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to the Drawing Board for Day Care Center
over the new plans for the addition to the Shepherdstown Day Care Center are Gay
Center Director Ruth Brown, and Judy Matlick (seated). Standing are Annette Ma-
Ohrling, and Annette Van Hilst. Long-range planning committee members not pic-
[ are Larry Barkdoll, G.T. Schramm, and Saundra Moreland.
to the drawing board
Shepherdstown Day Care
Which is now involved in
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organizations, businesses, indi-
viduals, (;enter board members,
and parents. $40,000 was secured
from two West Virginia C, ommu-
nity Partnership Grants with the
aid of John Doyle, delegate to the
West Virginia Legislature from
this district. At this writing, the
kitchen project, constituting Ptmse
its child care facility. Monies tbr
this phase raised in 1998 totalled
$118,000 which enabled the Center
to begin the project. Of these mon-
ies, $78,000 came from community
of an ambitious renova-
mnsion undertaking of
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JMH, states, "As we all work to-
gether, we see dramatic and won-
derful changes occur." In creating a
safe, yet challenging atmosphere,
patients are encouraged to push
against new boundaries of their
limitations and regain skills they
though were beyond their reach.
Wood states, "It's rewarding to see
these dramatic recoveries every
day."
Memorial Hospital
a reputation for excel-
h its uncompromising
ent to quality and focus
care. Over the
years, JMH has ex-
physical therapy ser-
offer the community a
of rehabilitation
Local residents no longer
miles from home to
and/or skilled nurs-
rehabilitation services.
meet the community's
post-acute needs, right
to home," states Joan
director of rehabilita-
COMMUNITY COLLEGE
PROFESSOR ATTENDS
DISABILITY INSTITUTE
SHEPHERDSTOWN - Billie
Unger, assistant professor of devel-
opmental English at Shepherd
College's Community and Techni-
cal College, recently attended the
state's first training institute for
higher education and disability is-
sues. The institute was created by
the West Virginia University Affili-
ated Center for Developmental
Disabilities (UACDD).
The training institute served as
the first statewide meeting for the
UACDD's Impact 2000 initiative.
Impact 2000 is a training initiative
for preparing higher education fac-
ulty to serve as leaders who infuse
content on disability issues into
preservice coursework and practi-
cal experiences in the new millen-
nium.
Institute participants examined
state-of-the-art information on
policy, law, medicine, recreation,
and education issues related to dis-
abilities. They explored opportuni-
ties for utilizing the most up-to-
date technology in the classroom,
and reviewed methods that re-
shape existing curricula to reflect
increased emphasis on disability
issues. Through these efforts, Im-
pact 2000 is attempting to improve
the preparation of personnel to
work with people with disabilities
and their families at community,
regional, and state levels.
In addition to the UACDD,
sponsorship for this initiative
comes from the West Virginia De-
velopmental Disabilities Planning
Council, Department of Health
and Human Resources, Depart-
ment of Education, and other state
agencies and organizations con-
cerned with the effective prepara-
tion of students to interact with
and serve persons with disabili-
ties.
of the skilled nursing
I is to stabilize the patient's
and promote healing
enable patients to return
Physical therapist
states, "Our primary
Is safety." When patients
too early, they may
Well enough to function
their homes and their re-
~ay be compromised. The
and rehab service
that void.
.Services offered at Jefferson
al Hospital begin with an
of the patient's
~hen proceed through
a therapeutic pro-
developed and carried
the direction of a physi-
includes ongo-
ation of the patient and
progress. Key to
is the element of
Patients about their ill-
intensive rehabili-
-~rvices to promote the
of function quickly,
them arrange addi-
that may be
their arrival home.
"We work on family
s well, so that family
how to assist the
their recovery." This
approach puts the
the center of the reha-
~eam.
rehabilitation team
each trained
area of rehabilita-
offers the area's finest
pists, Physi-
and Speech Thera-
together to work
the referring phy-
the patient's family to
program of
for each patient. Bird
offering these services
Patients and their fami-
have to move from one
another, they can re-
continuum of care right
Physical Therapist at
Jbe power" of U"
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()ne, is nearing completion.
Members of the long-range
planni||g co|nmittee of the (;enter
would heartily agree that the
project has progressed like the tlow
of molasses, steady, but s-l-o-w.
Iiowever, slow may have been a
real plus because over this period
ofthne tim needs of the Center that
were defined in 1995 have changed
somewhat. Before-'and after-
school care continues to be a highly
.'taught-after service. In 1996, a
portable classroom was rented to
house the program and is still in
use. However, over the past year,
lhe Center has been inundated
with calls for infant care. This kind
of care was not part of the original
1996 Master Plan, but the need
has become obvious. A trailer was
donated to the Center. It has been
renovated to meet all necessary
standards fi)r state licensing, and
opened in September of this year to
house the new infant care compo-
nent. To date, all twelve slots are
filled with a waiting list. in place.
I|| April, the Center's long-
range planning committee began
meeting again with Mark Ohrling,
architect hired by the Center to de-
w, lop the first Master Plan. The
task at hand included revision of
the plans for the addition to the
main building and the second
stage of the development of the
Master Plan. It is interesting to
note at this time that all grant pro-
posals submitted for Phase Two of
the 1996 plan had been turned
down tbr one reason or another.
Progress was not happening,
things were just not working at all,
but, it seems that the reason has .
surfitced. The plan for the expan-
sion space no longer meets the
Center' s needs. The new plans are
proving to be incredibly exciting
because several concerns have ~
been addressed from this new per-
spective. Back to the drawing-
board for the Shepherds(own Day:
(;are Center has turned into a good .~
thing!
The Shepherdstown Day Care :
(;enter is an agency of the Jeffer-2
son County United Way. ,
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