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W»»W W. 11 * Page 8 ...T h e P o r tla n d O b s e rv e r...S e p te m b e r 30, 1992 Education Update: “School Improvement” Continued 1992-93 Flu Season Coming Up H ouston-B oth influenza A and influenza B eouldcireulaie during what is predicted to be a mild to moderate 1992-93 flu season. People in high - risk groups should get vaccinated early. The flu strains expected this sea son are A/Texas (H1N1), B/Panama and B/Qingdao. A/Texas and B/Panama are cov ered by the 1992-93 vaccine, said Dr. W. Paul Glezen of the Influenza R e search Center at Baylor College o f M edicine in Houston. B/Qingdao is not included in the vaccine, but it is closely related to B/Panama. The sim i larity will provide vaccine protection. The A/Texas strain was isolated at B aylor’s Flu Center. “People in high risk groups should get vaccinated soon,” G lezen said, “ in case this season’s outbreak occurs early, as happened in 1991-92.” People at high risk o f flu com pli cations are the elderly as well as those with heart disease; lung disease, in cluding asthma and chronic bronchi tis; diabetes; chronic kidney disease; chronic anem ia, including sickle cell disease; and immune-system disorders. D is c u s s F o rm u la s Before C h ild ’s B irth If parents plan to bottle feed, they should discuss formulas with theirphy- sician prior to the b aby’s birth. “There is such a large selection o f form ulas, it is never too early to talk about choices.” said Dr. Kathleen J. M otilo fth e USD A ’sC hildren’sN utri- tion Research Center at Baylor C ol lege of Medicine in Houston. Formulas com e in three kinds: casein/w hey, soy and hydrolysate. C ow ’s-m ilk-based casein/w hey formulas work for most infants, Motil said, but the soy-based formula may be appropriate for infants who cannot tolerate casein/whey or have a family history o f allergies. Hydrolysates, which contain pre- digested cow ’s milk protein, are the easiest to digest but the most expen sive, she said. Parents can provide valuable background information, enabling their pediatrician to recommend formula best suited for their infant. C h ild re n May Need H elp W ith V is its to D o cto r Going to a physician’s office can be unsettling for a child, but there are things parents can do to help. Dr. Lynnda Dahlquist o f Baylor College of Medicine in Houston offers these tips: • Keep the child’s mind off the treatment through distractivecon- versation about pleasant things; have the child imagine a pleasant scene or memory. • Stay relaxed; children can sense your anxiety. • Have the child look away orclose his eyes during the procedure. • Let the child know exactly what to expect; if the procedure will be painful, say so. M i ; < . . • Use comforting words such as, “ Y ou’redoingagood jo b .” Never say such things as, “ Big boys don’t cry.” • Ask the doctor to explain the pro cedure in simple but accurate terms. • Use a doll to demonstrate exactly what will take place. N e u ro su rg ica l P rocedure Can a lle via te P a rkin so n 's A neurosurgical procedure know n as thalamotomy may halt or reduce the tremor o f Parkinson’s disease. Thalamotomy stops overactivity in certain cells in the thalamus, a clus ter of brain cells that relays nerve impulses associated with movement. “Thalamotomy is very effective in patients whose main symptom is muscle trem or,” said Dr. Robert G. Grossman, a neurosurgeon at Baylor College o f M edicine in Houston. “T he stan d ard tre a tm e n t for Parkinson’s disease, a drug called lcvodopa, gradually loses its effec tiveness and can cause severe side effects in some people,” Grossman said. W ith thalamotomy, a local anes thetic is applied to the scalp and a metal frame attached to the head. An opening the size o f a keyhole is made and an electrode inserted into the thala mus. An electrical current stops the targeted nerve cells’ activity. The surgery has an 85 percent success rate. BY PROF. MCKINLEY BURT I i rtainly got some action from i last w eek’seom m entson “O regon’s S, iol Improvement Act”. A local ac- x anted to know, “who did I think I w is ’ , daring to criticize the estab lishment. 1 couldn’t resist “ floor show- ■.ng” on him, naming those in agree- me with my less than favorable opin- ii egon Education Association, the Scik : A dm inistrators organization, many P .T .A .s-ju st for starters. So 1 as objectives are concerned (not strategies or procedures), there is not that much difference between the goals of the state superintendent and k lslature and what I hoped to achieve w hen I came back to Portland in 1969. 1 real difference was/is the power . ture Several people who are fa il ,ar with the “Scicnce/Industry/Edu- < n t enter’T se tu p b a c k th c n o n S .E . Belmont and 24th called the moment they read o f the “new Oregon School Improvement Act” which would take u into Year 2000 with no sweat. Ha! Ha! Since I have written in detail about 0. project before (with pictures o f the h aiding and equipment), I will simply c ne points relevant to todays learning p ! an s. I was fresh from a very rewarding o eiK c in The Dalles Oregon where a a school district loan from the ac- aam 'department of a large indus- , a! i l.mt, I designed and m anaged a \lath/scicnce project” that won a Na- Sc icnce Foundation Award for ¡ i t. The important thing here is ’ that 26 years ago I had already accom plished what O regon’s State and local systems are belatedly attempting to struc- tu re -th e “Science/Industry/Education” integration mentioned earlier. This was even before the rise o f the “Community colleges” here. Tw o o f the people who have called me since the “im provem ent A ct” was announced were 12 or 13 year-olds at the Dalles junior high school when I con ducted the project. One is now a teacher there, and the other is CEO o f the Bea verton Electronics firm where I am on the board o f directors (this spring I will be doing a reprise o f that 1966 dem on stration; nationw ide via satellite. It will be a little easier this time, since some people are finally catching on to reality. Back then, I had to round up half the members o f my Toastm asters Club and a number of plant personnel to com plete the structure desired; electronic engi neer, Bell Telephone em ployees; com puter specialist, industrial systems man ager, science teacher, and a curriculum w riter-p lu s a friendly local rancher to pay for long distance com puter and voice grade lines, and terminal rents. You see what I meant last week when I voiced my unhappiness with the enthusiastic but disorganized approach of the proponents o f this act. I worked everyday with the personnel, system sand equipment above. Thats Why The Project W orked! There is another m atter relevant to that S.E. Belm ont operation. I set up in 1969 after leaving the Dalles. Those parents (and some teachers) who might be inclined to accept all the rhetoric, metaphors and buzz words accom pany ing this new “improvement" crusade need to be aware that “beauty lies in the eye of the beholder”. On “open house” day 1 gazed with pride and stood with a firm grip on the future as I surveyed 3000 sq. ft. of the most sophisticated science, com m unications and educa tion equipm eni attainable. The same kind used in the huge M artin M arietta Aluminum Company I had ju st quiL But this was mine all mine. As it turned out, o f all the many people who flowed through the facility on that opening day, teachers, princi pals, parents pupils— few had a clue, then or six months later, as to what it was really all about, this integration o f school, the office, the plant and the infrastructure. I had designed manuals, lectures, tapes and some beautiful di rect mail prom otions-and had called on any number of teachers, principals and superintendents. My 47 thousand dollars and several loans ebbed away while I held on by getting some con tracts in the Seattle area and Puyallup, W ashington where timber-rich Indians had much better com m unications and graphic equipment than the Portland Schools. This, o f course, is the very same school district that didn’t understand what I was doing then, in 1970, or in 1980 or in 1990. A few are beginning to awaken to a modem world and begin to inquire about my “new ” methods. Con tinued next week A Brand New Store With Over IV2 Acres o f Fabrics! 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