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MedfordSTribune SECTION B MEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 1962 PAGES 1 to 10 Slow Learner Needs Special Approach and Realistic Goals By DAVID NYDICK UPI Education Specialist Many individuals appear to have difficulty with the regu lar school program. The stu dent may be a slow learner or the cau--e may be due to a particular problem. The slow learner is not in the category of the handicap ped or retarded. He can be educated but he needs a spec ial approach and realistic goals. Parents can be especially helpful with these children who need individual atten tion. the children need pa tience, confidence and under standing. They should not be pressured; Slow learners re spond quite well to the proper approach. Must Be Identified The first step is to identify the child as a slow learner. Make sure his difficulties are not due to. other causes. A delayed growth rate, psy chological p r o b 1 e m s. And physical handicaps call for different specialized ap proaches. The school can be most helpful as can your doc tor or a local guidance clinic. Once the problem is identi fied, you can be realistic about your expectations. The slow learner often loses confidence. He tends to give up easily. Help build his picture of him self. Encourage him. Let him know that you will help with his problems. Don't overdo this. He could become too de pendent. You can be particularly helpful in the area of Instruc tion. Individual help is need ed. A tutor is fine but may be an expense which you cannot afford. Work closely with his teach er. Your aid should be care fully planned to supplement the school. The child should be encouraged to help himself but should be able to obtain patient and simple explana tions. Needs Time, Repetition What is the special ap proach? The young slow learn er needs to work with con crete materials to help him understand. He will need time and repetition. By this I mean that in arithmetic he should work with blocks, sticks, etc. He should spend a good deal of time with these before using symbols (actual written numbers). Sym b o 1 s nrp ronsidered abstract. Un derstanding is difficult unless he has had many concrete ex periences to which he can re fer. In reading, the slow learner again needs many actual ex periences. The child win una it easier to read the word bruise" if he has built many houses with blocks, drawn many pictures of houses, and seen many houses. Although all children learn through similar experiences, elect 1 CHARLES n DEMOCRAT STATE REPRESENTATIVE Able e Experienced I Capable if- Pd. Pol Adv., Crary for St Rep Comm . Jenv Scannell, Chmrv. 310 Hollv, Ashland, Oregon A VOTE FOR the slow learner needs more of this approach. The ex amples should help you under stand the basis of a good ap proach to helping the child. Don't Be Disappointed Above all, do not become disappointed in a child who is a slow learner. Do recog nize that he will have diffi culty with school work. He can learn basic skills very adequately but may have in creasing difficulty with the abstract. As the child grows older, his ability may in crease. This may be due to the difference in development rates of various individuals. If the child remains a slow learner, it does not mean that he will be unsuccessful. It does mean that his talents lie outside the academic areas. Do not treat him differently. Discover and build upon his interests and skills. Show him that he has many reasons to respect himself. County Road Crews Continue Projects Jackson county road crews are continuing with miscella neous jobs throughout the county, County Engineer Rob ert J. Carstensen reported Thursday. Grading has been under way on Pioneer rd. Crews will start graveling the road from Carpenter Hill rd. easterly. A bridge is being construct ed over Willow creek on the Willow lake rd. and crews have finished graveling on Hiatt lake rd. from Howard Prairie to Hyatt lake. Hearing To Review Working Standards Salem - IHPH - The Oregon Wage and Hour Commission has announced that a public hearing will be held in Port land Nov. 15 to consider re vision of employment stand ards for women and minors who work in hospitals and nursing homes. The standards include mini mum wages, maximum work ing hours, and other working conditions for hospital em ployees not working in a pro fessional, executive or student nurse capacity. Work on the Hanley rd. fed eral aid project is in its final stages from Ross lane to Cen tral Point. The project prob ably will be accepted by the county in the next two weeks. Carstensen said. The road has been widened and repaired and a large box culvert installed where the road crosses Jackson creek. Carstensen said the road conies under the secondary highway aid program since it connects Jacksonville and Central Point with the Crater Lake highway, Highway 99 and the new freeway. Any one of these connections would make it eligible under the pro gram, he added. Livestock Auction President Elected Salem (ITU Dr. Stanley E. McGough, Pendleton, has been elected chairman of the Ore gon Board of Livestock Auc tion Markets. Francis C. Cherry of Mitch ell was named vice president. The board adopted a reso lution calling for repeal of the state exemption for clubs and associations under the auction licensing law. This came after complaints that some associations of horse owners have taken advantage of their exemption status to hold what amounts to public sale of horses in Oregon and elsewhere. HERB HUNTER HUNTER Certified State of Oregon Appraiser A NAME to REMEMBER until we can talk over your problems to gether. for ASSESSOR Pd. Pol. Adv. Hunter for Assessor Comm., 409 Lynnwood Ave., Medtord. JIMMY DUNLEVY (HMD V Administrative Ability V Trained in Public Relations VSix Years City Council v 20 Years Local Resident i : Pd. Pol. Adv. John Nuich, Chm., Dunlcvy -for Mayor Comm. 231 E. Main, Medford, Ore. H A VOTE FOR S LARRY SKEEHAN ' ' I" GGCTS5I0NER f)Ct ' Will assure you j Vl -'' Jfr " "Good Government '' ' " i f ' Through Good Leadership" h ' : v 'tj Pd Pol Adv., Shcehan fir Co- i J$ 1 . Chm. E. C. Philips, 1549 S. f K .JtfCtt'X TJ 'M-. Medtord, Ore. f . .1 1 Complete Heating Oil Service STANDARD SEATING OILS NIHII6 oils Metered Deliveries Factory Trained Mechanic Equipment Parts in Stock WE GIVE GOLD BOND STAMPS At Your Service 24 Hours Day Valley Fuel Co. Since 1931 11 West McAndrews Street Work at Central Point In Highway Plan Newport OJPli The Oregon Highway Commission has adopted a record budget of 5241.169,123 for 1963-65. This is nearly $30 million over the current budget. Construction and right of way purchasing takes up 73 per cent of the new budget, or S176.2 million. The second largest item of S31.3 million is for mainten ance and operation. Third biggest item, S17.6 million, is for principal and interest pay ments on bonds. The State Parks Division ; was budgeted for S4.4 million, an increase of SI. 4 million over the current budget. Negotiations Sought The commission called for negotiations to acquire 185 acres for further development of three state parks in Coos and Curry counties. The parks are Bullard Beach, Loeb and William M. Tugman. The ad ditions being sought are 125, 40 and 20 acres, respectively. Street improvement jobs I totaling S308.000 in 11 cities were approved. The cities and the alloca tions include Central Point 518,800; Drain 530,000; East side S18.000: Estacada $22, 000; Gresham 559.000; Herm iston 533,800: Independence S29.800: Newberg $3,000; Philomath 525.000: Stanfield 516,000, and Sutherlin $24,-300. Rural Interstate Traffic Increases Salem - IUP1I - The Oregon Highway Department said Thursday that traffic on rural interstate routes increased 14.4 per cent in September over September of 1961. Traffic on other rural parts of the state's highway system increased 6.1 per cent over last year. Urban interstate traffic was up 5.4 per cent and noninterstate city traffic was up 2.8 per cent. The Pacific Highway, U. S. 99, showed the biggest traf fic increase of any highway. The heaviest day of traffic in September was Sept. 1, the start of the Labor Day week end. A close second was Sept. 28, the Friday before the opening of deer season. Auto Agency, Hotel Burn at Garberville Garberville, Calif. -HJPH- A gasoline can exploded in an auto agency here Wednesday night setting off a fire which destroyed the agency and an adjacent hotel. The hotel building included a restaurant and bar. DRINKING MORE? ENJOYING IT LESS? You mujt have mixed your tp water with something other thin fluoride. 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