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Show Park Record Thursday, August 9, 1990 Page A9 i ' i - I, ' i 41 . tlftr- r-:.---- wJjm 'a 'iiuiii.!!.' -. . i r I ..... x, ryeiti wa l V v r ll v. -:-) :-U;;-,.i Golf: a gumming experience One brother prefers to gum the golf ball (tactile learning) while observing his elder sibling using the more conventional clubbing method. Art used as therapy tool It can keep you young, alleviate depression, reveal suicidal thoughts and acknowledge experiences too painful for words. It's art therapy, and it helps heal the mind and body. Using the creative process to heal is as ancient as cave drawings, but as a profession, art therapy is only 40 years old. In the Rocky Mountain states, it's an infant. The woman who brought art therapy to Utah and surrounding states, Cathy A. Malchiodi, is a registered art therapist, University of Utah professor of art, and dirctor of the four-year-old art therapy graduate studies program. Malchiodi believes the link between bet-ween art and health is so natural as to be obvious. i "Art arose out of humankind's efforts ef-forts to deal with trauma. Cave paintings pain-tings may have been attempts to cope with suffering and things out of control." Art therapy is based on two beliefs, says Malchiodi. "One, the process of making art can heal and two, visual images that people make have meaning." The author of "Breaking the Silence: art Therapy with Children from Violent Homes," Malchiodi says art therapy is particularly useful in treating abused children. "Children are especially suited to it because their verbal capabilities are limited. Sometimes their experiences ex-periences are too painful to talk about. For children, art is a natural language." When working with children, she looks for deviations from the norm for a particular age. It's documented that sexually abused children will often leave off the lower half of the body, the part of them that has been traumatized. Drawing an incomplete body is normal nor-mal if the child has a neurological problem or is mentally handicapped, handicap-ped, but otherwise, it's a red flag that alerts art therapists to a problem. pro-blem. Another indication of sexual abuse is the inclusion of sexual characteristics, a sign of a precocious sexual understanding. Self deprecation in art is a tell-tale indication. A freakish or clownish self-portrait could mean the child feels guilty and tainted says Malchiodi. She also looks for regression regres-sion in the art like an older child scribbling. Art therapy is beneficial for adults. One of Malchiodi's clients, a middle aged woman, felt troubled by her childhood. She turned to art therapy. While painting a tree, she was compelled to create a deep, black scar at the base. Malchiodi pointed out life line symbolism and later, under hypnosis, the woman remembered sexual molestation at age one-and-one-half . Under Malchiodi's direction, five University students earn internship credit while donating 4,500 hours of art therapy to local hospitals, retirement retire-ment and day care centers and counseling clinics. One of her student works with the elderly at the Sarah Daft Retirement Retire-ment Home and Neighborhood House. The clients, age 80-99, are instructed in-structed to create art reminiscent of life phases. The art making helps alleviate depression by keeping clients focused. No question about it, art therapy helps poeple make the mind-body connection. How does It work? That's something for the next generation of art therapists to discover. For further information contact Professor Cathy Malchiodi, 581-5127 or 583-0468. School Briefs PC TASK tackles Safe homes network PC TASK, dedicated to bringing the Park City community together to support the youth of the Park City School District meet Tuesday, Aug. 14 from 4 to 5 p.m. at the Park City High School media center. Topics for discussion will include : JeVon Thompson's possible return in February 1991, community council and PTA networking, Red Ribbon Days, Safe Homes Project-Parent Network, Sex Respect school program, PC TASK funding, senior slough and graduation party and community dances and activities. Third candidate withdraws from school board race School Board candidate Dr. S. Clark Newhall told the Record Wednesday Wednes-day that he will not seek election during the Nov. 6 vote. Since election filing's fil-ing's close, three have now withdrawn from the Park City Board of Education race. Candidates Don Johnson and Cherie Schroeder have also removed their names from the list. Newhall said because of a recent appointment to the University of Utah's Law Review, and in order to endorse fellow school board candidate can-didate Allen Eichemeyer, he decided to leave the race; a TtfaRm-n u h.j i D. PARK CITY BOARD OF EDUCATION PARK CITY HIGH SCHOOL Board Meeting Tentative Agenda (Subject to Change) August 14, 1990 Closed Executive Session 4:30 p.m. OPEN PUBLIC SESSION 6:30 p.m. I. 6:30 p.m. ROLL CALL 2. Decision-Consent Calendar 3. 6:40 p.m. Truth & Taxation Hearing 4. 7:00 p.m. Awarding of Contract on New Elementary School 5. 7:15 p.m. Public Input 6. 7:30 p.m. Plans for Future Symposium and School Report Card Evening 7. 7:45 p.m. Park City Municipal's RDA Proposal 8. 8:05 p.m. Core Curriculum Test Results 9. 8:20 p.m. Language Arts Results 10. 8:35 p.m. Community Education Classes Update I I . 8:50 p.m. Superintendent's Report 12. 9:05 p.m. Board Information Requested ADJOURN AND WATCH ME GROW CHILDREN'S NURTURING CENTER Located in Park City at Pinebrook Providing Quality Education & Care for: Infants Pre-schoolers Toddlers Kindergarten Enrichment After School Program -Enhancing personal competence and growth in social-emotional, intellectual and physical development. Nationally recognized curriculum. -Low teacher-child ratio. -Family-oriented programs. -Reasonable rates and flexible schedule. Affiliated with The National Association for the Education of Young Children. For more information contact Dr. Stephen Bavolek Family Nurturing Center 649-5822 OPEN HOUSE AUG. 16 7-9 PM at Pinebrook Sales Office Now accepting teacher and classroom assistant applications. Contact Dr. Stephen Bavolek 649-5822 ( 1 Great Books trains leaders The Great Books Foundation, a Chicago-based nonprofit educational organization, will hold a two-day Basic Leader Training Course in Sandy Sept. 5 and 6. Concentrating on techniques that actively involve young people in reading, understanding, understan-ding, and enjoying literature, the course is required for teachers and volunteers planning to start Great Books reading and discussion groups with students in kindergarten through high school. The course is also recommended for individuals who will be leading adult Great Books Groups in their communities. com-munities. More than 800,000 youngsters nationwide na-tionwide currently participate in Great Books programs. The Foundation Founda-tion offers the Junior Great Books Read-Aloud program for children in kindergarten and first grade, the Junior Great Books program for students in grades two through nine, and Introduction to Great Books for high school students. Since 1962, Great Books programs have challenged students to discover the meaning in a work of literature by thinking analytically and imaginatively im-aginatively and by exchanging ideas with their peers. In recent years, the use of Great Books programs in school districts across the ountry has increased dramatically. According to Foundation Founda-tion regional coordinator Judith Baxter, "Educators are finding that bringing literature back into the classroom is not enough. Great Books gives students a systematic approach to interpreting what they read." The Sandy training course, one of mroe than 700 that the Foundation will offer this year, will be taught by a full-time member of the Founda-tion's Founda-tion's instructional staff. The course is scheduled for Sept. 5 from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. and Sept. 6 also from 9 a.m. until 3 p.m. To register contact Shannon Green, (801) 565-7500. For additional information infor-mation about starting a Great Books program for children or adults, call the Great Books Foundation toll-free at 1-800-222-5870. Young alumni take flight More than 55 free activities including in-cluding flying a flight simulator, a treasure hunt, sports clinics, entertainment enter-tainment and more will be available to friends, neighbors and Alumni of the University of Utah on Young Alumni Day Aug. 18. The tenth annual event offers activities ac-tivities for everyone and most of them are free of charge including parking. Young Alumni Day Chair, Leigh VandenAkker explains, "The event is designed to expose the community com-munity to the University. The activities ac-tivities you participate in on Young Alumni Day are available to the public throughout the year but on Young Alumni Day, we have open the doors free of charge, in most cases. Event organizers have put together a program that can be enjoyed en-joyed by activities both families with kids as well as individuals who are looking for activities like the sports clinics." The event will begin with an early wake-up call for runners in the Young Alumni 5k race, followed by childrens' races on the fields by the Alumni House. Advance registration is $8, day of the race $10. Runners can pick up registration forms at the Alumni House. For the registration fee, each participant will receive a Show your "U" Colors t-shirt, a $5 discount 5k run buck, discount coupons from race sponsors, Coca Cola, Golden Spoon Yogurt, Rocky Mountain Water and Hardees. Sponsor Spon-sor products will be available at the finish line. The University golf course is open to the public as are most of the athletic facilities. Beginning as early ear-ly as 7:30 a.m. sports, dance and cheerleading clinics will begin and continue throughout the morning. During the lunch hour, University food service will provide a barbecue luncheon for a minimal cost. There will be booths to receive information regarding University programs and activities. At the Lowell Bennion Center booth, participants will be asked to put together first aid packages to be distributed to the needy, children can have their hands painted at the Museum of Natural History booth and there will be an activity tent and art project. For more information, contact the University of Utah Alumni Association Associa-tion 581-6995. 1 V- ""J f , ... , ; ? ; , ,?v t7Jri4Tf4T4iMMn SE NOTICE OF TAX MCREA The PARK CITY SCHOOL DISTRICT has proposed to increase its property tax revenue by 38.68 , and to increase its total budget by 31. 54 All concerned citizens are invited to attend a public hearing on the tax increase to be held on 844-90, 6:40 P.M. at Park City High School Note: 32.90 of the 38.68 increase in property tax revenues is the result of new growth. |