WH1TBYMUEEPRE88 WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 8, 1989, PAGE"17 Health coimeil begins review of mental healIth servies The Durham Region District health Council has iaunched an extensive review of child and adolescent mental health ser- vices in Durham Region. Betty Schaefer, diector or nursing for the Region's public health department, will chair the task force conducting thr study. Ron Ballantyne administrator of Whitby GeneraI Hospital, is a task force member. Vice chair- man is Dr. Amy Goldwater, director of psychiatry at Oshawa General Hospital. The task force will develop a computer-based inventory of existing services; analyze exist- ing arrangements for assessment referral and treatment of chil- dren and adolescents with emo- tional health problems; survey agencies to assess gaps in ser- vice; and survey consumers and parents requiring assistance. According. to a recent child health study, one in five children aged 4 to 16 had one or more of four common mental health pro- blems over a six-month period. Problems are conduct disorder, hyperactivity, emotionial disordeir and somatization. The study says there should be more effective primary preven- tion programs for groups of chul- dren on a school or community basis. The study also noted a high correlation between parental sta- tus, poverty and other socio- economic indicators on the pre- valence of psychiatric disorders in children. Subsi*dized'taxiservice 0nvestigated by Town The district health council, an advisory council to the Ontario health minister, aIse wants views from the general public about the newest study just underway. The council would particularly like to hear fromn parents/ children who have to obtain services outside of Dur- ham and those who have to wait a long time to see a mental health worker in the region. Comments can be sent to: Dur- ham Régon District Health Council Task Force on Child and Adolescent Services, 40 K*n St. W. Suite 300, Oshawa, L1H1'A4. Other task force members are Claire Begbie of Oshawra, Kinark Child andý Family Services execu- tive director Karen Birch, Fron- tenac Youth Services executive director Margaret Craw, Durhamn commissioner of social services Garry Cubitt, Oýshawa Probation Services supervisor Teresa Deu- zeman, Ministry of Community and Social Services program su- rvsrAngeo Di Fr-anoesco, >haaan. District Family Court Clinic. coordinator Jolyne Gritzner, Durham Board of Edu- cation psychologist Bob Hanson, Case Coordination Programme programsupervisor Joani Higgn- son, former Region social ser- vices commîssioner Deug Johns of Oshawa and Cheryl MaéLeod of the Children's Aid Society. The Town of Whitby has begun an investigation intQ providing a subsidize- taxi servi ce for the blind. A similar servi*ce is provided in the City of Oshawa were blind passengers pay $1 per trip with the remaining cost subsidized by Oshawa. Oshawa then receives subsidy from the Ministry of Transportation. Whitby will fîrst ask the ministry for a similar subsidy, but that could be a problem, according.. te, Handi Transit general manager Doug Manuel. "You will probably get a nega- tive response from the iministry," Manuel told operations commit- tee at a recent meeting. Fie told -committee the minis- try has left te municipalities the decision te, subsidize taxis. '«The municipalities have taken it, upon themselves since' the Province bas been wobbling," An aplication for il semi- detached lots (22 residential units) at the northeast corner or Harris St. and Beech St. W. was opposed at a recent public meet- ing by residents armed with a Petition.- Rita Caine of Harris St. told Whitby planning committee that the plan would triple the number of vehicles on the street, devalue nearby homes, overcrowd the school for the area and change the nature of the established neighborhood. A Harris Ct. resident recalled that a previous application was for triplexes, instead of the exist- ing 16 duple'xes on Harris Ct., was deniedby the Town. «if it wasn't good enough for Harris Ct., why would it be good said Manuel. According to Manuel, the ministry will eventually agree to pro0v*de a 'subsidy, -as it did in Oshawas caseý The system would be operated by Handi Transit, which operates the systemn in Oshawa. But Manuel said that could also be a problem. «We have to look at how much more we can take on with our existing staff," said Manuel, who told committee that although the subsidized system appears sim- ple there is a lot of paperwork involved. Once Handi Transit has ac- knowledged they c an administer the systemn, the Town would then have to select one of the two Whitby taxi companies to provide the rides. There are 124 blind Whitby residents, according to the Cana- dian National Institute for the Blind. for Harris St.?" said Dave Davies. Kevin Tunne, consultant for the applicant, Rite Construction Ltd., confirmed that the number of units planned would be'in- creased te, 22, but that the deve- lopment would result in improve- mente te, Harris St. Noting the industrial property te the east cf the proposaI, Tun- ney aIso said the development would «consider something of modeat phasing inte that.» He aise noted that the unîts would be detached above ground, and attached underground. 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