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PAGE 8, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1980, WHITBY FREE PRESS EPSF adopted by separate board By. S. GREENAWAY Free Press Staff A program to aid ln M detection and treatment ci learning disabilities was ac- cepted last week by the Durham Roman Catholîc Separate School Board, making them the second board in the province to do so. The Early Prevention of Sehool Failure- (EPSF) program will turn up next September in 32 regional kindergarten classrooms, at a cost of around $200 per room for guidelines and materials. Superintendant of Instruc- tion and Special Education, Ron Ste. Marie saîd the board rejected most of the screening devices ýwhich were open to them because many would "identify and not solve" the problems. "I don't think this program or any program will solve the needs of children for ahl time," he said.4 He described EPSF as more than just a program, calling it an important in- teraction 'between teacher, student and home. The program was developed by Luceille Wer- ner of Peotone, Illinois and has since been instituted in the United States and Europe. Ste. Marie said that at the beginning of the program ahl students entering their senior kindergarten year will be screened by a group of professionals. They will be subjected to a number of tests which wil help asses each child's development in visual, language, auditory; fine and gross motor skills. 4 Now is the time to- Save at Towne 1fiÈi- EiLit- g Il _ V JL L~lL- 'r iL ~.~iLZi -- i Lii:L. i '..z..ui~.. 'i I I t11 i ~L~L FLOOlI CEILINi I1ITO03 BRICKS - SHIGH m-I SELKIRK IISULATED CIMNEY PenimR. ses tex aend instUMion for a bueanert autwil end up 16 ft. f5ue flue flue 1591550'8495 865 620 18 INSTALLED CALTODAY FOR FR.. ESTIMATES I. The goals of the programn are: (1) To identify not only the high risk children, but the moderate risk and gifted children as well. (2) To give the classroomn teacher useful information about each child's learning style and special needs, s0 that she can plan an ap- propriate program. (3) To facilitate com- munication amoung classroom teachers, specialists, and ad- ministrators by involving al in the screening process. (4) To assist sehool staff in giving parents specifie in- formation about their child's developmnent. Once the screening process is over the teani meets to share and discuss data. Another phase of the screening involves the an- FULL BRICK HÉÈARTH & SBACKDROP HEATSHIELDS for Woodburning Stoves $65O Tro CORNER UNIT FLAT ON WALL FULLY INSTALLED #4wm @Iyrpic Heat Circulator Fi relaces AS LOW AS .41 9ON DISPLAY Fisher CRAFTED I-ARROWSMUTH LAKIEWOOD KRESNO & VOYAGER'WOOD STOVES -e -WS__ $339. GLASS DOORS &- FIREPLACE INSERTS --,-ON DISPLAY qOWNE FIREPLACE CENTRE M346 King St. W. & F1. 579-91 31 swering of questions about the child's social and health history. Parents will also be asked about 18 questions concer- ning their child such as: Does your child play with any other children in the neighbourhood? Does your child have a room at home where he can do messy activities? Does you child have any responsibilities at home? "The awarness we will get by taking to parents will give us at least some idea of what we are working with when we work with a child," said Ste. Marie. Ste. Marie added that the questions will help teachers to understand how far the child's experiences have gone, giving them a base to build on. "If a child does not know that a tiger is a fury animal with orange and black stripes that ressembles a cat and has big eyes then the word tiger doesn't mean anything to that child," he said. In order- to aid children field trips will be organized to take the children out to experience different stimuli first hand. "That which a child feels emnotionally he won't soon forget. " "If the child can't relate to something àfter he's ex- perienced it, then maybe he may have some problems and we can look at them, " he said. Some questions were raised as to the security of the information which will be documented by the screening. Ste. Marie said that al material will be confiden- tial. He added that parents have the right to refuse an- swers to questions and that the board must have the permission of the parents to exchange information. "Any time the parents wish to have information removed they have that right by Iaw. If that they ask for it to be removed then it will be removed." "On a whole, 1 t.hink the program will help teachers to understand and prescribe the needs of the students bet- ter," sa id Ste. Marie. Jubi'lee The Jubilee'Chioir of the Whitby Senior Citizens' Activity Centre entered the recently held Central Ontario Exhibition where they received an honorable mention (in the form of a plague) for their efforts. The choir scored 87 marks during the competition and came in close on the heels of the Oshawa senior's choir. CLOCA grants builder right to construct home Three years of arguments ended last week when the Central Lake Ontario Con- servation Authority (CLOCA) granted- a developer the right to build a residence on lands located in the West Lynde Creek flood plain. SPECIA L 1 ALL TV iSERVICE ICALI WITH THISAD ONLY7 FALCON TV 426Simoe t.-S.723-0011 NOW OPEN SATURDAYS! au~'~- tI u i, pdVs and service r Murry Stroud was given persmission to build a. single residence on a lot' adjacent to Highway 2. The former owner of the property, Shad Spence, was granted a construction and fill permit by CLOCA in March, 1977, under the con- dition that no window on the two dwellings he proposed would be beneath the regional floodplain level. Spence had to demolish a 1,900 square foot dwelling which occupied the property at the time in order to make way for the two new dwellings. Since that time he did not fI in the property. Earlier this year Spence returned to his native Jamaica and the property went to Stroud. Stroud will be subject to the same conditions that Spence was given, if he is allowed to build the residen- ce onthe land. The application bas still to be approved by the Town of Whitby. IJARY SCHMUDE Custom Woodworklng and General Contractor *( SPECIALIZING IN WALL UNITS AND OTHER CUSTOM FURNITURE SEE OUR SHOWROOM DISPLAY I 528 Victoria St.E., (BASE LINE) PHONE: WhitbY, Ontario LIN 186 668683 bý IM m