18 Friday, October 15, 1976
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
Jerusalem Unit Helps Culturally Deprived
Youth Previously Thought to Be Retarded
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JERUSALEM — Many rael with funds from the
of Israel's children who United Jewish Appeal —
are registered as re- which refers children to
tarded are actually only the unit for observation
emotionally disturbed as and treatment.
a result of being cultur-
According to the direc-
ally deprived. With cor- tor of the unit, Mrs. Neta
rect early diagnosis and Viner, the tests disclosed
proper treatment they that of 50 children age 2-6
are able to return to nor- served by the unit and
'-nal life. .
listed as being retarded,
These facts have come 22 of them were able to
to light in tests conducted enter normal school clas-
over the past year by the srooms.
Eddy Shore Observation • Three years ago the unit'
Unit in Jerusalem, part of added seven classes for
the AKIM program sup- special observation in
ported by the Joint Dis- which an effort was made
tribution Committee to by the professional staff to
provide services for re- study the children's de-
velopment. Somq of the
tarded children.
were listed as se-
The unit, initiated with children
the help of JDC, works verely retarded, others
closely with the suffered from brain dys-
Jerusalem Child De- function, and others were
velopment Center — one listed as emotionally dis-
of eight that JDC helps turbed. Previously these
support throughout Is- children had been sent to
institutions for the re-
Rabbi Appointed tarded.
At the Eddy Shore Ob-
to Commission
servation Unit it was dis-
WASHINGTON (JTA) covered almost half of the
— President Ford has ap- children • w're not re-
pointed Rabbi Hershel tarded at all. The causes
Schachter of New York, -a for their "retard-a-tion -
former chairman of the could be found in their
Conference of Presidents upbringing.
The Shore unit created
of Major American
Jewish Organizations, to two separate programs
the six-member U.S. for the children: half of
CoMmission on Civil the children were placed
classes for the retarded
Rights, the White House in
of
various stages, and the
has announced. The ap-
pointment is subject to 'Balance of Power
Senate confirmation.
The
commission, in Israel's Favor'
headed by Arthur S.
WASHINGTON (ZINS)
Fleming, former Secret- — The military corres-
ary of Health, Education pondent of the Hebrew
and Welfare, reviews morning daily, Ha'Aretz,
government -programs said, the U.S. Pentagon is
and advises the President thoroughly convinced
and Congress on dis-
the present military
crimination. The length that
balance of poWer is de-
of the appointment is at cidedly in Israel's favor;
the President's pleasure.
in sharp contrast with the
difficulty encountered
throughout the Middle
East (Egypt, Syria, and
Iran) the Israelis are
quite adept in mastering
the use of the most Mod-
ern and sophisticated
weapons; even if -faced
with a surprise attack the
Israeli army would seize
the initiative by the
fourth day of the war.and
would have the Arab ar-
mies on the run by the
eighth day of the conflict;
in any new war the Is-
raelis will suffer a large
number of casualties.
Israeli Officials'
Salaries Listed
JERUSALEM (ZINS)
— The Central Statistical
Bureau has just made
public the salaries earned
by Israel's highest rank-
ing public officials.
Highest paid are Is.:
rael's President and the
Chief Justice of the Sup-
reme Court ($1,201.) As-
sociate Justices of the
Supreme Court receive
IL8,907 ($1,048) a month.
The Prime Minister
IL7,887 ($927); a Cabinet
Minister IL6,527 ($768); a
member of Knesset
IL5,687 ($669). The army
Chief-of-Staff is paid a
monthly salary of IL6,287
($740). Of the above, only
the president is• excused
from paying income
taxes.
other half in observation
classes. In some cases the
children move from one
framework to the other to
findings on their de-
velopment.
In observation class
there are four children
under the guidance of a
specially trained teacher.
On staff there is also a
clinical psychologist and
a social worker who, to-
gether with a sensory-
motor specialist, work
with the families, either
individually or in groups.
For a full year the child is
observed and is given all
the necessary aid for his
development.
In 1975, the unit carried
out a preliminary follow-
up on children who had
completed assessment in
1973 and in 1974, in order
to learn about their integ-
ration and progress in the
educational settings to
which they had been refer-
red. It was found that 35 of
the children continued at-
tending the recommended
settings, and that only five
of the children had had to
be transferred elsewhere.
Parents play an- impor-
tant part in the develop-
ment of their children.
Middle-class parents with
a good education are
sometimes unable to. ac-
cept and understand re-
tardation in their chil-
dren. Much help is neces-
sary to change this at-
titude to their children.
. Some parents run from
doctor to doctor in order
to get a more positive
diagnosis. If they agree
enroll the child in an in
stitution, and the
becomes dependent on
the staff and workers, the
parents will sometimes
refuse to take the child
back, even when it is
shown to them that the
child could live a normal
life.
Many immigrant pa-
rents upon arrival in Is-
rael have so many prob-
lems that they are not
capable of caring for their
children and send them to
an institution claiming
that they are retarded.
After proper diagnosis —
and in some cases treat-
ment — the children are
returned to their parents.
The observation unit
also fulfills a role in the
training of students in
special education. In
1975, 11 students from
the Hebrew University
School of Education and
the Teachers Seminar in
Jerusalem were placed in
the unit for their field
training.
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