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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
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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.
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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. For some reason, lots of folks get ill hct up about
(hanging the taste of our good Medtord City Water.
Rightly to, we'd say. Wouldn't want to change its taste cither.
Downright good . . . specially a great big glass that's icy cold,
right afte- you've downed handful of salty popcorn.
We're just like the rest of the folks when it comes to enjoyment
of our qood water. But unlike some of them, we KNOW that
the addition of fluoride to deficient water will NOT change its
t-tiic. That's rtghr. The American Water Works Association hat
gvcn assurance that fluoridation does not affect the taste, color
or odor of wjter.
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