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Show Budd Named Chairman of Regional Planning Committee American Fork; Mel Clark, Division of Rehabilitation Services, Provo; Neal Evans, Utah State Represen tative, American Fork; Verl Osmond, Osmond Foundation, Orem; and Jack Holmes, United Way, Provo. Dr. Richard D. Budd, a vocational psychologist at the Utah State Training School, has been named chairman of the Utah County Regional Planning Committee. The committee has been formulated and developed as a spin-off of the Agencies and Organizations Serving the Handicapped committee, and was formed following a December conference of that committee. Dr. Budd said the committee is planning meetings and is contacting con-tacting key Utah County residents to function on the council and to help co-ordinate services for the handicapped as well as identify needs not being met by the present agencies. About 100 agencies and organizations in Utah County have been contacted to join the new committee, Dr. Budd said. A one-day meeting is planned for May to which they will be invited to help evaluate and accomplish ac-complish the goals of the committee. Anyone who has not heard of the conference, and who has not been contacted, may contact Mel Clark at 373-0550 or Lana Brown at 373-5510, ext. 521. A needs assessment committee is currently being organized under the direction of Ms. Brown who serves with Handicapped Awareness, Awaren-ess, Inc. . Other issues to be addressed by the committee include - a publicity campaign to help the public become aware of the needs of the handicapped; development of a booklet to list critical services available to the handicapped, and the names of agencies and services available. Needs identified to date are: closing the gaps between the "university teaching and realities of the world;." help and teaching assistance for convalescent centers dealing with the deaf; employment specialists; specialis-ts; assessment services; ser-vices; and a county wide educational program (speakers bureau) to be taken to schools plus other public speaking contacts. Transportation for the handicapped is one of the most critical problems in the county -- and the state - Dr. Budd said. He believes services could be improved and money and duplicated services saved through the various agencies and organizations coordinating their efforts ef-forts to aid the handicapped. han-dicapped. The Utah County Regional Council for the Handicapped includes: Dr. Budd, chairman; John Anderson, Division of Family Services, Developmentally DisabledMental Disa-bledMental Retarded, Provo; A. Marion Ar-bizu, Ar-bizu, Central Utah Convalescent Center, Orem; Sharlene Williams, A. P. A., Provo; Fern Wilson, Orem; Richard Dotson and Lana Brown of Handicapped Awareness, Awaren-ess, Inc. Provo; Kerry Brown, Lehi; Lynda Stewart, Utah State Training School, American Fork; Dave Gordon, Utah State Training School, |
