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About Portland observer. (Portland, Or.) 1970-current | View Entire Issue (Aug. 31, 1978)
Albina Center provides health programs The A lb in a H um an Resources Canter with its various divisions of fers numerous services for children ages one through four years. The Dental Clinic provides routine care for children thirteen years of age and under, as well as emergency care for children to eighteen years of age. The clinic prefers to serve low-income clients who have no insurance, health plan, or welfare assistance. Eligibility is determined by family size and income level. Children generally begin coming to the clinic at the age of two years when all the baby teetlj are in. This age group has cleanings, fluoride treatments, and checkups for decay. The dentists look for baby-bottle syndrome which results in rapid tooth decay due to a child’s longtime exposure to sugar — the bottle pulls sugar in milk or other liquids against the upper teeth for a long period of time. The one to four years olds are also treated for ac cidents since they tehd to have more falls. The Children and Youth Project provides comprehensive health ser vices to children with medical needs, ages birth through eleven years. W o rking with the C om m unity Health Nursing Well Child Clinic, the county provides such services as medical, nursing, dental and mental health evaluation and treatment; health, nutrition and home economics evaluation and education, and referrals for x-ray, laboratory, and out-patient treatm ent. The highly individualized care involves a complete physical assessment of the child and a regular schedule for im munizations. The Mental Health Clinic offers services for young children and their parents. When problems arise, parenting groups are available for the families. Ideally, children go with their parents into the parenting groups before the age of four. By coming to the sessions before there is an identifiable problem, problems can be prevented before they occur. Mental Health also offers some in- dividual fam ily counseling. On Friday mornings a child psychiatrist is available at the Center for evaluations with both child and parent; some short-term counseling is provided. Again, the objective is to prevent problems before they occur or get worse. The Center’s Pediatrics Clinic of fers acute care for children from birth to eighteen years o f age. The clinic deals with sick children, gives im munizations and physicals, and watches the child’s growth and development. I f problems with speech, hearing, or other develop ments are observed, the child is referred to specialists for further treatment. W om en, Infants and C hildren Supplemental Food Program (W IC ) is housed in the Center. Funded by the USDA and the state, W IC offers a health program to people of low- income who are medically and n u trition ally needy. The W IC vouchers are available to people on a p rio rity system, with pregnant women, nursing women, and children under one rating highest. Specific foods are prescribed on the vouchers to help the women and in Members o f the Transportation Advisory Committee for the Port land School District will have their first regular meeting on Tuesday, September 12th at 7:30 p.m. in the Board Room o f the School District Administration Building. Interested persons are invited to attend. The Committee, established last winter to advise the District on mat ters concerning student transpor tation service, is comprised o f nine members: five parents o f students using one of the various facets o f the I District’ s transportation program; two teachers; one principal; and an area administrator. e o W O fO Free FA? Cl« fants get the nutrients they most need. W IC workers also make referrals for medical and social pur poses. W IC serves children up to five years o f age. The Children’s Services Division at the Center provides several programs for children and their fam ilies. The Substitute Care program includes care for children in foster homes, institutions, or in a relative’s home. The Preventative/ Restorative Care program provides counseling in the home to try to maintain the family as a unit. The Permanent Planning program assures that a child has someone responsible for it and has a per manent home. This means anything from living with the natural parents to having the child free for adoption. The Protective Services program in sures that the child has the protection to prevent it from being abused or . neglected. This ranges from questions of physical or sexual abuse to those o f shelter, food, and - medical care. The Daycare program pays for Pap Clinic offers early detection, the best way to prevent cancer someone to come into the home to deaths. care for the child while the parent is employed, seeking employment, or American State Bank 2 7 3 7 N.E. Union 2 8 2 -2 2 1 6 Back to School W IT H S em ler S m a rt N ew Don’t let B L U R R E D V IS IO N and EYESTRAIN be Handicaps . . . have an Optometric Eye Examination and Precision Ground Lenses before School or College starts. No Appointment Needed I Z ! « Contact Lenses ! CREDIT I J "4OPL4MA” • EASY , ★ Come in Now • PCC Coscado bolds open bouse Portland should know about the Cascade Center so they can take ad vantage of a community college in their own backyard,” says Simpson. “ We have classes not only for people enrolled in full time programs but to prepare people to return to work af ter an absence, for enrichment or for hobbies,” she emphasizes. “ But,” Simpson adds. “ The pur pose of the open house is not only to let everyone know about the Cascade Center’s programs, but for everyone to have a good time.” Parents: Judy O rem , Doris Adams, Costella McCullough, San dra Stanley and Karen Stevens. Teachers: Syd Steinbock and Sam Davis. Principal: Custis Green. Area Administrator: Roy Carlson. The Committee will meet again on September 26th at 7:30 p.m. in the Board Room of the School District A d m in istratio n B uilding and thereafter on the second Tuesday o f each month at 7:30 p.m. Requests for in fo rm a tio n , suggestions, or comments may be directed to 234- 3392, Ext. 241 or to the Committee at meetings. hM,th h'*TorV with a new [ Clowns, helium balloons, free en tertainment and plenty of food will all be at Portland C om m unity College’s Cascade Center on Sun day, September 17th, for the center’s first open house. “ Cascade Center: Learning and Living Together,** is the theme of the Open House, which will be from 1:00-4:00 p.m., at the center located at 705 N. Killingsworth. “ We want to draw attention to the Cascade C e n te r,” says C laire Simpson, chairperson of the planning commit tee for the fair. “ We want people to come and enjoy themselves and to look over the place.” The planning committee is busy lining up entertainment, games and food to make the fair enjoyable for people of all ages. There will be hot dogs, pop and ice cream; clowns will be handing out helium balloons; free lapel buttons commemorating the open house will be handed out; local musical groups, folk dancers and other entertainers will be performing throughout the day. Anyone may enter a drawing for free tuition in a community education course. Also, history in structor Jack M cClusky will be giving his lecture on the King Tut exhibit in the center’s auditorium at 1:30 p.m. The college’s fall term class schedules will be available and coun selors will be at the open house to an swer questions about courses and to assist students in enrollment. Also, all departments at Cascade will open their doors to the public to show their facilities and explain their programs. Among the programs of fered at Cascade are developmental e d u c a tio n , p a r a p r o fe s s io n a l educational programs, nursing and optical technology. Courses are offered at Cascade in anthropology, art, biology, business administration, chemistry, commer cial art, communication with the deaf, crim inal justice, d rafting, economics, foreign languages, geography, health, education, history, home economics, humanities, journalism, literature, mathematics, music, philosophy, physical education, political science, psychology, sociology, speech, vocational teaching education, women’s studies, and writing. “ People in North and Northeast and R egal— • * * '- is ä t EYE E XA M P a r k I r«-r INfURAMCE -trrepied S emler O p to m etrists * Located in SEMLER OPTICAL O ffic e s A ls o In | S A LE M . 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The Homemaker service provides a teacher for the parent to show him how to cook, clean, and take care o f the children. The Housekeeping service provides care for the children in the home for a lim ited time. F in a lly , the Indo- Chinese Program provides services tor Indo-Chinese refugees to help them and their children become culturally oriented to the United States. Medical care is provided, and the children get medical care, daycare, and transportation. cliintCOm,nUnitV HMlTh WOrl<er d'*cu“ e* the i nuroaoy, August 31, 1878 r v .u a .iu u u a a r w r SALEM • 343-3101 033 Lancaster D riva N.E. S a la m , O ra fo n 07303 E U G E N E • 4 4 5 -0 4 1 1 500 V alle y R iver C an ter Eugana, O ra fo n 07M I LONGVIEW 120«) 4252R3O »1 T ria n g la Shopping C n tr. L o n fv ia w , W ashington >0032
