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Show TEACHING PARENTS. Steve and Maureen McKibben have been hired as teaching parents for the family-style family-style home for boys who are problem juveniles. Youth Home Slated for Cedar City Keith Anderson, Asst. Prof., of Behavioral and Social Sciences at SUSC, reported to the Cedar City Youth Council Thursday evening that a family style group home for youth rehabilitiation is being established in Cedar City. Anderson and others have formed a group called ABLE (Alternative Behavioral Learning Environment) which has just signed a contract with the State Div. of Social Services to establish a family-style home for boys ' who are problem juveniles. The parents in the home would be professionally trained to counsel the boys, and the program would enable the youth to remain in the area rather than be sent to the Youth Development Develop-ment Center in Ogden. Steve McKibben and his wife, Maureen, have been hired as teaching parents for the home. Both are trained to work with youth. McKibben holds a PhD from BYU, has been a coach, a principal, and has worked with disadvantaged youth. Mrs. McKibbegfias a BA degree from BYU and is a social worker who has worked with retarded children and also has had experience with group homes. The McKibben's are the parents of two young children. Anderson said the program will , begin February 15. The initial cost contracted for is $58,000. |