Show Guidance and Counsel I Instead of Detention are I Urged for Delinquents I School Official Advocates Establishment of I Psychiatric Clinics to Which Youth May Be Referred for Study This is the thirteenth of a series of at articles by a Telegram star staff writer rI r on Utah's juvenile delInquency problem Dont send a boy to the industrial school just because se you dont don't know what else to do with him This Ibis is the admonition of Philo T. T Farnsworth assistant assist superintendent o of the G Granite e sch school ol d district tr ct In the future the juvenile delin quency problem will be treated by n a system of guidance and counseling rather than by Institutional confinement confine contin ment Mr Farnsworth believes pointing point point- Ing out that even In the Institutions guiding and counseling are being used to a greater extent than ever before Mr Farnsworth advocates es b. b of psychiatric I clinics to which delinquent boys and girls may maybe maybe be for stud study These clinics Integrate the physical educational education education- al social and emotional phases of the childs child's I life e eliminating the conflicting conflict conflict- ing elements clements and permitting him to return to a useful place in society handicaps Responsible A child childs overt acts lIe In physical handicaps In many instances Mr Farnsworth said EyestraIn malnutrition maIm or some other handicap causes an antisocial attitude altitude When correct ed ed the child shows definite improvement improvement improve improve- ment often all tendencies to delhi delin quency disappearing Mr Farnsworth told or of a local case He had been called in to make a study Of f a boy ble bIe and vicious He found the boy in fear When the boy 00 fought kicked and screamed Mr Farnsworth turned his attention to the boys boy's little lime sister It was the fall lall of the year car and Mr Farnsworth had brought a bag of Halloween candies with hIm When the boy saw hIs Ith sister eating this c candy he showed a willingness to come out ot of his retreat behind the kitchen door O Offering ering him some or of orthe the candy Mr Farnsworth took a box ot of colored crayons from his picket The boy put out a hand asking ask ask- lag ing if they were for hIm Tell me the colors of the crayons and you may have c them Mr Farnsworth Farns Farns- worth said id Problem Ceases The boy held each crayon within three or four inches or of his eyes bearc before be- be fore arc he was able to identify the colors col ors A visit to a clinic followed Glasses were fitted Then the boy ceased to be a problem That booming buzzing bedlam out there in the fog resolved into deli deti- Continued on Page Two T EDUCATOR RAPt YOUTH AGENCIES t t Existing Institutions Institutions' Bureau Offer Problem Child Noth Nothing ing Farnsworth Says Continued Scorn from Pare One nUe nite objects of which there was wa no need to be afraid The boy belong He was no longer an outsider Mr Farnsworth explained Habits begin to be J early stages of a childs child's life in j th the periods of infancy childhood preadolescence Mr Farnsworth said sai j Then wIth normal physIcal h in the adolescent period chaos chaO is introduced into an already complex world from Irom the thc child view viewpoint point Mr Farnsworth said Nothing for Youth Existing Institutions and offer nothing for lor the youth a at period commented Mr Farnswor He has less social conscIousness less to do socially at this Ai n age e than at any other hence he gives the gre test di at this time Scouting precedes this i tary training follows It il Some dej 1 nile activity to interest the youth at at this stage of JIb his development muse be provided Mr Farnsworth said Th The only group which has made any r I definite progress in this line he said is I s the L. L D. D S. S church with its Vanguard Van Van- guard and M Mens Men's programs Mr 4 1 Farnsworth recommended the Sea Scout and Rover programs for con coi as activities for boys bos toe far fal advanced to be interested jr i playgrounds 4 The greatest num number er of cast cases 1 erred to the juvenile courts come comb within the 15 and 16 age range Some employment program deigned to aid youths of oC th this age w would uld do much toward curbing delinquenCy Mr Farnsworth believes Stealing Most Frequent r. r The most frequent of the delia quent acts is stealing A boy cant can't earn so he steals to get what he wants When adults find it difficult to find employment the thc y shut 1 1 out entirely Mr Farnsworth said The second most frequent delis delIn quent act is classified as malicious mIschIef an act which Mr Farns worth believes is often orten committed through n a desire for apprOval val to win commendation for daring to do what others fears to do The boy is beginning to feel fecI his responsibility ree re- to rely on h himself He dislikes depending upon his parents parent and to strict objects discipline nc with out t tle e reasons for commands given For this reason truancy and running run ning a way away from home occur at this period Mr Farns worth said I IThe The junior high school was set sel up I in an effort to humanize education j for the adolescent boy and girl but much remains to be done Mr Fares Farns worth said He declared that a pro gram by which parents parents' may be brought to understand a boys boy's or girls girl's na nature ture and needs will do m much ch more toward reducing delinquency I than erection of new ew penal institutions J |