European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - August 29, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Monday August 29, 1988 the stars and St Lopes Page 9 education new principals in Dodds for 1988-89 Belgium Brussels elementary High school shape elementary England Greenham common elementary London Central High school West Ruislip elementary Woodbridge High school Iceland Albert Mahan elementary Italy Brindisi elementary Brindisi High school Decimo Mannu elementary Gaeta elementary la Maddalena elementary Rimini elementary Netherlands Oesterberg High school Uden elementary Norway Oslo elementary Junior High Spain Sevilla elementary Zaragoza High school West Germany Amberg elementary Ansbach elementary Augsburg elementary Augsburg High school Bonn elementary Buechel elementary Derheim elementary Hanau Middle school Herborn Seelbach elementary Johann Kalb elementary Niernberg Kaiserslautern Junior High Kitzinger elementary Junior High Mainz elementary monchengladbach elementary mors elementary osterholz elementary Pforzheim elementary Schwabish a mind elementary Stuttgart High school Vilseck elementary Wurzburg elementary Wei Brincken elementary Jennifer Beckwith Kay Salter Ester Cook Robert Jones James Burns Harold Palmer Elizabeth Derry David Trukositz Eugene Perillo Cathy Magni Andy Caro Bruce Davis Wilma Holt Bernice Johnson Claudia Holtzclaw James Mcneil Marguerite Milke Frank Calvano Letcher Connell Wayne Dozark Donald Johnston James Heath Steve Hain Rosemary Leonoff Emma Murray Robert Brinton Mary Ann Burkard Daniel Robinson Richard Nielsen Fred Paesel James Meren Jack Fugate Lawrence Hart Barbara Rudometkin Joe masters James Mcneil Helen Ducey Robert Lavato Royal Laplant Eric Gentry puppets ploy leading roles in child abuse prevention by Mark Walsh Pitburg Bureau Schinnen Netherlands Abby s Uncle picks Herup from school every Day and makes her sit close to him while he drives her Home. One Day Abby s teacher asks her to stay after school to help her. During the course of conversation Abby tells the teacher that her Uncle will arrive soon. She Shivers at the thought. Some Days the 8-year-old says her Uncle pulls Theca off the Road and they listen to the radio. Choking Back tears the child blurts out he touches me Whereon one else Lias. He touches me where he s not sup posed  a Case of child sexual abuse possibly. But Abby is a hand puppet. Abby is a character in the Clayton county puppet show someone to talk  developed in 1979 in Georgia by the Clayton county Pat and county department of family and children services the pro Gram targets children enrolled in kindergarten through fifth Grade. In Europe army Community service volunteers a Schinnen perform the show in their area. They Are willing to give presentations at other schools in the Netherlands helium and Germany if organizations pay their travel costs. Using puppets to teach children skills to prevent child abuse in a non threatening and non judgmental manner someone to talk to identifies adults who children can approach if they encounter situations involving people such As Abby s Uncle. Puppet shows can be effective in dealing with the subject of child abuse according to child psychologists. In addition Law enforcement officials including som with the air Force office of special investigations sometimes use puppets when questioning Young Chil Dren about alleged cases of sexual abuse. Marlys Olson who directs the child abuse Preven Tion program for the department of defense dependents schools in West Germany said puppets have been used in a variety of skits to educate Young Chil Dren about the dangers of child abuse. We be even had High school students come in to schools and use the puppets she said. Olson who headed a program to combat child abuse in Tacoma wash., is introducing a curriculum to Deal with the subject. She Hopes to see the curriculum aimed at grades kindergarten through five in place at every elementary school in Germany by the beginning of the 1989-90 school year. A psychologist at Schinnen s army Community service said Only 10 percent of child abuse cases Are reported to authorities. Part of the reason is that some children have been exposed to abuse All their lives an believe it Normal behaviour Ingeborg Sigel Johnson said. Young children especially believe this because that s the Only thing they know if they re brought up in an abusive household. For is Patti Schmidt to Gardner works with a puppet during a skit. But when they grow older they find out through peer pressure and just being around other people that this is not Normal she said. Someone to talk to is designed to nip these problems plus those of physical abuse and neglect at an Early stage. In Abby s Case the teacher asks her Why she s never told anyone about her Uncle. Who d believe me a kid Abby replies. The teacher assures her there is a problem and tells both Abby and the Young audience that there is help should they Ever encounter a similar situation. Parents Are shown a video of someone to talk to before their children see it. Some parents Are a Little ignorant of this Type of education for their children said to Gardner Sargent an assistant Volunteer coordinator at Shinnen. More information on someone to talk to can be obtained by calling Gardner Sargent at Schinnen civil Ian 04493-7231 or 7254 or ets 360-7231 or 7254. Public to have say in superintendent choices Wiesbaden West Germany parents military officials and teachers will play a key role in the selection of the next two department of defense dependents schools District superintendents in Germany. At least one member of each of those groups will help interview the final seven candidates for the two gs-14 position sept 1 and 2 at the Lindsey air station  inclusion of non Dodds administrators in the selection process follows a 14-Point management improvement plan drawn up by Dodds director Joh Stremple for the 1988-89 school year. The plan Calls for additional communication networks to link school officials to Par ent military members and  is seeking to fill the District superintendent positions at Kaiserslautern and Karlsruhe. Fred Killian  the Kaiserslautern position transferred to Munich to run that District re Dodds Roundup placing John Lee who retired. Former Karlsruhe District superintendent Georgia Williams Scaife left that Job in june to take Over As Atlantic re Gion  Germany Region spokesman said Only seven candidates remain for the two superintendent positions from an Origi Nal list of 70. He declined to reveal names of the candidates but said on works in the Pacific Region and another in Panama. Dodds will pay transportation costs to bring All seven to Wiesbaden for the  Norton of Heidelberg and Nancy Mcdowell of Kaiserslautern will represent parents on the interviewing Board. Carol ahem Mannheim High school librarian will represent teachers. The military will be represented by Brig. Gen. Thomas c. Jones Usa eur Provost marshal. An air Force office from the Ramstein Kaiserslautern area has not yet been named. Dodds will be represented by  District superintendent Joyce Wilson Heidelberg Middle school Prin Cipal Don Johnson and Kreuzburg elementary principal Allen Haymon of Wei Brincken. The panel will rank the candidates an give their recommendations to Germany Region director Joseph Blackstead who will make the final decision. The choices Are expected to be announced by the endow september. Student teachers arrive Wiesbaden West Germany record 48 student teachers will be in classrooms in Germany for the the first Day of school  teachers who receive no financial support from Dodds Are expected to re main in Germany until the semester breaking january. Some Are staying with school system employees but others Are living in youth hostels and with German families. The University of Northern Colorado sent the largest contingent with 28 Stu Dent teachers assigned to Germany schools including 12 at Aschaffenbur elementary. Two Northern Colorado students Are assigned to Wiir Burg Are schools and the others will work in the Munich  Miami University of Ohio students have arrived and will work i Wiesbaden Giessen and Rhein main  lock Haven University a Stu Dent is assigned to Frankfurt and another to Nurnberg. According to a school system source student teaching was discouraged when Beth Stevens ran the system but the pro Gram was revived in 1987 under then director Robert Rauner