai capacity. III now have a totaiiy dif- ferent outiook of the hospitai," said Lisa Batt, a hurn kenetics student at Guelph. 'II don't feel like I'm in darkness the way I used to 'Grease is the word' Lisa Batt slicks back her D.A. while Karen Searle looks on in unashamed admiration. The pair are students par- ticipating in a summer work program put on by the Youth Secretariat ernploying university, high school and college students to work at provincial psychiatric hospitals. This pair, along with 13 others are spending their summer at the Whitby Psychiatric Hospital. be. It isn't such a scary place like the steriotype has made it out to be. " Grey feels that the studen- ts are benefiting frorn the experience. They treat the patients SO weil, said Grey. -I II .P i~AUMINUM LIMITED establlshed 1949 845 Farewell St., Oshawa PH ON E 728-1633 j former owner of NEWIMAGE H41RSTYLES Sto uffv ille has joined our staff WITH THIS COUPON Tues. and Thurs. onl g: co0upo-zý LA CONTESSA. rIL2BEAUTY LOUNGE 119 Creen Street 668-9262 mu -mmm- mm - mm mm mm - == -m m- m *ERDC IORSMERMMRE *IT CUTMIAIYPOOIIHN ON KOACLO I KTIROE m , FRERPACMN IMO OAILRrmm FOIOR ERS LOATO AL68m15 *IT THSA IVE1%O IUX IUC FF I Iummmummmmmmmum 4i DENTURE THERAPY CLINIC 111 DUNDAS STREET WEST WHITBY 668-1464 -qw 'Im- -Iqqý m