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Hold Classes For Speech Correction Ninety-one of the 996 stud- ents attending Bayview Second- ary School qualified for honour roll status as a result of marks obtained in Christmas examin- ations. 9| At Bayview Secondary Qualify For Honour List According to W.J. Fischer, public relations officer for the school, 55 out of 448 grade 9 ltudents achieved an average of 75% in their school work while three out of 36 grade 13 students achieved this level. The following have their names listed on this term’s honour roll: GRADE 9 Loretta Beatty, Jane Black- well. Barbara Boultwood, Shar- BY MARY DAWSON Many children in Rich- mond Hill who have speech problems are being assisted by a speech training prog- ramme that is now in its second year in the six public schools in the town. Pupils in all grades from kindergarten to grade 8 are receiving the benefits of this programme. Children in need of such training are referr- ed to Mrs. Donna Vanden Bergh, itinerant speech teacher, by the classroom teachers in June. In addition last year Mrs. Vanden Bergh visited every classroom in the local public school system and outlined a course in speech improve- ment to be taught to every child. Such a course can be integrated in spelling and becomes an important part of every subject. This year the speech teach- er again visited all kinder- garten and grade one classes where the majority of child- Seventy-five percent of the children referred to her are hnvinz difficulty in articul- ation. Mrs. Vanden Bergh told “The Liberal". Inabili- iy to pronounce words dist- inctly and iispinx are found in this group. ren with are found Stuttering is of two kinds the speech teacher explain- ed. -â€" primary which appar- ently does not bother the child. and secondary which is caused by anxiety and tenâ€" sion and really upsets the child. This is in reality a personality problem. Children with cleft palates and those who are hard of hearing also have speech de- fects which can be greatly helped by this training. Many speech problems are caused because parents are too anxious for the young child to talk. A child should develop hls talking skills at his own rate. Mrs. Vanden Bergh maintains. and urges parents not to push the Tablerite Brand Fresh Ground Assorted Cereal Pink Heinz Seal Hill Public Schools speech problems BACON 65¢ MINCED BEEF 39¢ PINK 53¢ PALUM 2 KETCHUP 2 on Boynton, Sheila Brounstein Susan Brown, Johanne Buck- ingham, John Chew, Norene Clubine, Dennis Coles. James Crowther, Linda Derk- sen. Gordon Dyke, Barbara Empringham, William Evemtt. Donna Fleming, James Fras- er, Arlene Furry, Stephen Gentles. Beverley Gomme. David Gooch, Ian Gray, Janet Hall, Kathryn Hammond, Patn- icia Jennings. Douglas Johnson, Lynda Ken- ny, Heinz Lauer, Robert Lind- say, BeVerley Markle. James Mowles, Sandra Myers, Lindsay Poole, Dennis Pringle. Linda Rumble. youngster. “Give him plenty of opportunity to talk and a need to talk and he will talk," she said. Pointing out that children learn to talk only through imitation the speech teacher cautioned parents against baby talk and sloveniy speech habits. Young children may re- peat sounds many times she continued, but these dysfluâ€" encles should not be labelled. The children who have been referred to the classes In Juneare tested in Sept- ember and placed in speech correction classes according to age and type of defect. Those whose speech prob- lems are less serious are given speech improvement Instruction by their class- room teacher under the guidance of Mrs. Vanden Bergh. For the first three months of the course pupils are giv- en an intensive auditory programme. This is a major part of the speech prog- ramme in which the child hears and understands his speech problem and can disâ€" criminate between the cor- rect sound he is supposed to make and that which he pro- duces, she commented. By December they are be- ginning to use the correct sound first in isolation then in syllables, then words. phrases, sentences and conâ€" versation. This sound is taught in the initial position in the word, then in the last position of the word, and then in the middle position. To bring full co-operation between home and school the children in the special speech training classes are given booklets for use at home under the guidance of their parents who have been instructed in the proper methods of helping their child. Speech correction classes stress learning through en- joyment as the children play games. use puppets, listen to â€"â€"â€"v w FREE For CompJete Set Of UM 2 l6 ozf BOXES 85¢ ‘ “WINN-WELL" HOCKEY E UIPM 2 ll OZ. BOTTLES 41¢ DRAW! TO BE DRAWN FOR smunog, FEB. SAVE TWO WAYS â€" LOWER PRICES PLUS FREE GIFTS FOR IGA TAPES ALLENCOURT PLAZA EFEM____ BAYVIEW & MARKHAM ROAD pmcss 5mm 0011mm Mg: RlCHMGND HILL JAN. 22, 23, 24, 25 Freda Sale, Ian Schell, Nor- man Schell, Mark Sexsmith, William Snook. Margaret Squires, Joyce Stitt, Linda Thomason, David Thoms, Mark Tilston. BrengAa Wilson, Catherine Wilson, James Wilson, Hans Worm, ‘ Ingrid Zijp. GRADE 10 Colleen Wagner, William Walden, Vernon Walters, Lynne Wielgosh, Beverley Wilson. Judy Archer, Geraldine Bruce, Jennifer Burton, Rosemary Bur- ton. Bruce Clarke. Scott Cooper, Brenda Critch- ley, Diane Donnelly, Gail Elsie, Brenda Firman. records and tape recorders all of which are aids to the desired end. the teacher exâ€" plained. Richmond Hill Public School Board has had special bulletin boards and mir- rors made for these classes. The children are thus able to see in the mirror the teacher produce the correct IOUHd by proper use of lips. tongue. teeth and jaws, and by lmltation eventually ach- ieve the correct sound. Al. the end of June, after receiving 10 months instruc- tion last year, many were dismissed from the classes as needing no further special speech training. but are be- ing watched by the class- room teacher. If regression happens they will be re-ad- mitted to the classes until correction is no longer need- ed. Many new children were added to these classes this year with some holdovers from last year. They will be dismissed when the teacher knows that they can produce all sounds correctly and without hesitation and too much thought about the art- iculation. Since stuttering can be or1 once was a personality de- fect. sufferers from this speech ailment are carrying out a study of themselves in order to develop an object- ive attitude towards them- selves as speakers. This study will be completed be- fore the children learn the techniques of overcoming their stuttering, the teacher explained. Mrs. Vanden Bergh taught at Walter Scott School for five years in a grade one class before being appointed itinerant speech teacher by the school board. During these years she became in- terested in the children in her classes who had speech problems and as part of the curriculum did speech work in the phonics programme: Two 'summer_ coilrses giv- Free Text Books Grades 9 and 10 The policy of providing textbooks without direct cost to the!1 student will be extended to‘ grade 9 and 10 beginning in September of this year, announ- ced The Honourable W. Earl Rowe, P.C., Lieutenant-Goverm or of the Province of Ontario. The announcement was made January 15 in his speech from the throne on opening the sec- ond session of the twenty- seventh legislature of the Pro- vince of Ontario. This policy represents a further step in the equalization of educational opportunity throughout the province. Problems of distribution and‘ supply will be eliminated, he said, for these grades since school boards will provide the text books and will receive ad- ditional grants to make this possible. At the same time, boards will be encouraged to exercise every economy possible and. through carefully planned replacement policies, to ensure the full and economical use of every book. See page 2 for editorial on this proposed legislation. Ronald Kimball, Gail Mea- dows, David Needham, Johanna Nugent, Paul Ramer. Dennis Richards, Gary Rise- borough, Hille Schnier, Guy Snaith, Ursel Solich, Catherine Wilson. Ardys Winger, Johanne Zeeman. GRADE 11 Stuart Barnes, Valdi Inkens Marilyn Lee, David M. Smith Donald Smith. GRADE 12 Marilyn Doner, Wayne Ever- ett, Barbara Lowens, Linda Robinson, Janet Royston. GRADE 13 Gary Draper, Michael How- ard, Roxanne Louw. en by the Department of Education auxiliary educa- tion course in Toronto have provided her with the special skills which are making the local programme of special speech training effective. Instructors at these summer courses were Miss Norms Harrison. supervisor of speech correction for Scar- borongh Township schools, and Miss Rhea Stewart who‘ is employed in the same ca- pacity by the London Board of Education. Both are well-. known authorities in this' work. SEE OUR SELECTION OF FINE DEPENDABLE USED CARS. Fresh 'n Tender 21/2 to 3 Lb. Average ’ Tender 21/2 to We welcome you to visit your new Chrysler - Plymouth - Valiant dealership . . . We believe the most important part of a car sale is the “service after sale”. 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