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Page 14 â€" Waterion Chronicie, Wednesday, September 14, 1977 munity service is being ofâ€" fered by the University of Waterloo. RENNZEL: INSULATION [( B _ _ 00e *# Entertainment _ For Everyone â€" is just minutes away in New Hamburg & Baden! For FREE brochure or estimate on home insulation Bus. BXLâ€"242â€"271 Compensation 245â€"166V (Fully insured) _ Old Tyme Country "Sonny and the Country Gentlemen" ‘"‘We‘d like you to get to know us‘ 60 Huron St., New Hambu Homc&f Country & Western "MACK" ‘‘Person to Person" -‘- has been designed to M inform you, the citizens of WateriGo Region, of some of the services available, and to invite calls for further information as desired. We hope that this series of advertisements will give you a better understanding of the role of Regional Government and the part it plays in your daily lhves. â€" The most important job of government today at all levels, is to have good communication with the people it serves. Your views and concerns are important to your elected representatives, and I invite you to use the list of Regional Counciliors included in this series of advertisements. Sincerely, THE IMPERIAL BADEN HOTEL Snyder‘s W. Baden Home Cooked Meals Available Optometry clinic offers new community service Energy control technicians CALL . with Waterloo Regional Government 576â€"8668 Reggie Loo Speaks Out Jack Young, Regional Chairman 16, and continuing every Friday thereafter, UW‘s optometry clinic will offer NUMBERS 53 Huron St., New Hamb The Telephone Bar 181 Waterloo St., New Hamburg Thurs. D.J. Nite â€" bring your requests Fri. & Sat. "10 Penny Spike" (formerly J. L. Revival) LIVE DISCO No. 1 in a series eye examinations to in tants and children. Parents and children‘s eyes exâ€" amined may arrange to do so by telephoning 884â€" The optometry clinic is located on the ground floor of the School of Optometry, on ‘the north side of Columâ€" bia St., just west of the railway tracks (west of Phillip St.). _ Convenient pay parking is nearby; the mainline â€" university bus stops directly in front of the building. Clinic hours are 8: 30 a. m. to 4: 30 p.m. Testing the eyesight of a small baby involves some special equipment and techâ€" niques, according to Dr. Dennis Bader, who will be supervising the paediatric **We are able to objectiveâ€" ly measure the vision of very young infants, two weeks old or older," says Dr. Bader. ‘‘For that matâ€" ter, we can do the same for a severely retarded child. It is not necessary that the child be able to tell us what he or she can see. We are able to assess eye health, tell whether a child needs glasses, test for eye muscle balance, and other things." _ _ UW has equipped five special rooms for the testâ€" ing of infants and children. One of these contains a variety of toys, play equipâ€" ment and perceptual diagâ€" nostic equipment ; observers can get a good deal of inâ€" formation â€" concerning . a child‘s vision by watching how he or she reacts to these" objects. Waterloo has maintained an optometry clinic since the School of Optometry moved to the campus from & Toronto, 10 years ago. ‘‘Throughout these _ 10 years we have been offerâ€" ing a paediatric service to infants and children â€" as well," says Dr. Emerson Woodruff. director of the School. ‘"But for the most part this has only been used by nursery schools in the community; as a reâ€" sult, â€" it â€" has _ remained relatively unknown.‘" He says the cost of â€"vision testing for babies and children is met by OHIP . ‘‘Statistics tell us that between 13 and 15 per cent of all infants have some type of vision problem,~ he says. ‘"Almost 25 per cent of children have some sort of a vision problem by the time they are through Dr. Woodruff feels there is a great need for the new service. pENMAN§ FACTORY OUTLET STORES â€" Hours 18 CHARLES ST W _ KiTCHENER MONDAYâ€"SATURADAY 10 5 30 P M between ONTARIO and GAUKEL St FRIDAY 109?! the first two or three grades in public school Yet only about one child in 30 ever sees a vision care specialâ€" ist prior to reaching school scientific â€" evidence _ that many learning probiems are connected with vision nroblems. There is also vision problems. ‘*Recently," he _ says, "we have come up with valid statistical evidence that behavior can often be changed for the better by correcting vision problems. For the first time, this is now well documented." In general, Dr. Woodruff feels,~ the earlier such problems are caught and dealt with, the more effecâ€" tive the remedies are in terms of preventing intelâ€" lectual and other defiâ€" ciencies. Even in the case of chilâ€" dren who don‘t prove to have vision problems, he feels, helpful advice to parentsâ€" as a result of visits to the clinicâ€"might prevent probâ€" lems from arising in the fuâ€" ture. Or, it may be that some other type of problem might be uncovered and the infant or child referred to an appropriate medical or paramedical service. UW optometrists urge parents to pay particular attention to their children‘s eyesight where a measure of risk is present. For exâ€" ample, if the parents themâ€" selves have vision probâ€" lems the children can be considered to be under greater risk. Mathematics students receive scholarships ‘‘Vision problems often appear to be a matter of heredity." says Dr. Wood:â€" ruff. ‘"Indeed, anyone with any kind of a genetic deâ€" The University of Waterâ€" loo announces three of its mathematics students have received scholarships from the Society of Actuaries, Chicago, III. The three are women students in UW‘s actuarial science program: Mrs. Cindy Forbes, Mrs. Mary Anne Harris, and Mrs. Kathryn Plante. The awards are made under a special program of the Society of Actuaries to â€" provide _ scholarships specifically to women stuâ€" behavior problems o connected with fect ought to pay particular attention to their babies‘ viâ€" herited lated to them." sidered "atâ€" risk" in terms of possible vision defects inâ€" mothers had a viral illiness during pregnancy (measles, mumps), children whose mothers smoke or have conâ€" sumed an excessive amount of alcohol even once during the pregnancy, premature children, children of deâ€" layed birth, children who have suffered excessive fever for a prolonged periâ€" od ... to name but a few. ‘‘There are an estimated 2,500 children in theâ€" Kitâ€" chenerâ€"Waterloo communiâ€" ty alone who should be getting _ regular _ vision screenings from birth to kindergarten," Dr. Woodâ€" ruff says. â€" Dr. Bader says the paediâ€" atric service will not only uncover any vision problems that .may exist, it will also be helpful in _ assessing whether a child is ready for day care or kindergarten experience. Children will be tested for signs of visual problems that show up in their behavior through their eye movement â€" abilities, handâ€"eye coordination, the ability of the eyes to work as a team, visual form perâ€" ception abilities, focussing problems, nearsightedness, farsightedness, and _ so forth. Dr. Bader says if the clinic diagnoses a vision problem. treatment _ will be prescribed "if it is withâ€" in our domain to do so." The treatment might inâ€" clude glasses, or attendâ€" ance at a low vision clinic, or at a binocular vision clinic, _ or _ whatever _ is dents or members of minâ€" ority groups (blacks, perâ€" sons of oriental or spanish heritage, â€" native _ North Americans). Cindy Forbes is currently working. in the Individual Product Development Deâ€" partment at the National Life Association Company of Canada head offices, in Toronto. She is a coâ€"operaâ€" tive student and will be reâ€" turning to the campus for the winter (Januaryâ€"April term. She has completed o) Scdiw‘... FLORAL ARRANGEMENTS WORSHIP SERVICES ORGAN CONCERTS CONCERT: LAURIER BAROQUE ENSEMBLE ~ WINE & CHEESE RECEPTION PAKISTAN! EMBROIDERY SALE ‘"Free Will offering" FOR FURTHER JNFORMATION â€" CHURCH 743â€"0228 y _ Sept. 16,17,18 \OF@\ st sonn‘s If a problem is uncovered that lies beyond the doâ€" main of the optometrist, the child‘s parents could be reâ€" ferred to the appropriate service elsewhere, be it medical, paramedical, psyâ€" chological or some other health related area. x We have many contacts with other health ca:z pracâ€" titioners and we in turn accept referrals from\many of them,‘ says Dr. Woodâ€" Dr. Bader says the paediâ€" atric vision clinic will iniâ€" tially operate on a one day a week basis but that it could operate two or three days a week if there is sufâ€" ficient public response. . ‘"First, we will be helping children who may need it but who have, by and large, not been getting it,"‘ he says. ‘‘Second, we will get betâ€" ter quality education for our students. There are not many Canadian optometrists specializing in the paediâ€" atrics area but hopefully more will do so in the future. Hopefully too, this will mean more attention to the vision needs of infants and children, all across the country. At the very least, it will mean our graduates will have a better underâ€" standing of this particular phase of the optometric profession."‘ Dr. Woodruff sees two main advantages in the new clinic. 6 Examinations â€" will be carried out by senior opâ€" tometry interns who will work under the direct suâ€" pervision of Dr. Bader and other clinic teachers. her first and second examâ€" inations for the Society of Actuaries; the society sets nine examinations in all, leading to fellowship status which is recognized as a professional actuarial deâ€" wgnation. Mrs. ‘Forbes is a graduate of Cameron Heights collegiate in Kitâ€" chener. Her husband, Brian is an accounting clerk with Pilkington Glasso Centre, Kitchener. Her award is in the amount of $1,000. "It could be that a child 5t. John‘s Anglican Church 23 Water St. N. Kitchener (Continued on page 17)