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ROTC units help kids fly kites
By Frank McCleary Kansan staff writer
KU's Reserve Officer Training Programs are about more than just training students to become military officers.
About 25 students from the Air Force and Navy ROTC units spent two hours Saturday afternoon helping 31 Lawrence children build and fly kites at the Boys and Girls Club of Lawrence, 1520 Haskell Ave.
Mica Ashmore, Antioch, Calif. senior and Air Force ROTC cadet corps commander, said the joint-service project would help dispel misconceptions about the military programs.
"It will show the community that we're not just here for military training." he said.
Andrew Garlick, Litchfield, Conn., freshman, said that people had a pre-conception about the military and that doing community service work could shatter that image.
"A lot of people think we're really into war and fighting," he said. "This project helps us show the community that we care."
Armen Kurtian, Wichita senior and
Navy ROTC battalion commander,
The Air Force and the Navy units each have done separate community service projects in the past, but this was the first time they had worked together.
Ideally, there would be a big tri-service project each semester. Kurdian said
While the cadets and midshipmen tried to teach the kids patience by helping them build kites, they learned how to interact with the children.
"It's a learning experience both ways." he said.
Dave Hanks, Little Rock, Ark., junior, said giving his time to the children was a rewarding experience.
Erin Hansen, Ankeny, Wis., freshman, and Taryn Steward, Lawrence resident,
and other members of the KU Air Force ROTC helped kids at the Boys and Girls'
club make and fly kites on Saturday afternoon.
"Helping someone else is an incredible feeling." he said.
Stefanie Worth, Boys and Girls Club program coordinator, said volunteer work was important to the club as well as to the kids. The lite-building activities Saturday were a part of the club's "Smart Moves" program, which provides the children with alternatives to drugs.
ing the people who volunteer to work at the club, Werth said.
The children look forward to meet
"They see positive role models," she said. "They have something different, something new that they can talk about."
Although Saturday afternoon was almost completely absent of wind, making it hard to fly the kites, the smiles and laughter from both the children and the volunteers indicated a successful day for all involved.
KU program to study 'inclusion'
Five-year grant will develop policy to integrate students with and without disabilities
By Terrilyn McCormick Kansan staff writer
Traditionally, Kansas education has been divided between special education for children with disabilities and general education. Recent policy changes have made the traditional method of division inflexible in meeting the needs of the changing population.
Wayne Sailor, project director and professor of special education.
This problem will be the focus of a new University of Kansas doctoral program aimed at developing and implementing new policies to integrate students with and without disabilities.
The University received a federal $111,635 grant to help finance a statewide reform movement for special education, to remedy the current problems. The five-year grant will train KU doctoral students to develop and carry out the new policies, said
"The purpose of the grant is to create a special doctoral training program for students interested in education policy and research," he said. "The students will work closely with the legislature creating new policies and the State Board of Education."
Sailor said KU's program was the only of its kind in the nation.
"Kansas is one of the states in the nation with the most advanced policy changes in the area of education," Sailor said. "It only makes sense to have a program based on policy change at the University of Kansas."
The policy reform also could help students with learning difficulties because of language, economics, health and cultural-learning style disadvantages, Sailor said.
The causes of these difficulties include more non-English speaking students in schools, greater cultural diversity within communities and the recognition that students' learning styles differ from what was considered typical in the past.
Also, economic conditions have produced an increase in children with health, social and learning problems.
Sailor said one of the main policy changes affecting education currently was inclusion. It has created problems for both educators and communities.
"Traditionally, education was separated into different programs," he said. "Students with handicaps were taught separately than other students. The shift toward inclusion has brought a lot of policy changes that the students will be examining."
The grant was a joint project between KU Affiliated Programs, a program to share research findings with teachers and parents, and the School of Education. Sailor's ptjct co-director is Thomas Skrtic, professor of special education.
The grant, financed by the U.S. Department of Education, will finance one doctoral student start- June 1 and two post-graduate students in other fields beside education.
No students have been named to the three positions.
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