Page THE HERALD Wednesday May 1989 Richard Thomson left Bev Sera ton Audrey Hillman and Darlene Munden run the North Halton branch of the ChlldrenB Centre for the emo tionally disturbed Any referrals made to the centre should be directed to Bev Scruton at Park Public School 8731990 Selfesteem important Before social worker Bev Scruton can help an emotionally disturbed child she first has to convince the child to like him or herself One of a fivemember team that runs the North Branch of the Childrens Centre located in Park Public School here in Georgetown Ms Scruton said this lack of self worth is the root of an emotionally disturbed child s problem Richard Thomson the groups coordinator and one of the cen counsellors stresses showing care for the child irrespective of the emotional problems is vital to helping the child overcome a low level of selfesteem Those children showing signs of either hyperactivity or severe resulting from a life situation or aggressive behavior or moodiness or an inability to get RIDE on for long weekends TORONTO For the first time the Ministry of the Solicitor General in conjunction with the Ontario Provincial Police regional and municipalforces is sponsoring a cooperative RIDE program to take place on long weekends the summer The concept was initiated by a coordinated traffic management group looking at ways to solve common accident causing pro blems affecting forces throughout the province A media conference will be held Thursday May 18 at 10 a m m the auditorium at Metro Toron to Police Headquarters Col lege St to launch the program set to run from Victoria Day weekend through until Thanksgiving Day weekend along with others are some of the problems the funded centre treats The centres headquarters was founded in Hamilton in 1960 and the North Halton branch was established in There are also programs in Burlington Brantford and- Brampton Before the centre accepts a child the child s parents must be willing to participate in the ing and treatment processes Ms Scruton explained the child s emo tional problems cannot be separated from the family For example it might be a con tnbuting factor in the child behavioral problems she said But whatever the case Ms Scruton said the child has a significant feet on the family s relationship with each other Besides Ms Scruton the bran ch s staff includes a child develop ment counsellor Darlene Munden an academic coordinator Park Public School teacher Audrey Hillman and a Geoff Hall who specializes in pin pointing learning disabilities The group also uses the services of a child psychologist and a pediatrician According to Mr Thomson a child is treated an average of months During this period the cen tres staff employ a vanety of techniques including play therapy social skills training and individual and family counselling to help the child Counsellors interact with the child 24 hours a day Mr Thomson said the camps provide the counsellors an opportunity to establish a friendship with the child Once the childs therapy has been completed the centre main tains contact with the child and family for six months Tasty Recipes PEANUT BUTTER BANANA BARS eggs well beaten cup peanut butter cup molasses cup brown rice Hour cup chopped walnuts or peanuts ripe banana chopped V2 tsp cinnamon A sea salt Preheat oven to 350 Combine all the ingredients and mix well Turn into a buttered eight Inch square baking pan and bake minutes Cut Into bars while still warm Yield to 18 bars Rebels without a cause Rebels without a cause is a poem about some of us Not all of us just the ones that have been emotionally hurt by someone we trusted or loved at least that is how I was able to it Dont get me wrong Im not say this is about the Open Door crowd I m saying this is about all people in general Im also not say ing that these feelings will last forever and that we will always have walls built up around our souls So please dont consider me a cold hearted beast Rebels Without a Cause We are 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