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Participants needed for ADHD Study
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Stale Farm*
Providing Insuidiice arid Financial Services
Goal is to Access health disparities in the minority community
Oregon Health Sciences Uni­
versity initiated and received
funding to conduct a research
study to learn the best approach
to provide support to families
with children with Attention
Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder
(A D H C ).
In his book. Attention Deficit
H y p eractiv ity D isorder, Dr.
Russell Barkley, suggests that
70 percent o f juvenile offenders
and 40 percent o f adult prison­
ers have ADHD and many are
undiagnosed or untreated.
Locally, OHSU is m aking an
effort to understand more about
ADHD, especially as it relates
to African Americans and other
populations.
From 2001-2005, the ADHD
research team at OHSU School
o f Nursing conducted a research
study to explore how families
manage ADHD and what sup­
ports they need in helping their
children. Inform ation was col-
P hotobv M ark W anhington /T he P ortland O bserver
Ann Beckett and Judy Kendall o f Oregon Health Sci­
ences University promote minority participation in a
study on Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder (ADHC).
lected from 157 families. More equally diverse between Afri-
than half o f the families were can-A m erican, Hispanic and
single headed households and white families.
M eet Jefferson’s New Leaders
Je fferso n H igh S chool has
nam ed four new academ y adm in­
istrators and is inviting the com ­
m unity to m eet them on T hurs­
day, M arch 1 fro m 5 p .m .to 7 p .m .
on the Portland C om m unity C ol­
lege C ascade Cam pus.
T he adm inistrators are Lavert
R obertson fo r Je ffe rso n 's A cad­
em y o f A rts and T echn o lo g y ;
M acarre Tray nham for the A cad­
em y o f S cience and T e c h n o l­
ogy; A urora L ora fo r the Y oung
W o m e n 's A cadem y w hich w ill
o pen in S ep tem b er; and W illie
H olm es fo r the Y oung M e n 's
A cadem y, also open in g in S e p ­
tem ber.
T h e ac ad e m y le ad e rs w ill
w ork w ith Jefferso n P rincipal
L e o n D u d le y to im p r o v e
ac h ie v em e n t for every student.
T he Jefferson com m unity will
also be offerin g its ap p reciatio n
to John W ilhelm i, w ho took a
special assignm en t first as in ­
terim principal at Jefferson High
S chool and then as head o f the
A cadem y o f S cien ce and T e c h ­
nology, and to Ju an ita V alder,
w ho spent m ore than four years
o n th e le a d e r s h i p te a m at
Jefferso n .
The reception takes place at
PCC’s M oriarty Arts and Hum ani­
ties building on the com er o f North
Killingsw orth Street and A lbina
A venue.
A ccording to the A D H D
team , results o f the study in d i­
c a te d th at th e d iffic u ltie s
A D H D p osed far ex ceed ed
the abilities o f fam ily m em ­
bers to cope. Family members
stated that their main concerns
ranged from difficulty obtaining
services for their child, lack of
Spanish speaking skills with
health professionals and refer­
ral bias towards African-Ameri­
can and Hispanic families.
There are two ways OHSU
will provide assistance for fami­
lies impacted by ADHD in fu­
ture trials. Participants will be
randomly assigned a group. The
intervention group, which in­
cludes home-based nurse case-
management or an information,
based group, which is provided
with written information only.
For further information on how
to participate in this study, call
John H o rv ic k at 5 0 3 -4 1 8 -
3603 ore-m ail pact@ ohsu.edu.
Embattled Civil Rights
Attorney to Speak
New York City lawyer Lynne
Stewart is acclaim ed for defending
poor people, radicals o f color, and
controversial figures. She was sen­
tenced to 28 m onths in prison on
charges o f abetting terrorism in a
trial described as "a triumph of fear
over reason" by M um ia Abu-Jamal.
Stewart will discuss her appeal
and the inspiration she draw s from
a legacy o f female resistance to
repression. Tuesday, March 6 at 7
p.m. at Portland State University in
the Multicultural Center, Room 228,
Smith Union. 1825 S.W. Broadway.
The free event with donations
welcome is sponsored by National
Lawyers G uild-Portland Chapter,
W om en's R esourceC enterofPSU ,
Freedom Socialist Party, Student
Legal and M ediation Services of
PSU, Radical W omen, Northwest
C o n s titu tio n a l R ig h ts C e n te r,
American Constitutional Society,
and Portland IW W -General M em ­
bership Branch.
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family reads. She will speak at 3:30
p.m. on T hursday, M arch 8.
M ab Segrest, professor o f gen­
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cut C ollege, is an activist and
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social justice organizations. Her
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M em oirofa Race Traitor. Segrest's
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March 9.
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768-7678.
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Madison High Police
Officer Violated Trust
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from Metro
Oregon State S h eriff s Association
who sits on the state agency's po­
lice policy com m ittee, made the
motion to revoke G raichen's police
certification.
"I found that his conduct was
som ething that was just com pletely
unacceptable," Burright said.
T he panel's recom m endation
now goes to the full board o f the
Oregon Department of Public Safety
Standards and Training for action
in April.
G raich en 's video w as seized as
evid en ce and rem ains as part of
the internal affairs in v estig ativ e
fHe, the P ortland Police Bureau
said.
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