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Show (i Sun Advocate, Price, Utah Saturday, Oct. 22, 1977 At Ann Self School By ARVA SMITH Sun Advocate Correspondent mentally and physically handicapped children who do not fit into the steps but the result is the same the children learn to tell time. school Anything can be regular taught (and learned) if programs. it is broken down into In most schools, enough small steps. children are taught to This is the philosophy tell time in about six of the Ann Self School steps. At the Ann Self in Spring Glen for school it might take 20 and painted The Carbon and Emery school districts operate the school in the old Spring Glen elementary school. The building has been attractively refurnished and a small amount of remodeling done. The Department Family supervises of Services the Castle Community Valley Center, also at the school, which offers work opportunity and training to those over 16. In the past the goal of (Mongolism). His next nursery school was with these begun last spring for many schools for the task children from two to handicapped was children is teach them five with the assistance mostly babysitting to generalize by apof the Department of The past few years has plying knowledge Family Services. The brought the belief that learned in one situation nursery school was in a democratic society to a similar situation. needed because the everyone is entitled to Because of the fairly sooner we get the an equal opportunity recent changes in children the farther we for education. can take them, Mrs. philosophy of teaching the handicapped there who Tonita Crookston says. those Even of thought is a shortage previously Mrs. Crookston, who teaching the hand- teaching materials. has a masters degree icapped was possible, Textbooks for regular in special education sometimes aimed their schools teach basic from Brigham Young efforts at low levels concepts and skills but as teaching do not have enough University, is director such of the school. survival reading. That repetition for special Teachers is 50 words such as education. their must at this and adapt Teaching exit, danger school is full of sur- They believed the materials for these according to handicapped could not needs. Some programs prises A Bill Jensen, He Orangeville. teaches academic reading comprehend these few beyond basics. subjects and physical If a education to students Jensen says, from five to 16. No one child can make sounds, really knows how much he can learn to speak. these students can If he can speak, he can learn. It is like being on learn to read. If he can a new frontier. learn to read, he can learn to comprehend. Jensen has a certificate in teaching the Even if it takes six and to learn to retarded months mentally almost enough hours make a sound, we keep for another certificate trying and we always in teaching students get it, Jensen says. with I Instructor Bill fcliil Iff 4 l Jensen helps students i understand each small step in learning. 1 "i t ... .3.' , learning disabilities. His first Robert Cobb, who for the degree was in physical supervises education and he has Division of Family had experience services, says Jensen teaching in that field. has had outstanding He has studied at Utah success teaching State University and children suffering from B.Y.U. Downs syndrome have been developed by universities Ann and the Self school uses these. Another commonly held belief is that mentally handicapped a reach children I have been plateau. here five years and I have never seen a plateau, Jensen says. At the same time nothing can be taken for granted. When they come to the school, the children often do not; understand the simple concepts like hot and cold, up and down, over and under. This is because of their handicaps but also because their families have sometimes d It is not practical to try to teach a child to run if he cannot yet If parents have made walk according to sure the children un- Jensen. over-protecte- them. derstood ordinary conversation and the things going on around them in the family, it has given them a big boost on the road toward normal living, Mrs. Crookston says. The workshop is supervised by Michael recent a Keller, graduate of BYU in industrial education. It is a work activities center, a skill training This is part of the center and a sheltered reason for establish- workshop. Cobb says ment of the nursery We are seeking state school taught by Marie accreditation as a who is a sheltered workshop Zundel, graduate of BYU in and we have several special education. goals. These include teaching skills training The nursery school that can be used in the teaches basic concepts, community as well as gross and fine motor providing a place to skills and emphasizes work for those who are such basic activities as unable to progress to eating, dressing and that level. Workers are personal hygiene. paid a small wage. Listening is an important part of learning The Castle Valley and it is a big task for Center Community some of the children to makes attractive desk sit still and listen. sets with a coal mining also are They taught theme and similar how to relate to other small items. They have and such had some contracts for people childhood activities as assembling ball point running and hopping. pens which are used by adin education companies Physical have in vertising. They training is continued the school at all levels assembling ballpoint but it must always be packets for a kitchen done according to the construction company level the child has and have refinished school furniture. reached. 0 Monopolies Cont. from page 1 Dr. ONeil said the metal industry along the Wasatch Front depended entirely on Carbon County coal and the high prices stalled its development. Goulds unbridled greed took illegal turns to preserve the monopoly. Agents from the two existing mines would threaten people who wanted to stake new claims, or they would buy them out or steal the land outright, Dr. ONeil said. a Another tactic was dummy filing, staking of claims by mine employees under false pretenses. It lead the government to believe that competitive industries were getting access to government land when in fact the monopoly was growing. During President Theodore Roosevelts Trust Busting campaign, the government brought the two mines to court over their illegal practices. But Dr. ONeil said the government was easy on the culprits. One company had to pay an $8,000 fine and in repayment for coal illegally extracted. The mines stayed open and the legal expenses were quickly erased by exorbitant profits. $192,000 Dr. ONeil suggested that the government was flexible on the coal lands cases because a mine closure would put thousands of workers out of their jobs. A coal stoppage would also havs shut down the smelting operations and deprived the Wasatch Front of coal heat for homes, he said. It was not the government but the First World War which destroyed the monopoly. The Gould Family invested heavily in Europe at that time, and the war wiped out the investments. When the trust dissolved, the ownership of the D&RGW diversified, ending the eastern hold on Carbon County. It did not end the D&RGW two mines, though. When Coal and Coke Co. tried to Kenilworth, it had to ship its ownership of the the Independent open its mine in equipment on the railroad. 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