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Show May FOCUS 13, 1981 ay 5D Special Children Catch Up Though their progress may look painfully slow to an outsider to Katherine, her students are growing by Her trained ear picks up on the leaps and bounds. smallest conceptual advance and she builds upon it until 6 months later it is impossible not to notice the childs growth. Four mornings a week, Katherine gets a work-ou- t. The toys and projects are designed to exercise her students bodies as well as their minds. Speech impaird ments often go hand-in-han- with motor delays, she explains, and so the children work on hand-ey- e coordination, balance and strength. The activities are regimented but broken into short time periods to accommodate a short attention span. The programs goals are: To stimulate optimal development of infant and children. To train and assist parents in home care of their child. To prevent further disability tomorrow as a result of today's problem. Though the program is only two years old in Summit County, parents are already finding the help indispen-siblHome evaluations often dispell a parents worst fears. Many developmental delays are just that. Katherine explains, delays which can be bridged with professional help. Severe handicaps parents discover do not mean that a child cannot be For far too taught long we have not given the handicapped credit for what they can do and have in the, DisabiliDevelopmental ties, Inc. can be reached by calling Barbara Dyer, Coor1 or the dinator at reaching their full potential. Kamas process kept them from 649-088- Pre-Scho- e. attention gives developmental children a chance to catch np with their peers. One-to-o- ne delayed self-hel- p. Developmental Disabilities, Inc. begins a new school year in August. For more information, call in Kamas or in Park City. 783-43- 649-98- 27 81 Another Gem In Utahs Winter Sports Crown Si MOUNTAIN )V meadow An Ice Skating Facility At Flinders Ranch Park City, Utah Mountain Meadow, will provide the one missing facility for a total winter sports porgram....YEAR AROUND INTERNATIONAL CLASS INDOOOR AND OUTDOOR ICE SKATING ARENAS. The two Olympic size skating rinks will provide a host of ice related activities throughout the year. These will include recreational skating, curling, hockey, figure and sport skating, skating schools for all levels of achievement and types of skating, hockey competitions, ice skating shows and much more. Mountain Meadow is planned to provide the pivot point for recreational complex which wilj include shops, a condominiums, a hotel, restaurants, meeting and convention rooms which will compliment the entire Snyderville Basin. Mountain Meadow is an unequalled, exciting new facility. Let us share it with you. 40-ac- re |