M ay 6, 1987, P o rtla n d O bserver, Page 7 Drugging America's Children PCC A n n o u n ces First "C e le b ra tio n of the A rts " P ortland C o m m u n ity C ollege is in v itin g the p u b lic to th e scho ol s first annual "C e le b ra tio n o f the A rts M ay 11 ,6 at S ylva nia Cam pus. 12000 S W 49th A v e A ll events w ill be free o f charge The ce le b ra tio n w ill reco gn ize the fin e arts represe nted in the PCC curri culum : litu ra tu re , m usic, dra m a dance and a fu ll range o f visual a its N um erous day and eve ning events have tieen sche du led th ro u g h o u t the week, in c lu d in g lite rary w o rk s h o p s le ctu re s and rea dings, m usical and dra m atic p e rfo rm a n ce s a n ti da nce and art d e m o n s tra tio n s by p ro m in e n t regional a rtists and p e rfo rm ers, PCC stu d e n ts and fa c u lty m em b ers by E ldridge Lew is A m e rica 's m u lti b illio n dollar "W a r on Drugs aim ed at illegal street dru gs is far fro m co m p reh ensive as a strateg y " I t s w a rfa re w ith o u t ade qu ate reconnaissance, says Dr B u rn e tt Rucker a ph ysicia n w h o prac tices in th e heart o f the Black c o m m u n ity o f Los Angeles The w h o le cam paign disregards th e unnecessary and fre q u e n t d ru g g in g o f childre n tfia t legally goes on everyday W e .tie, in e ffe c t, try in g to clam p d o w n on drug a d d ic tio n o n th e s tre e ts w h ile w e are busy m a kin g d iu g a d d ic ts in the s c h o o ls ." Rucker says th a t the increasing us«' of drugs in scho ols across the coun try has n o w taken on alarm ing p ro p o rtio n s This tre n d o f g ivin g m ore and m ore childre n a d d ictive m ind a ffe c tin g drugs, in som e cases sim ply her ause teachers are inept at keeping stud ents inte rested and disciplin ed, m ust t>e b ro u g h t un d e r c o n tro l Part o f th e p ro blem , be says, is tfia t p sych ia try has expanded it's diag no sis o f c h ild h o o d m en ta l disorders In the last 10 years the nu m be r o f cbil dren assessed as m e n ta lly ill has increased over ,0 tim es or 1000 percent Yet in ve stig a tio n reveals that the reason for this is not so m uch a change 10 childre n, h u t in the m e th o d s used to diagnose p sych o lo g ica l disorders N o w there virtu a lly iso t a single aspect of any c h ild 's no rm al behavior that c o u ld n o t be ju d g e d .is a s y m p to m o f one o f the m any new classdii a tio n s o f "m e n ta l illness If a ch ild is sim ply in a tte n tiv e im p u lsii e nr high ly a ctive he 01 she could for in sta nce tie diagnosed as sug ge ririg from A tte n tio n D e ficit Disorder (A D D ) S om e of th e signs that teachers are advised to w a tc h for include n o t fin ish in g th in g s d iffic u lty c o n c e n tra tin g m i s. ho o l w o rk la. k o f organi zational a b ility ne ed ing supervision t ailing out in 1 lass .11 tin g before th in k in g alw ays on ttie g o . I and being easily distra. ted G e r a ld in e H P e a rs o n Pearson Earns D o c to ra te A t O regon S ta te G eraldine H Pearson, a C entral P oint Rd resident and s ta ff m em ber at P ortla nd C o m m u n ity College, has earned .1 D o cto r of P h ilo soph y degree M any o f these s y m p to m s are th e very thin gs th a t poor tea. flin g and la. k o f classroom c o n tro l w o u ld b o n g about Yet 1, is the te.ii hers w tio se sole rep orts are o fte n the basis for p u ttin g p ro blem . hildre n on d r u g s Ritalin is p ro b a b ly the m ost fre q u e n t jis y i h ia tric d iu g dispensed to sch o o l c h ild re n to c o u n te r a tte n tio n Id in ulties S o m e researchers w arn th a t the d ru g is da ng erou s and addir t.ve Tfie do. u tn eoted le n g th y list of side ettei ts fro m R ita lin in clu d e a ■ "ty insom nia depression, head aches, fevers epileptu seizures co n vu lsio n s and m any other tea. linos fro m th e O regon S ta te U n iversity C ollege o f E du ca tio n in the field o f opera tio n s analysis A g ra du ate c o m m itte e has rei om m e n d e d tfia t P earson's dissertatio n "S tra te g ic P roblem S olvin g in th e C o m m u n ity College A n A n a lytic M o d e l ’ , be p u b lish e d since it o ffe rs a new p re si n p tiv e m od el for problem so lvin g in aca de m ic and oth er settin gs, Pearson said Pearson earned a B A and M A in English fro m the U n ive rsity o f Ore g o n and U n ive rsity of P ortland, resp ective ly S h i“ has been on the PCC s ta ff fo r 16 years, w o rk in g p re sen tly on special p ro je c ts for the 1 ollege Pearson also w as a p p o in te d re ce n tly to th e bo a rd o f trustee s o f the Pact fic In te rn a tio n a l Livestock E xpo sitio n tfia t p s ych ia trists usually put d o w n to fu rth e r 'm e n ta l illness D u ring w ith d ra w a l fro m Ritalin w in . h o tte n lasts up to 1 m o n th atte i the dosage has been red uce d or sto p p e d alt |ethet there is even a serious risk o f suu ide A nd < o iitiiiu in g m ental .1' • ■ (te c h l i o n the drug fie g u e n tly e xte nd years in to the fu tu re even after tin hild has s to p jie d takin g it M en ta l he a lth re fo rm gro up s acn th. ...id ry ire 1 .w I ie. Jinr 1.1111 to suggest th a t m any c h ild h o o d in e rtia all are really just the side el fectS o f psyi h ia tric d ru g s used in itially lo . m il on u b e h a v io r p ro b le m s A dd ed to the situ a tio n 1. ord m g I P u k e i , th e la I tha t virtua lly all the p ro blem s that d ru g s such as Rita ,0 lie used I tre it ( an n o w he hand A w a rd & D ance T im e Rose C ity C o n n e ctio n w ill be h o s tin g its first annual S cho la rship A w a rd b V o lu n te e r R e co g n itio n Dance on S atu rday M ay 23, 1987 at the V isco un t H o te l, 1441 N E 2nd The da n ce w ill be he ld fro m 8 p m to 2 a m The co st is $5 00 ad ults, and $3 00 fo r stu d e n ts and seniors D upree Casey w ill be th e guest D J T im e is fro m 8 p m . to 12 a.m A t the dance, scho la rship s w ill be presented to several Black high school seniors fro m the P ortla nd m e tro area w h o are p la n n in g to fu rth e r their edu c a tio n after g ra d u a tin g this sp rin g V o lu n te e rs arid su p p o rte rs of Rose City C o n n e c tio n w ill also be recognized Rose C ity C o n n e c tio n is a v o lu n te e r o rg a n iz a tio n w h o s e p u rpo se is to led w ith o u t the use o f d in g s at all "The real losers as p s y c h ia try tu rn s m o re a n d m o re of its a tte n tio n to ch ild re n , ate the yo u n g Ritalin like other a m p h e ta m in ........ h a .p e e d ) is a very serious d ru g to use T h e n ». a ve ry real p o s s ib ility th a t at .m n e p o in t in the fu rtu re there w ill he a ■ '. , ir ji re a liz a tio n th a t , • .h o u ld e v e r have been p u t on it in th e first plat a B ut the leal issue IS tha t < hildren sho uld not tie p u t on any dr in | 1.1 so lve p ro blem s th .it can bn resolved t>\ im p ro v in g the • dot itm ' »I .y .iem At this p o in t, to co n tin u e the w idespread p s v h i, tin Jru .” 1 M an .7 pi s u it $1 50 D f« <*» $4 IK) h up P u n ts b SI n ks $ 1 Zh T0PX V V V Dry Cleaning S p in u il pu» ♦••• »,»»»>»! o u tir y < assistance is available th ro u g h the Y M C A o ffic e C o n ta c t ftie W ash in g fo n C o u n ty Y M C A at 294 3345 for re g istra tio n in fo rm a tio n A B I «Mr«»- A M I HH* A l l l> e 4 A Woo» Aw**o*Ao lobo O» ■ ■ * • A A- • ■ lMg (tr y M a y b e yo u r scales d o n t sh o w it bu t th e fact is your b o d y changes its w e ig h t fro m m in u te to m in u te • » •* •***> w * o « o oo w p t i t ' « M i t i M usi pu k up w ith in 30 » 'I.b .il ♦ .»•.» .«’t. . 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