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Show Lakt'bitle Hr ivw, NvpU'nibvr ii,, 1980, 1agt 8A 3 WSC Programs Gain Accreditation Accreditation has been renewed for three programs under the School of Technology at Weber State College, A. Kent Randall, dean, said today. They are the four year, bachelor degree curricula in electronic gineering technology and manufacturing engineering technology, and the two year electronic engineering r two year e ec- ,wtsW technology, plus the tronic engineering sequence. j , Randall said the accreditation actually was extended for two more years, with four additional years granted if small details, such as catalog entries, are changed. The accrediting visits were made last December by a visiting team representing ABET, a high quality accrediting board four-memb- er for engineering and technology training. The evaluation included such things as quality of faculty, in- structional programs, facilities and equipment, and support received from the institution as a whole. Their report was compiled in writing, forwarded to a central board of the accrediting agency, d approval reported in a letter just received. A new criterion which will prob- ably be expanded and tightened in the future, Randall said, is that programs to be accredited must have a basic computer course for all students, and that provision must then be made for them to make practical use of their computer training. You don't have to pay more for expert hair care. Compare prices and well be your PERMANENT SOLUTION rule and regulation for working in a hospital from Roger Wilhelmson, teacher at the Skill Training Facility located at the A STUDENT LEARNS ABOUT Development Center Helps Area Handicapped Students By LUCINDA M. SCHUFT Staff Writer LAYTON Many people take the opportunity and the ability to work for granted, but for some this cannot be taken lightly. These people are mentally, physically, or environmentally handicapped individuals who do not readily fit into the job market without specialized training. This type of training is offered to handicapped individuals through the Davis County Development Center. It offers an occupational skills training program that helps these individuals find a place in the job market. The program was started six years ago by Development Center director Robert Daniels. The students are trained in centers located at Davis North Medical Center and Valley View Hospital. The programs train the students in medical housekeeping, food service and laundry care. Robert Brown, formerly with the Layton Job Service office, said, It is a very good resource for people needing training. I felt very comfortable with referrals I made to the program. He said that in some of the cases he referred it would have been very difficult to place them on the job. If they had gotten a job at all it would have been very menial, he said. One refugee I sent there, he said, guage was the barrier. The program provided her a means for entry into our system. He said he was at a dead end in finding a job for her because employers were reluctant to work with that type of handicap. Brown also said employers he has talked with were very happy with the people they had hired from the program. The program has helped a number of people gain their independence, said Roger Wilhelm-soinstructor at the skills training facility located in the Davis North Medical Center. Wilhelmson has been with program since it was started three years ago in the medical center. The space is donated by the center, he said. In return the students take over some of the responsibilities for the housekeepers. They have two rooms that are used for the students at Davis North. One is set up like a hospital room occupied by the patients. They learn the cleaning tasks through demonstrations, he said. Ill mess up the room and then rate how they do in cleaning it, Wilhelmson said. The students are rated on time and the accomplishment of differing skills. When they are ready, he said, they can go to work in other areas. n, Too! Davi North Medical Center. The student, Melanie Gronau, 18, is a Clearfield High School student who attends the program in the afternoons. The students clean the hallways, offices and nurses stations in the Davis North Medical Center. They are also responsible for cleaning-th- e pediatric section. A number of the students like the kids, he said. Sometimes they get attached to them. Wilhelmson said he enjoys the counseling part of his job. Students when they start here often havent learned to leave their personal problems at home. I enjoy helping them, he said. Part of the counseling he added is to help them learn the difference between work and personal problems. He said he helps them learn that the work should not be affected by these problems. The students are also trained in job seeking skills. They are taught how to explain their difficulties and to describe how they get around them, he said. Wilhelmson said when the program was being set up they observed the medical housekeeping that was done in facilities throughout the area. From their observations they established standards for the students in comparison with what would be expected from them on a job. These standards are the basis of the program. A student is not ready for graduation until they can finish the tasks in te time they need to for a job. Most of them, Wilhelmson said, have worked out well on the job. In the last three years 46 students have entered the program at the Davis North Medical Center. Wilhelmson said he has had 20 graduates and as far as he knows 18 or 19 have been placed on the job. Students are referred to the program through the school district, the State Rehabilitation Division and CETA. Students without a sponsor are often eligible for CETA he said. They will then pay their tuition. The program costs about $150 per month for the students. Many of them are sponsored by different government programs, Wilhelmson said. We try, he said, if they meet qualifications, to get them on CETA. 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