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Page 4/The Battalion/Monday, November 21, 1983 k Disabled learn job skills by Shawn Behlen Battalion Reporter Severely handicapped stu dents and Oakwood Middle School students with learning problems now have a chance to learn pre-vocational and social skills at College Station Inde pendent School District’s new Adaptive Vocational Center. The AVC, which opened this fall, contains five classrooms, a conference room, several lab and shop areas, an observation room with two-way mirrors and a home center, which consists of a f ully furnished kitchen, living room, bedroom and bathroom. Phyllis Perkins, director of special services for CSISD, says the purpose of the AVC’ is to teach social skills, utilizing the home center, and pre-vocational skills, which stress hands-on ex perience. In the labs and shops, stu dents are taught skills which can be developed further through high school vocational training. Those skills include several arts and crafts skills and correct us age of different tools and a vari ety of audio-visual equipment. In the home center, students are taught social skills such as cooking and caring for a house. The AVC] is used by 35 stu dents with learning disorders from the sixth, seventh and eighth grades. Sixth grade stu dents work at the center in the m o r nin g learning p r e- vocational skills, social skills, lan guage arts, reading skills and so cial studies. Seventh and eighth grade students work there in the af ter- “T/je Adaptive Vocational Center will help them per forin better later on, and this is the only way these students can get hands-on experi ence. ” classes at the AVC'.. Perkins said those students need much more care and specialized equipment, so they attend classes only at the AVCk A group of severely hand icapped 3- and 4-year-olds from the CSISD Child Development Center also attend classes at the AVC. noon in the same types of classes. When the students aren't work ing at the AVC'., they are attend ing regular c lasses at Oakwood. Severely handicapped mid dle school students also attend Perkins said CSISD began building the AVC after voters approved a bond issue for it two years ago. The design of the building was chosen with input from teachers, the parent advis ory committee, and the special services staff as well as the architect. i 1 PARKWAY SQUARE (Southwest Parkway at Texas Ave.) COLLEGE STATION 696-4418 WOODSTONE SHOPPING CENTER 913 C HARVEY RD COLLEGE STATION 764-3990 SANDWICHES & SALADS Receive FREE 1 large soft drink AND 1 bag of chips with purchase of ANY of our foot long sandwiches OPEN TILL or * ar 9 e sailads at regular price 2 a.m. ($1.04 VALUE) DAILY Limit one coupon per customer per visit OPEN TILL 2 a.m. DAILY Not valid in conjunction with any other discount VOID 12-15-83 “It’s been a dream for several years,” she said. ‘‘Lower- performing students need this at an earlier age. This will help them perform better later on and this is the only way these students can get hands-on ex perience.” Perkins said she hopes the AVC can expand its program in the future to include courses in plumbing, carpentry, electrical w iring and other practical skills. Procreative training Horse classes held C b by Kellie Dworaczyk Battalion Reporter I lorse breeders from across the United States tire here to day for the first of four schools conducted by the Texas A&M Department of Animal Science on the latest techniques in horse breeding and horse management prac tices. “There is a tremendous de mand for this sort of thing,” associate professor of animal science Jack L. Kreider says. Kreider and D.D. Househol der, a horse specialist in the animal science department, provide the leadership for the schools. Staff members of the animal science department and the College of Veterinary Medicine work as instructors. The conception rale in horses is not as good as it could be, and by learning the latest technique, artificial insemina tion, breeders and horse farm managers can improve the conception rate on their farms, Kreider said. Artificial insemination in volves collecting semen from a stallion, diluting the semen with antibiotics, and injecting the semen into the uterus of a mare. Artificial insemination has many advantages over natural mating, Kreider said. For ex ample, the semen can be eva luated to determine whether or not the sperm is live. Breed ing hygiene is increased, and because antibiotics are added to the semen, diseases can be controlled. Danger of injury to the stallion during breeding is decreased, and stress on the mare from staying in the breeding pen is decreased. Kreider said the only dis advantage to artificial insemi nation is that individuals must be well trained and have the proper skills. The breeders’ school is designed to provide the necessary training, he said. Horse management prac tices such as nutrition, dental care and first aid also will be discussed at the school. Through good horse man agement, the breeder can in crease the chance of pregnan cy, and increase the chance that once a mare is pregnant. Uni' NEW she will stay that way,KreiJ( said. One of the majorprd, lems on horse farms is ihelj of Ictuses after SOoHOda pol' Cl he said. This often caul minimized with proper nut tw0 5 lion and care, he said. Computer awarenesspj sen tat ions will show the bret et s how (hey can usecomjf let s to make record keep!; more efficient. Twenty-five peopled registered for each sd® most of whom are stud fir managers or owner-managt of breeding farms. 11® f arms have anywhere fro two to 200 mares. Horses In on t hese farms are used) show horses, race horsetm ling horses, and ranchn pleasure horses. Eachpeist attending the schools pap S4()() fee. Morning lectures wilt held the first twodaysofii school in the Kleberg An® and Food Science Center, let the lectures the breed# will spend four to live hours experience at the horseco ter. Day three will be spent tii eh at the horse center. Greyh under pass en No aboard Saturc struck side of puncti spokes Bu found carriec union guard Lines! Am first re the co Jury demands videotape in DWI dismissal case a Order your Thanksgiving Pies Now!! Pumpkin Pie Pie $2.39 $3.99 Order at: the Underground Deli in the Basement of Sbisa United Press International AUST IN — A Travis County grand jury has asked to see the police videotape that led to the dismissal of a drunken driving charge against slate Rep. Gor don Arnold Jr., D-Terrell. A letter from grand jury fore man Ernest Perales to County Attorney Margaret Moore said the jury is “reviewing your deci sion.” Moore dismissed a drunken ch iving charge against Arnold on Monday, citing insufficient evidence. The prosecutor said the videotape, showing Arnold performing sobriety tests at police headqnaiters about 25 minutes after his arrest Nov. 5, would not have supported the prosecution’s case. Arnold was stopped by a police officer who saw a car weaving on Interstate 35 in Au stin. Arnold pleaded no contest to a criminal mischief charge for kicking a police radio while he xSTCiw, Fish Richards Restaurant SOI Wellborn Road College Station .6 “A True Dining Experience In A Relaxed Atmosphere" Fish Richards AIJL ]Ve\v Happy Hour IMnners Served Mon-Fri 4:30-6:30 p.m. $$5.95 Served with a complimentary glass of wine Thanksgiving Ruffet with all the trimmings 11:80-3 p.m. Thursday Nov. 23 $10.95 Open early at 2:30 after Texas Game Reservations call 696-4118 sat in a squad car. The grand jury letters “ I he majority of the itieinl felt that there someunusutli unique steps taken with thee In older to satisfy our com and lay to t est any charge an usations of preferential!! meut. we would liketovie* video film of Mr. Arnold’so surement sobriety tests.' Moore said she planiwi attend the grand jury Monday. “The case could not ber she said. “I wouldn’t eml equivocal about that.” Moore said Arnold'sp formance “was better thane we’ve lost" in jury trials. If the grand jury, which mails handles only felonya indic ts Arnold, Moore sail! would move to dismiss diet pat ih because the dismissal pan of a plea bargain. “The case was handled any other case in this office, said. She said the grandjit putting an unfair emphass the case. “I don’t think a state should he held to anymore! gent procedures than ami else,” she said. 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