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Western Carolinian Volume 43 Number 23

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  • MARCH 2, 1978/THE WESTERN CAROLINIAN/PAGE 9 ^valvation Center assists the young with their handicaps participation in all activities instead of their ususal program of excluding her from social activities. At home, sell-help skills such as dressing, yyere demonstrated to the family. The county pediatrician noted walking difficulties and thus referred Susan for orthopedic evaluation. The DEC attended the evaluation and interpreted the orthopedist's suggestions for the family, and the child developmental center staff. Further in-depth studies were done in the areas of cognitive and motor development as well as speech and hearing. Susan again visited the DEC and took the Joe Harly watches as this youngster makes his way through the tunnel of life. McCarthy Scales of Children's Abilities Test. Written vocal imitation and motor development programs were developed and given to the pre-school center and the family. The assessment also made Susan eligible for funds as a retarded child. These funds made it possible for Susan to continue attending the center. In addition, Susan was evaluated at the University Speech and Hearing Center, where individual language theory was initiated. Susan, at age five years and nine months, dresses and undresses herself, interacts with other children much more, converses with unfamilar adults, and frequently speaks in complete sentences. Susan's mother has come from once believing that her child would be excluded from school to vocalizing a desire that Susan attend regular kindergarten. One of the very special aspects of the DEC team, as you can see from Susan's case study, is the closeness the team maintains with the family it serves. In our Appalaehia region, such home-based study is necessary as many families are self-sufficient and resent the intervention of strangers trying to tell then how to best raise their children. Lack of transportation to the center also necessitates the team's going to the family. By going into the home and getting to know the family, the team is better able to obtain cooperation from them in implementing appropriate programming. The enduring parent-child relationships may well be the major indicators of success or failure of any DEC work. The DFX" does not provide services only to young handicapped children in rural areas. They are also involved in education programs, workshops, sharing ideas yvith other agencies, and constantly retrainii keep up with new ideas in developmental evaluatio Recently, one of the area team members. I.ydia Ross participated in a workshop in Asheville. giving a lecture and demonstration on preparing children for shots and hospitalization. She emphasized the importance of employing listening techniques when working with children. The DEC often participates in such workshops, informing the public about techniques in dealing with small children. Also the DEC appears in the classroom from time to time to help professors, especially in the psychology department, explaining in-depth procedures. One of the major functions of the DEC is to inform the general public that services for handicapped children are available through its offices. Programs, including the presentation of a slide show entitled "A Touch of Hope," have been presented to the Kiwanis Club. Lions Club, and other area organizations. The programs enphasize the importance of home-based work in our mountainous area as well as the closeness that develops between client and caseworker in the home setting. The DEC works closely with such county agencies as public health and social services, local physicians, and any other source that might supplement services offered by the DEC. By sharing ideas yvith other people involved in children's health care the DEC team is better able to recommend proper services for children as well as their families. Presently the center is sponsoring a temporary group parent-child research program. The group meets twice a week for sessions in individually planned intervention programs. Another new program includes the study of new-born babies. New approaches are being taken regarding infant care and the DEC is educating themselves in the areas of pre-natal and post-natal care, especially concerning the mother's role. The work being done at the Developmental Evaluation Center here at WCU is part of a seven-county program including centers in Murphy. serving Cherokee. Clay and Graham Counties; Waynesville. serving Haywood County; and our local center, scrying Jackson. Macon, and Swain Counties. For further information or consultation, contact Dr. Hovt Ponder, director of the DEC in 206 Killian Annex, NOWAT U.'S "Little Feat" live WAITING FOR COLUMBUS Produced by Lowell George On Warner Bros. Records and Tapes W TOP 100 RECORDS open 7 days a week 9 a.m. - 8 p.m. t.d.'s »«NEWS STAND m Si IIEC OKI! SIIOI»< ,7iiovvi.«M>
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The Western Carolinian is Western Carolina University’s student-run newspaper. The paper was published as the Cullowhee Yodel from 1924 to 1931 before changing its name to The Western Carolin...

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