Thursdav. June 19. 1975
University Daily Kansan
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Schneider snagging local drug program
There's been quite a little brouhaha lately about a telephone drug report and a plan to try to block it. The Lawrence, The Kansas City newspapers and television stations have picked up the story, and even the Topeka chief of police delivered himself of an opinion on the matter.
We simple people in Lawrence don't quite know what to do with all this attention. We don't know how we town's name mentioned abroad and we don't know people know what we're doing. But just as
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surely we don't like people in Topeka and Kansas City to tell us what to do.
And that's what all this flap and foo-
doggle balls down to—where we here in
Lawrence will decide what is best for us or
we will tell them that our community
will tell us what we have to do.
Establishment of a street drug analysis program is supported by various community leaders and heavyweight organizations, including Watkins Hospital, Lawrence Memorial Hospital, the county attorney, the director of KU Security and Parking, the Lawrence School District, the Lawrence County Drug Abuse Council and the Douglas County Comprehensive Health Planning Council.
That's quite a list. It's a rare day indeed when so many people agree on an issue.
treatment and as a watchdog for dangerous drugs on the street. If somebody finds out from drug analysis that what he thought was THC, the active ingredient in it is really PCP, a dangerous animal tranquilizer, he isn't able to eat the stuff.
And when a hospital has an overdose case, it's vital that the hospital know what happens. "If he thinks he's eaten too much paliocybin, and the doctors know that somebody has been selling heroin as paliocybin, then the doctors know to look for signs of heroin."
Schneider says the analysis program makes no promise unless it matts it full fulfillment. A legitimate research function. He has yet to tell us what would be an illegitimate law enforcement or security function.
In light of the community's support, what's holding up the drug analysis program? It's not public opinion and it's not money.
Some of the supporters help the program will be valuable for drug education, drug
What's holding up the program is the Kansas attorney general. Curt Schneider.
Schneider is imposing his interpretation of the law on the community, and his interpretation isn't in the community's interest.
The interest of this community, as voiced by community leaders, worrs established programs.
Schneider needs a little prodding to change his interpretation of the law. Perhaps a countywide referendum would convince him. But since that isn't practical, perhaps you should call him. His number is 1-926-2915.
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adequate performance on achievement tests, having a good work record and academic record.
"You have a large number of problem children, many more children than there are professionals to take care of them," he said.
methods. Before, these services were available only from professionally trained staff.
Program seeks to train paraprofessionals
According to Barbara Terry, program coordinator, in the first two years of the study five trainees per academic year underwent the paraprofessional training and in return received 20 hours of college credit and a $4000 stipend. Terry said the course offered is an "emphasis" criteria which included having a high school diploma, with access to transportation
By JOHN BRUS
Kappan Staff Reporter
Kansas City, Kan.-Research being conducted here would allow techniques of behavioral modification to be practiced by individuals with only a high school education.
Copeland said the curriculum program required the trainees to develop expertise in seven skill areas. One, behavioral management, teaches techniques in behavioral modification emphasizing the importance of positive and negative reinforcement.
The aim of the program is to develop a curriculum training package that can be taught to high school graduates to develop job skills and abilities able to work with problem children.
A paraprofessional is a highly trained worker without a professional degree.
a third-year renewal grant of $80,146. It is funded by the National Institute of Mental Health under the Special and Experimental Projects category.
The paraprofessionals receive a combination of academic training and actual experience in working with the children, Copeland said. So far the program has been limited to dealing with children in the Kansas City, Kan. public schools.
The program, entering its third year of a projeclcted five-year study, recently received
The program is administered from the Juniper Gardens Learning Center in Kansas City, Kan. The program is run by the University of Kansas Bureau of Child Research.
The director, Rodney Copeland, adjunct assistant professor of human development at KU, said yesterday that the program was to fill the specific need for trained aides to support children with problem children by using behavior modification techniques and evaluation
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