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Show Lakrtside Review, January Overcoming Fear Others', Their Own, At Monte Vista To help students function socially, a ByJIMSAWDEY Staff Writer heavy emphasis is placed on survival FARMINGTON Sign on desk -"- skills. If a child cant read story books There are two lasting gifts we can give we can at least teach him to recognize to our children one is roots, the other words words necessary for survival ' and like wings. caution, stop, ' The sign sits on the desk of W. Lee restroom. To measure the success of each Glad, principal, Monte Vista School the Davis County school for the, student, called a program Individualized Education Plan (IEP) is severely handicapped. The goal of the center is to help each developed. The IEP is prepared by staff student function as independently in life members and parents, then reviewed as he is capable of functioning, Glad and updated at least every year. said during a recent tour of the Long-tergoals and short-terfacilities. established for the child. are objectives The community, Glad said, must be The problem is identified and is usually educated to understand that the hana behavior problem, a speech problem, a physical problem, or a combination. dicapped are worthy citizens and deserve the same respect afforded The staff then will try teaching the student how to obtain skills, or at least anyone. Many people consider, the hanget the student to progress toward dicapped a threat. But Glad believes it them, Glad said. is more likely that the handicapped will The school is divided into three be a victim of threats rather than being i separate programs. A the threats themselves. program serves children younger than Do you look at someone with 5. Parents play an active role in learcerebral palsy, for example, straight in ning how to deal with their child. They the eye or do you lode away? Glad attend classes with their children and asked. He explained that too many learn what it takes to stimulate their child into reaching his full potential. people, especially the handicapped, The looking away is a form of rejection. program is funded by We are afraid of staring, but we the Division of Family Services. Parent dont need to be, he said. There is , participation is usually required, Glad nothing to be afraid of. explains, so the parent will know what The community, however, has come to expect from the child. a long way in accepting the hanThe program accepts children who dicapped, and doesnt 'look in are delayed in at least three areas of abhorrence or fear at the handicapped development. The areas of delay inas it once did, he said. clude social, intellectual, physical, Glad believes that the same children speech and linguistes. The who are attending the Monte Vista child isnt necessarily mentally hanschool in Farmington would not have dicapped but is always physically faired very well 15 or 20 years ago. handicapped when entering the Some of the children would be inprogram, Glad said. stitutionalized. Others would just be The program lasts until the child turns 5 or until the delays are kept at home. And the rest would remedied. probably be failing miserably in a remedial program in regular schools, Many of the children who attend the he said. program enroll in school for He pointed out that to institutionalize school-age- d students at Monte Vista. a child at the American Fork Training Academic programs are accentuated to School costs five times as much as it teach the youngsters how to cope with costs to train a child at the Monte Vista the social and working environment, School. Monte Vista, he said, receives Glad said. about 3.4 times as much money for its concentration Increased span students as a regular school does. manual dexterity and mobility for travel are skills the children must Regular schools receive about $950 per year per student. usually improve to get along in the We dont generate Glad said, work world. , Post-schoenough money by the students we serve training is the third and must borrow money from other program offered at the Monte Vista School. This is for clients who do not programs as a result. He said there is a proposal before the Utah Legislature have the skills necessary for success in that would increase that amount so the l a sheltered work environment. It,' too, school wouldnt have to keep is funded by the Division of Family Services. borrowing. part-tim- e Monte Vista has 43 The Davis County Development and volunteer staff members. The Center for adults is such a shelter e 12 staff consists of three center. It is located in the same physical therapists, three occupational building as the Monte Vista School. If a child who turns 18 is not yet ready therapists, three speech therapists, two social workers and one psychologist. for a sheltered or unsheltered work Glad said the program is cost efprogram environment, the fective because it helps the hanhelps these students gain the skills 1 dicapped function socially. Those necessary. to them teach Its our last attempt socially functionally handicapped would probably be institutionalized 15 the skills necessary to cope, Glad said. years ago, he said. Usually, a student who turns 22. and Besides, how do you put a price tag has not yet learned to cope in the work-worl- d on the human dignity afforded to these will go to the American Fork youngsters, he reasoned. Training School,' Glad said. . '29, l 1 I . - m m pre-scho- pre-scho- ol . pre-scho- TEACHER KELLEE WRIGHT BURTON paints the Jared to make footprints on the paper spread out for bottoms of Jared Casons feet. Not only is it fun for that purpose, it also helps him be aware of his sence of touch. After ail the kids tried foot painting, it was : the teachers turn. The kids liked that. AN EPIC COMEDY pre-scho- ol (GIVE OR TAKE AN INCH) THE pre-scho- ol INCREDIBLE SHRINKING WOMAN TOMLIN CHARLES GRODIN LILY A UNIVERSAL PICTURE Starts Tomorrow! Shows at 1:00. 240. 4:20, 6:00, 7:45, 9:30. 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