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Town- Country DRY CLEANING OUT HILLS SHOPPING CENTRE SECTION SECTION B THE HERALD November Page I it 1 attti r the OPEN SUNDAYS 15101 It Worth tin Drill In irton J J yy fj n Mill St n loo small for tains Saturday if disputed no during a parade with a fairy tale theme Both he and the wolf part of Public School fairy tale float Herald photo Santa had much to Ho Ho Ho about ten la bring the total to The Saturday as the Aclon parade In waa cold and tlie skies were honor was a success Eight to leu new clear was beginning to feel a lot like attraction Joined the parade In the last Christmas Herald photo Children were well represented In Coop Is overflowing the parade This float from the Acton children Thetldewalktwerealsollned many more eager Utile faces patiently waiting for Santa Clans Public School entered a float loaded with characters from Fairy Talcs Practising Us Momma Bear Impersonations before the parade Is a student from the school Herald photo Cinderella and her print part of the Public School float Cinderella fairy godmother earned a spot between them Don t they remind you of another royal couple Herald photo This trombone player of Actoo Band showed Christmas spirit In more ways than one He played Christmas carols with the band with a red lock on bis trombone Gloves and mittens were needed to play Herald photo Children were told it in the left claimed the other caudy from these strange ones was hi wife Herald photo Fall Fair Princesses Nancy Norton left and Maria Kril were favorite with the children especially when they started throwing candy to spectator There was no shortage of candy Saturday Herald photo Shared Care helps Farragher family cope By HEWEK Herald Special Most parents of handicapped children struggle endlessly with dec about how to care for their child The former can plunge the family into almost certain turmoil as they try to cope the latter impose unbearable guilt Nick and Stevie wrestled with these questions for several years attempting to balance the needs of their developmentally handicapped son Hugo aged six and their other children Oscar aged eight aged three This year an alternative present ilaeif which freed the from facing Ihe extremes Involved in either straight borne care or rlaliiatlon Called Shared Care this innovative program offers a creative solution that bleak choice The pilot project is operated under the Care for Mentally Handicapped Children Program and Involves the natural parents caring a larger percentage of the time in any a month than will the foster family The natural parents retain complete custody of the child and continue provide and pay for all expenses The goal of project is support and strengthen the parent child relationship by providing a break from the heavy demands of parenting a handicapped child The have no about the success of shared parenting its benefits for their son and for themselves We reached the point where we fell we want to deal with Hugo special demands day after day Mrs explained They first looked around at residential placements a couple of years ago Oaklanda a residential program for the handicap ped Is only available to those children six years and older and Hugo at that lime was loo young The also were not convinced that excluding their son from normal family life would be helpful for him In they went to the Oakvllle Volunteer Bureau to advertise In the local paper for part lime parent relief For the help of a North Oakvllle family that resulted started the shared parenting ball rolling In 1984 they again sought the help of the Volunteer Bureau and Jane responded by taking Hugo one weekend per month Jane and her f am now share parenting responsi lilies with the by taking Hugo Into their home days per month There the sense of falling as a parent at first admitted Mr but not now we know Hugo In Its good for Hugo and its good for our relationship with him Hugo father added that we ve learned to see Hugo as society child Possess would not be helpful to his growth and development We feel wove been fortunate Jane Is a marvellous person The couple noted that their older son Oscar has felt a lot of pressure In caring for Hugo and the shared parenting program provides a break Tor the whole family There is an undeniable freedom when Hugo is with Jane we can now go for a walk In evening a bike ride ski something we ve longed for for six years said Mrs She explained that in past outings with the entire family were difficult Hugo was unable to walk and a stroller Isn the easiest thing to maneuver along the Bruce trail Hugo capabilities have Improved somewhat however since Jane got Involved The tall slim widow stated emphatically that lie would walk her home as she was unable to carry him He now uses a walker or walks by holding onto another hands The Independence Jane Instills In Hugo la of the ings the like so well about her A former nurse Mrs has volunteered with the mentally retard and worked as a the Red Cross The family are parti cipating In a new program offered fay the Children Aid Shared Care Seen here clockwise from left are Oscar 8 Nick foster mother Jane Photo submitted