I I WEEKLY REFLEX DAVIS NEWS J JOURNAL, FEBRUARY 23. 1978 Money For Program Helps Teachers Teach Gifted By ROSE LYN KIRK Seed money made available to Davis County School Dis trict for a gifted program in the schools is being spent to teach teachers in four pilot schools ip south Davts County, learn how to instruct the gifted EVELYNS Hansen, director of the gifted program, has worked with Dallas Work man, elementary curriculum director, to set up the project, which is geared to improve teaching in the regular classroom for both gifted and talented students The $25,000 grant has allowed 65 teachers and the four principals from Boulton, View, Bountiful Valley Elementary and Millcreek Junior High School to develop expertise in teaching higher level thinking skills THE THREE pronged program also calls for the of extra classroom activities as well as a system to show parents Development how to identify and help children who are gifted According to Dr Workman, the four schools were chosen on the interest based expressed by principals, in addition to the fact that all were in the same general area so meetings could be arranged and the workshop sessiuns set up Inmates at the Davis County Jail, participate with Dr He Ik r Kimball psy hologist for the and Community Mental Health Age ne v DURING CRISIS PERIOD By ROSLI ) reach Psychol giral therapy sessions provid fur inniaies at the Davis County jail oltui result in success sime all inmates aie in a crisis situation, at cording to Dr Hilar kiriihill, who has been working witn irriabs fur abiut one and one half nl s irs THEY know tl t y must eaher woi k out u.eir problems hire or go to prison We t ateh patients in a crisis period when the y re ready to listen, at a time when their pain is greatest Since many of the inmates have already been wntten off and p'ade to fee! that nobody cares, whtn it is possible to establish rapport, radical behavior changes are possible Dr Kimball said recently he had received a call at 11 p m from Louisiana Ihe call came from a former inmate at the Davis County jail who had been a drug user and had been incarcerated for burglary and housebreaking The man fad Called to tell Dr Kimball that the man was now makirg it and was working on a farm in I ouisiana IHE MAN hasn t resolved all his problems, but he is working on them, Dr Kimball said The former inmate said he was glad someone hadn't given up on him Dr Kimball had not seen the man for some time, but had writ'en to him abuut a ytar ago Another man, a heroin addict had beat tn his three year old stepson to death He was in therapy for a year at the Davis County jail Later he went to college, earned a dtgree and now is coping wtth a fe outside the jail One inmate, a former member of Hell s Angel Motorcycle gang, who was serving for bjrglary was turned around through therapy, Dr Kimball said THERAPY sessions are conducted with inmates twice a week During these sessions six or eight inmates meet in the trustee room in the jail where they learn mediation and psycho-theraptechniques which help them to control anxiety Ac cording to Dr Kimball, patients are either silent or withdrawn or are hostile and aggressive when they begin treat y Previously, Dr Kimball conducted group therapy sessions with prisoners and their families outside of the ct 11 bloc k He felt these sessions weie more ht Ipful, but one of the inmates took off during one of the sessions and since Hat t me all xs sums have been condut ted inside the jad In addition to the two group thtiapj xcs sums, Dr Kimball omt oi twice a week with inmates in individual therapy nuu sessions recent casts Dr Ki.nbill recommended that two j .Hunts not he sent to prison, but be plated on pn bat on and treated in individual therapy ses stons Durirg sessions they confront feelings, analyze past behavior and talk about games they have heen playing In addition to jail therapy. Dr Kimball and three other therapists from the Davis County Family and Community Mental Health Department si e the patients referred to them by the juvenile court According to Dr Kimball although those patients are young and more flexible in many cases they are not reedy to at apt therapy Sometimes the pxychoW gist is only able to set up a holding pattern wth the juvenile patient, he said DR. KIMBALL does not Itel that the more psychological problems than at other periods "The problems differ from generation, but there are always psychological pres But there is an increasing sures times create demand for psychological help smi e more people are aware of the avenues through which help is available Dr Kimball said his therapy program with inmates is a satisfying prnjict one that he volunteered to take on He talked about one patient on amphetamines who was violent and another who had broken his wifes jaw in a ferocious atlac k T hose two types of violent behavior resolved through therapy, he said wire TF WE are able to cure tht-- e p iple, it saves everyone money and reduces fear and harm,1 he said Dr Kimball has been a staff member at the Davis County Community and Mental He il!h Center since 1965 On Beans List At Academy Cadet Richard NcNabb, whose parents are Mr and B Mrs Robert L McNabb of 687 named to the Deans list for Aspen, East Layton, has been outstanding O academic achievement at the Force Academy U S Air TO QUALIFY for this distinctive honor a cadet must maintain a 3 0 grade point average on a 4 0 scale in all subjects for the preceding semester Cadet McNabb, a member of the class of 1980, will wear Cvl a FEBRUARY... silver star insignia UPON graduation from the LHW TTA academy, cadets are com as second missioned the Utah State Legislature was for one year only, but Dr Workman said the district will apply for additional funds to continue the gifted program during the 1978-7school year Mrs Hansen said the workshops have taught teachers how to identify students who excel and teach these students to develop Discuss WjIOuIS By GARY R Mayor lewis BIOSX.ETT of large delegatun residents living in the A ountry Oaks and Oak 1 otest subdivisions met with the HuixcGv ay ton C ity nunc tu review some of the pr sblems in the area I C UMAR TWEDE rep msent mg the group, told the council that the two subdivisions feel isolated from layton and lack the services given to other parts of the t itv " "Some of the servius a'e snow good, including removal, but the residents of tht aaa lack adequate police and fire protection, sihools, parks and churches, ht said council noted, that the tny has no jurisdiction over construction of schools and churches but that the city did have an obligation to provide the an nexed areas with polite dnd fire protection, culmaty water, electrical power and other services Police Chief 1 aMar (haid said the police depart mt nt is understaffed, but ever. thing possible would be done to provide protection THE how eve i, WE JUST don t hi e the manpower to cover all areas the city, including your areas, on a regular basis he said Unfortunately we don t have the manpower to provide preventive police pa trol It keeps us busv just handling the emergencies Mr Twede said fire protec tion for the areas is very In fact its inadequate scary of I HAD an overheated television set in my home and it took the fire department 15 to 20 minutes to respond said Mr Twede What would have happened if that call hud been a real emergency He added that with all the oak cover in the two sub divisions, a fire could spread to several homes before it could be controlled HE ASKED the council to consider a substation in the ama as soon as possible in recognition of this outstand ing scholastic performance thtrap Countv FJmil i UJIlii Sons mil C IN TIM) I ) lieutenants and awarded B S Degree a Cadet McNabb is a 1976 graduate of Layton High School forecasting, planning, decision making, communication and creative Shields G e , untied We do have a substation lanned in the war future tn he northeast part of the city is well as a substation in the i uh part of the city, proha !y near the hospital HE THEN told the group fia' the council earlier in the evtmng had approved a motion to seek suitable property n the area for a city park j nibably about ten acres ' Ke aie certainly trying to do what we can to provide adiquate services to all the t itv," the mayor said "There is onlv so much money to go around, and we are doing our best to be fair with everyone and distributing the money TEACHING methods on how to teach higher level thinking skills such as divergent and convergent produc tion and evaluation are also a part of the teacher development program to Mrs Hansen, of thought on teaching the gifted One is to pull the student out of the regular class and place According there are two schools him m a classroom The other is to allow him to stay there and receive higher level help SOMETIMES the when MR. TWEDE also made the council aware that the two subdivisions have only one access road, and that is off I S Highway 89 (Mountain Road) City Engineer Bvron McGregor said the city has spent two years in getting CALL 11 North Main Kaysville, Ut. 376 3386 376-261- 9 Accordmg to Mrs Hansen the identification of gifted sudents is possible through peers, teachers and parents wo can put their finger on the g f ed students Not only are tests cost'y, but stud.es have shown that often thev aie not valid, she Sdid states By VIRGINIA BENNETT 825-Mi- MRS I1ANSF N who was a i talented and gifted students ; Boulton School prior to being to her position said she has felt over the years that schoc Is d.dn t serve adequately the many bright, m the schools Hi nedict s Hospital tn Ogden l Mr and Mrs W illard K Brown spent last weekend in Idaho Falls, Idaho at the home of their daughter and son m law, Mr and Mrs Mike Peterson and family Also traveling to the Peterson home were the brothers and sisters in law of Mrs Pe terson, Mr and Mrs Brent Frown and family of Smith fit Id, Utah and Mr and Mrs Larry Brown and their children of Bozeman, Mont They went for the blessing and the naming of the Peterson s new daughter, who was named Heather She is their second child and first daughter They have a son Danny Clifford Barber of Svracuse is the great grand lather to the little miss Mrs Brady Wilkes underwent major surgery early on Monday morning at the McKay Hospital in Ogden Cacey Rentmeister, son of Mr and Mrs Alan Rent- meister underwent surgery Tuesday morning at the St The Iris Camp Daughters of oneers met at the home of Mrs Donna Painter last Monday afternoon for their regular monthly meeting P Assisting hostesses were Mrs I la Burton and Mrs Hazel Barber The lesson was given by Mrs Bessie Taylor Richard Anderson is back at work in Ogden after several weeks illness and surgery RADIO & TV RPAIRi!iO ALL MAKES Cals 5" Anytime BRANDENBURG TV Rates AtMsorMtrf 141 West 1900 North, Sunset 825-367- 6 825-622- 3 on THE VALLEY FORGE IN YOUR LIFE would aid in providing another access and exit to the subdivisions BUT IT is the respon sibility of the subdividers to tPend the road through the subdivisions," he said City Planning Commission Chairman Tom Wmegar ad ded that two other outlets are planned on the city's master plan and could be completed as early as this fall STREET lighting and traf control dividers the lat'er along U S 89 also were dis fic cussed Some residents complained that street addresses are hard to find in the subdivisions MR. McGregor told them to properly It's difficult number the streets because most of the subdivision streets run at an angle In fact, some streets are so i rooked that we cant feasibly number them and it would be best to just give them a name He suggested that new homeowners get their house numbers posted immediately Experience with same Company SPECIALIZING IN: Personal Income Business Returns Partnership Returns By EZRA T. CLARK President Davis County Bank The ordeal of Valley Forge, that legendary expenence which has come to svmltohze hardship, was actually happening to 11,000 Americans commanded bv General George Washington 18 miles northwest of Philadelphia exac tly 200 years ago this winter Have you ever had a personal Valiev Forge m your life Are you haunted bv the of fear an economic disaster occurring to your family now or in the future Are you worried about the possible loss of your job or your KEPT CONFIDENTIAL REPRESENTING Tax Corporation of America Three thousand soldiers died that winter at Valiev Forge At the same time, a group of his own geneials and at least one member of (ongiess were even conspiring to remove Washington as commander in ihiel This was not the place lor the summertime soldiei and sunshine patriot The inner strength that Geoige Washington and his men gamed liom surviving the ordeal of Valiev Foige guaranteed ultimate vutoiv It gave them the confidence couiage, and determination to succeed against all odds Now, about personal Valiev Forges After 20 vears at the same company . a 42 veai-olbusiness man was filed His job eliminated He sent out 100 resumes to other companies, there weie no takers for his skills The man was so embarrassed about being let go that he kept it secret fiom his lamilv For two months, he went to the public hbrarv everv dav after dropping his wife, a nurse, at her hospital When his savings were gone, he finally confessed "W hv don't vou become a nutse." his spouse suggested Preposterous r idea Yet todav. after a nursa in community college, ing program he is charge nurse in the ward of a Neterans Hospital making good money, getting great satisfaction, and sharing common career interests with d EZRA T. CLARK business Well, fear not The fact is a disaster may le good for you, perhaps eyen vital to your ultimate success Refore I explam how lean find good in economic adversity, let me refresh you on the details of that momentous eyent at Valiev Forge It wasnt a battle It wasnt a tactual maneuver It was simply a matter of sumying Perhaps Washingtons greatest contribution to the American Revolution consisted of keeping the Continental Armv together Imagine 11,000 tattered, starving men many of them without shoes attempting to hold out as a fighting force in the deep snows and hitter cold of that winter of 1777-7The Continental Congress was powerless to provide food and clothing for the men, yet General Washington would not raid the American farms in the vicinity to seize what his troops so desperately needed two-vea- his wife The Valley Forge m the life of an divorcee with two unemployed children came one winter when her house caught fire, damaging almost all of the furnishings Dejected, she watched the workers of a clean-u- p contractor sent by the insurance company a few days later I could do a better job of cleaning conup this mess' she thought fidently enough to tell the contractor. He offered her a job. Today she heads crews her own company of clean-u- p that specialize in restoring homes and furnishings after a fire. A personal Valley Forge presents a test under which the human spirit can collapse - or fly on to greater heights than ever before. -- 9 classroom tedcher at the SPEAKING OF f.lCHIEY 8 BARRY H. AVERY IN THE process of dt vi lop ment, teachers are identifv mg classroom at tiv u ic- - ALTHOUGH the f.rst year money is viewed as seed money to provide the begin nirg for what could be a ttreevear fund.ng program. Dr Workman said that the d aria must submit apphea tior.s each year collector road system which In the Comfort of Your Home IKFCRMATICX thinking skills Dr W orkman said tt at materials developed can be used in either the elemen'ary or secondary schools He pointed to a gifted program beirg piloted at Milicreek Junior High School where gifted students tutor other studi nts four dav s a wet k and thin once a week are reward ed bv listening to an o stand ng sp alter identify and help gifted children, is the third phase of the program which is still m the thmkirg stage, accord ing to Mrs Hansen She is Workman to write the grant application for next ytar Advertisement meded laiRRBB 10 Yrs. skills for things that are most Antelope Drive on the DURING the presentation that Dr Workman and Mrs Hansen made to the school board, board member Shtryl Allen said there wds a real need in the district for the gifted program "it will be to the advantage of everv student to expand as quickie as we can in teaching which can be used by other teachers to help the gifted Helpirg parents to learn to THE award of the grant funded by money provided by session flesltlents .lest ment In either case they die hard to KIRK in a student is removed from the classroom, he is labeled as different, but if allowed to remain there he can develop leadership skilts, she said According to Deputy Supt Lawrence Welling, gifted students often turn into trouble makers in the regular classroom when they do not receive help in brtrg rg their special skills into focus