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Human Resources Dept. Offers Hope For Mildly Retarded
Betty M. and Nancy J., both
mildly retarded, are goingback
"home” after years In one of
Georgia's Institutions for the
mentally retarded. They were
not there because of the seve
rity of their handicap; they
were there because their fami
lies were unable to cope with
their special needs.
The Georgia Department of
Human Resources has just op
ened in Valdosta the first of
12 residential group homes for
the mildly and moderately re
tarded. All 12 will be open
within six months according
to Mrs. Sally Rhoden, director
of Developmental Services for
the Human Resources agency.
In addition to Valdosta, homes
are planned in Athens, Augus-
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Part of the department’s
overall mental health decent
ralization program , group
homes, Mrs. Rhoden explains,
offer an alternative to hospi
tal care for individuals in ins
titutions who can care for
themselves with some super
vision and for those living in
their own homes who, for some
reason, cannot remain there.
"Hospitals are just not nat
ural homes for anyone,” says
the official.
Dr. Gary Miller, GDHR di
rector of mental health, added
“We believe that people should
l tve as normal a life as possl-
Can’t Quit Smoking?
Try Cutting Down.
If a cigarette smoker who
wants to quit has not yet done
so, there are ways he can slow
Idown the harmful effects.
| This was pointed out by Mr.
Forrest A. Hartley, president
of the Georgia Tuberculosis
and Respiratory Disease Asso
"elation which this week is ob
serving the third annual Na
tional Education Week on Smok
ing and Health.
Mr. Hartley said that those
smokers who have not yet been
able to quit, can at least cut
down by smoking low tar and
nicotine cigarette. Cigarettes
are now on sale, he said, with
tar levels as low as one milli
gram and nicotine levels below
0.3 milligrams.
Mr. Hartley listed four other
-suggestions that the smoker can
follow if he wants to make his
smoking habit a less hazardous
one: Inhale less, smoke fewer
cigarettes, take fewer puffs and
smoke only half-way down.
The reasons for suggesting
ble and accept as much free
dom as they can. ,A natural
home setting encourages inde
pendence,” he contined.“Mi
ldly retarded people are capa
ble of caring for themselves,
becoming active in the com
munity, learning productive
skills in training centers and
workshops, and going to pub
lic school—and in some cases,
learning skills for outside em
ployment and complete indepen
dence.”
Miller described the future
for Betty M. and Nancy J.
who are moving to a group
home from a state institution:
Betty M. (fictitious name),
56, is moderately retarded. She
lived in a small town in south
Geortria until her mother and
smoking half -way down, said
Mr. Hartley, is that tobacco
acts as a filter, retaining a por
tion of the tars and nicotine
that pass through it. The far
ther down the cigarette burns,
the greater is the tar and nico
tine dose. The first half of the
cigarette yields only about 40
percent of the total tar and nico
tine, the second half about 60
percent.
Mr. Hartley said the Georgia
Tuberculosis & Respiratory
Disease Association will be glad
to send free copies of the Pub
lic Health Service leaflet, “If
You Must Smoke”, as well as a
new listing of the tar and nico
tine content of cigarettes. The
address is,l3B3SpringSt.N.W.,
Atlanta, Georgia 30309.
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Nearly 20,000 unemployed
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Department early in 1971 to help
provide people laid off from
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father died five years ago. She
was well-known and liked in
the town. Because she needed
some care and supervision whi
ch could no longer be provided
by her family, she entered the
mental retardation unit at Cen
tral State Hospital in Milledge
ville, where her natural abili
ties were encouraged. Creative
in ceramics and other hand
crafts, she will soon move into
a group home with the expec
tation of earning money in a
sheltered workshop or becom
ing an aide in a day care
center for younger retardates.
Nancy J. (fictitious name) is
a mildly retarded 14-year-old
under the supervision of the
Department of Family and
Children Services in her home
county. Because her family cou
ld not care for her, she was
placed in the mental retard
ation unit for adolescents at
Central State. When she mo
ves into a group home, she
will go back to a public school
offering special classes for
the mentally retarded and earn
a high school diploma. She
can expect to learn a skill,
find a job and in time become
a totally independent adult.
“The 12 group homes will
allow some 125 retarded per
sons now in state Institutions
to return to their com
Bankers To Sponsor
STAR Student Awards
The Georgia Bankers Asso
ciation will be the sponsor for
the 1972-73 Congressional Dis
trict Silver Awards for the
Student Teacher Achievement
Recognition (STAR) Program,
it was announced to day by the
Georgia Chamber of Com
merce.
The National Award winning
STAR Program, originated and
sponsored by the Georgia
Chamber, has as its purposes
to recognize academic Achieve
ment in Georgia's high schools
and to increase in scholarship
THE SMART MOVE
munities,” explains Mrs. Rho
den, “This will free institut
ional space for those who need
constant medical attention. In
addition,” she stated, “we will
be able to help others whose
families cannot care for them
at home because of parental
illness or death and those who
need outside help for personal
growth and training for inde
pendent or semi-independent
living.
“On the very practical side,
she added, “the state’s cost
for group home care per re
tardate is much less than pre
sent institutional costs.”
The children or adults from
the area where a group home
is located are the first con
cern in the establishment of
a home. Each home will be
unique. Some will be "home”
for approximately eight chi
ldren between the ages of six
and 12. Other homes establis
hed for adolescents and adults
will house up to 12 residents.
Group home administrators and
institutional personnel who
know the patients being con
sidered will select the resi
dents coming from institutions.
Retardates from the community
who can no longer stay in their
own homes will be selected for
placement from the depart
ment’s registry.
Group home locations across
among high school students; to
honor teaching and to promote
teaching careers; and to ex
plain and who the merit of our
free enterprise system.
The Silver STAR Awards will
be presented to the ten Con
gressional District STAR Stu
dents and STAR Teachers at
the DistrictSTAß Meetings held
throughout Georgia in March,
1973.
STAR Students are named on
the basis of their scholastic av
erages for the first semester
or first quarter of their senior
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the state were selected in com
munities which offered educat
ional, training, and recreational
opportunities for residents--
all of whom, Mrs. Rhoden ex
plains, will leave home during
the day to go to public school
or participate in community
training programs.
According to the program
director—who herself admin
istered a group home in Flo
rida—homes will be located
in residential areas zoned for
multi-family dwellings rather
than in single family areas.
Most are large, older houses
that will be maintained the
same as other residences in
the community. All homes must _
meet state fire and sanitation
regulations. Residents will live
an unrestricted community life
within the limits of their men
tal and physical capabilities.
Group homes, says Mrs. Rho
den, will be administered by
a mental retardation special
ist and supervised by the De
partment of Human Resources.
“A close-knit family feeling
is the essential ingredient for
the successful progress of the
residents,” says Mrs. Rhoden.
“Houseparents are most im
portant. They are with the resi
dents most of the time,— they
will shape the family unit and
hold it together. We hope that
people who are truly interes-
year and their scores on the
College Board Scholastic Apti
tude Test (SAT). During the
1972-73 STAR year, thousands
of Georgia high school seniors
will become involved in the
program and hundreds will be
recognized for their outstanding
academic work. High School and
System STAR Students will be
named in February. District
winners will be named in March
and the 1973 State STAR Student
and State STAR Teacher will
be announced at the annual STAR
Banquet, April 13.
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ments within the home will
be furnished for them.” Any
one desiring additional infor
mation may call 404-656-4913,
at the State Division of Mental
Health office in Atlanta.
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