European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 1, 1986, Darmstadt, Hesse A Phot parental figures but not the role by Margot Slade new York times they Abe the us Limilo hybrids part of Lii family and Cyl apart parental i Guies. Bul no parents. Inen Tlly. Bul nol i Miliar. Necessary invaders of privacy find sic she Cari lakers the people Hal parents mostly women hire to mind their children at Homo during the Day. For both Parent and caretaker the relationship can to an awkward one. Parents have official Public Lions telling them How to caretakers but nol How to establish and evaluate the relationship i sell said or Bonnie l Atkinson a psychologist in Florence. Al who deals with family issues and the ease takers have no clearly Defi Ziec role to Uso As a Model for behaviour and interaction like the Tom of leachor1 some mothers eel guilty Aboul handing Over their to someone and thai can cause problems other factors complicate what should ideally tie a Coll Octal arrangement. To begin with parents Aren t there during Iho said or. Glen Sallows a child psychologist at thu Mendola mental health Instate in Madison. Wis. There is no Way to judge what the caretaker is doing asking the child does t help psychologists say Sinco it is jilt cull to interpret the answers. A the youngster says Ifie Carel kor Yolland a Tot Loday does that mean she s too strict or he s having a bad afternoon sat lows said subterfuge May not work either. Freema Gluck a senior " cd pro Iuchi ii Genius Unsel a Murjani of Verna ional ltd., recalled hiding a tape Border in her child s Loy Box. It came up Gluck a. It was a 30-Minulo tape it must have recorded tha 30 with boys who Are expressing themselves through drawings in Chatt Antt s psychiatric Tawf. Mental health therapy for by Susan Okusu associated press for most of his 7 years Joey Kelly a Day spoke. To slept poorly did t eat properly wout i l dress of to sometimes lapsed Viilu Latall Milij land Puma dial Laslow Evdia hours Joey is aut Islin Lal last year his parents checked him into Yale new Haven Hospital s new children s psychiatric Ward. When the ratify went Home to Aberdeen s a. Six weeks later Joey was talking fluently steeping Well grooming himself and was Able to oat a sit Down meal with his family. Before to was kind of a Cross Little Bay says Joey s father Joseph Kelly. He was unhappy and got into Dos now. To wakes every morning Wilh a smile and he s As Happy As he can be Joey was one of the firs i a i cols of he 12-bed Yale children s psychiatric Ina lint service which opened in december in new Haven. Conn the unil treats children from a to 14 who have serious menial health problems Many major teaching hospitals have psychiatric wards Lor children says or Joseph Woolston director of the Yale service. But Yale s program is unusual partly because it Atso leaches parents Hoimlo Deal effectively with Ihetu children s def Dull a Navio she says besides autism the unit treats problems such As psychosis ate Cave disorders emotional illness aggravated by physical conditions and physical conditions brought on by emotional turmoil. Rocen patients include a 4-year-old boy who burned Down a House and two emotionally impaired Brothers who were abandoned by their Mother and abused by their alcoholic drug addicted father Woolston said studies indicate that Between 5 and 15 percent of the nation s school age children nationally suffer significant mental health problems and a majority of hem probably do not receive adequate treatment says Page 14 the stars find stripes or Donald j. Cohen director of the Yale univ Cisily school of Medicine child study Center. Adults who have disorders often Imd ways to announce it publicly children simply Saflor he says. At wools on s unit children sees variety of specialists who work Tor Ihn Yalo school of Medicine and its child study Center As Well As Yale new Haven Hospital Cohen Hopes the program will come to be regarded As a National Model because of this mul id Scipi Inary approach wools on says a youngster s slay at the hos Pilaf begins Wilh a diagnosis Mado through evaluations of physical mental neurological and educational capabilities. Then Ireat men is formulated. During his slay usually about six weeks a child follows a routine thai includes regular schoolwork. Treat men Lor Joey Kelly started wish a diagnosis of autism a serious developmental disorder whose victims Are Olen out of touch Witti reality. Woolston said doctors found thai Joey s to was Normal and thai he could Lun Clion Al a higher social level than Many autistic children doctors then cooler mined wha Joy was and was nol capable of achieving and guided him toward reachable behaviour goals such As sleeping through the night. Just being in the highly structured unit encouraged Joey to talk and socialize More. Woolston says family instruction and therapy arc important Loo Iho doctor says in Joey s Case the doctors wanted his parents to visit three times a Day in order to Wake him eat Wilh him and put him to bed a Conne Licul Mother whose 12 year old son was treated for an attention disorder says they taught me not to yell Al him to use a Low we Learned in family therapy How to Deal with everything that we were be Imp in a positive Way added the Mother who did not want to be identified. The unit also has a quiet room used to Calm a child whose behaviour is out of control. Such children Are taught the concept of time out in which they Are reviewing lessons with patients i the Yale new Haven required to is quietly. If that does l work they Are temporarily locked in the quiet room which is adjacent to the nursing Stalion. Aboul five feel Square lha room has a padded Bench two windows and a heavy door. The Molher of the boy with attention disorder initially objected to the Quiel room. Then i saw the necessity of it As a place to Calm Down Walhout any distractions and to think about All Ernali behaviour she says. The longest he was Al the quiet room was 20 i a child is so out of control that he could Hurt himself Woolston says he is lied to a Hospital bed. When a child is ready to go Home the Oil tries to see
