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THE HERALD Wednesday October It 19M Page Booklet issued on child abuse TORONTO The Ontario Medical Association has published a series of guidelines aimed at sup porting physicians in recognizing and assessing the sexually abused child The guidelines are contained in a booklet entitled Recognition and Assessment of the Sexually Abused Child which provides background on child abuse details on the physical exam documents procedures approaches to therapy and a description of the physicians role as it relates to other health care disciplines The booklet is designed to enhance physicians understan ding of the nature of childhood sex ual abuse said author Ken who is a member of the Committee on Child Welfare professor emeritus in the department of paediatrics at Hamiltons University Faculty of Health Sciences and director of the Suspected Child Abuse and Neglect SCAN Pro gram at Chedoke Hospitals in Hamilton Unfortunately child abuse is farm from a rare event and chances are likely that a physician will at some time be asked to assess a child who may be a sexualabuse victim explained Dr Since the first printing of the booklet in a great deal of progress has been made in developing clinical sociological and judicial approaches to the sex ual abuse of children Revisions to these guidelines reflect an ex understanding of the long term consequences of being an abuse victim the nature of childrens accounts of their vie and of the subtle physical signs of abuse said Dr The updated guidelines which are being distributed to general practitioners pediatricians hospital based childabuse teams childrens aid societies and faculties of medicine help support the Child Welfare Committees continuing program to promote the health and wellbeing of infants and children Centennial Manor coffee hour Ladies you are invited to a neighbourhood coffee hour this coming Wednesday from 9 30 am to a m to be held in the main auditorium of Halton Centennial Manor 125 Ontario St Milton The special feature is Window Treatments by Sue Masulaka There will also be a musical terlude of selections and a guest speaker Yvonne McCallum The event is hosted by the Milton Chris tian Ladies Coffee Hour Free babysitting and admission YELLOW CAB HALTON HILLS HOUR SERVICE 8732527 8732931 Trafalgar I Prow AA men Iowa than A IMAMS IN A WACOM BUT a Calf The best open mortgage gets even better from October 9 to December 11990 lower and lower as we say thanks for bringing other business to Canada Trust Open a Canada Trust savings account with a balance of 5000 or more at the time you take outyour open mortgage and well lower your mortgage rate by 34 for the first six month term This offer can be used on its own or combined with the other special offer for a reduction of up to Thanks again Open a Canada Trust SuperLoan or PowerLine of credit with a balance of 10000 or more at the time you take out your open mortgage and well lower your mortgage rate by 34 for the first six month term This offer can be used on its own or can combined with the other spedal offer for a reduction of up to 1 Tlhi Ml iff r It UP TO TRANSFER BONUS If you transfer an open or dosed mortgage of 20000 or more from a major bank credit union trust or insurance company to Canada Trust vou 11 e per transferred up to There no legal or Canada Trust processing fees ed MONTHLY MORTGAGE BURNING Each month we burn a Canada Trust mortgage to thartks to our customers It always great to see a win their freedom from mortgage payments FLEXIBILITY PLUS BEST DEAL The friendly Canada Trust open mortgage has no fees on renewal and can be easily switched to a Canada Trust closed mortgage tor a modest fee whenever vou want You can make payments weekly erv weeks bi monthly or monthly and vou can all or part of vour open mortgage at anv time without penalty THE HOME OF FRIENDLY SERVICE Interest in our customers is reflected in our hours Were here hen its convenient tor you Most branches are open to Monday to Friday and to 5 Saturdays Canada Trust CI TO SATURDAYS TO Main at James 8772266