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Show Social Services Committee Visits Training School and treatment," he said. The resident is now able to label objects, such as shoes ; he is able to dress himself under guidance. He can obey basic commands and can make his wants known, the, board was told. "We don't know how much progress he will have made by the time he is here a year," Krantz said. The young man is now able to spend four days each week at home where his parents work closely with recommendations recom-mendations made under the school's program. "His big joy is to take the hand of a trainer and go for a walk", said. 1 h Adrien T chairman lr Developmen : fbled-Mentai lln board 3 demonstration care and defc! ' nMdrSsfTeaaC,h5 I ?W ! junsd.ction Ut traifning schoo IK V1S1f the sch!1 ott nua llj 'to "no tJ first hand the ' i the faciHty Li. staff member 1 ance to knows Lil us board ' v Wlth their concej; 0f irmmmmmm by designed for a single resident of the school. Dr. Bruce Buehler, medical director, explained ex-plained the resident in the demonstration until five months ago had been restrained at home for almost 16 years because of his parent's fear that he would physically harm himself. him-self. "He had to be physically restrained all day long because he would run and burst his head through the wall," Buehler said. The case came to the attention of a social worker and then to the attention of the training school. . After the parents agreed to let the young man come to the training school, it was estimated treatment would take at least a year before he could be released from restraints, Buehler went on. But the 10-member team focused all of its resources, including medical, psychological, and academic, on the treatment of a single resident and he gradually and slowly progressed, working his way out of the series of restraints staff members mem-bers designed for him, Psychologist Barry Krantz told the board. "Every member of the team contributed their part to the analysis "I want to see this school as one of the finest resource centers for the treatment of retarded that can be found," Leonard W. La vis, superintendent of the Utah State Training School, told members of the state board of Family Services who visited the school last week. Lavis told board members the staff at the school is continually trying to find better ways and better technology to treat the residents. He said first challenge of staff members is to see the residents receive high-quality care, adding the staff not only is interested in treatment programs for the residents of the school but also for residents who are in community programs. "We continue our efforts to work with all groups which care about the retarded," Lavis said. He said the school is not in competition with community-based treatment treat-ment programs saying, "We consider the community treatment programs as viable partners, all working for the good of the resident. We are not running an exclusive club here." Dean Jones, director of training and career development at the school, said the school is not only a treatment institution but also a resource center where people can come and learn to be effective in treatment of the retarded. Jones said he talks with many people in the colleges and universities univer-sities who read about treatment for the retarded. "The staff here at the training school live it," he said. Staff members then presented a demonstration demon-stration of a team-approach team-approach on the treatment program I . . I" , ' f , " 1 -fyp ft -f . r- y'X rA J . pur VISIT- Members of a committee of the state Board of Family Services, visit wheelchair modification area at and Utah State Training School during a tour of the school. ji f |
