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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.
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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
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