Friday, December 2,1983/The Ba1talion/Page 3
xercise breaks up routine for retarded
by Kimberly C. Daulton
Battalion Reporter
Physical fitness provides a
se of accomplishment and
|vation for many people,
for the mentally retarded
ers at New Trend Indus-
a recent exercise program
Increased their productivity.
“It builds a positive attitude
|ong them, a sense of belong-
■too,” Karen Leitner, New
;reiid workshop supervisor,
■ “They love exercise hour
■use it breaks up their work-
y routine and when they re-
|n to their work stations
Jre happier, more eager to
bmplisn their work tasks,”
aid.
ew Trend Industries in
n is a sheltered work train-
program aimed at training
entally retarded to work
dfpendently in their com
munities.
M'he program, sponsored by
helMental Health Mental Re
lation Authority of Brazos
[alb, provides transportation
buses and serves Brazos, Burle
son, Grimes, Leon, Madison,
Washington and Robertson
counties.
The participants, referred to
as clients, must be at least 18
“It builds a positive
attitude among them,
a sense of belonging
too. They love exer
cise hour because it
breaks up their work
day routine and when
they return to their
work stations they’re
happier, more eager
to accomplish their
work tasks. “
years of age or older. According
to the American Association on
Mental Deficiency, a person is
legally mentally retarded if his
IQ is 70 or below.
The clients go everyday and
earn wages making window
locks. “We have a contract with
Alenco Co. and the clients are
paid 46 cents for every 100 locks
that they produce,” Leitner said.
“We provide them with the cut
metal, train them for a particu
lar task and they are paid from
the sales profits.”
The clients also make wooden
toys that are sold to people who
tour the workshop or at New
Trend charity bazaars.
“So it’s really beneficial for
them to stay highly motivated
because the more they produce,
the more money they earn,”
Leitner said.
The exercise program has
been a great motivating factor
because it’s done on a routine
basis and it gives the clients
something to look forward to,
Leitner said.
“Exercise was never really on
a scheduled basis before because
we only did it whenever we (the
staff) had time, which was sel
dom,” she said.
Karen Lyles and Tracy
ingineering students
warded scholarships
■ by Christie Johnson
Battalion Reporter
Bie national Eno Foundation
■Transportation has awarded
melyear scholarships to two
"exas A&M civil engineering
f frontAuate students.
Eno Foundation for
' Bisporation was founded in
21 by William Phelps Eno for
idyand research in transpora-
lUSCtllfllL yan S tam pl e y anC |
■nons received $2,000 scho-
■hips that will enable them to
■inue their studies of trans-
, [^ylgation-related problems.
oniDtiilA 1 " Donald Woods, a Texas
lyoUl 1 .^ engineering profes-
, , min the Eno Foundation tor
Bisportation approved a plan
lationu ]9g2 to grant a selected num-
:nce to* r kf one-year scholarships to
hese ttiii bedited universities offering
in be pm grees in the field of trans-
en as taxation.
)whentff exas A&M was one of the
niyersities chosen by the
^ lidation to receive a $4,000
■t to be awarded in the form
fa scholarship.
Woods said he and five other
r p^Mpthuent of Transportation
ie to yl'l ltv members reviewed ap-
rconfr Iftions and decided that two
pdents should be selected to
ri l n1 ' ‘ ceive the scholarship. The
lbl y 8 el |0OO grant was divided, and
asing) l /o scholarships were awarded
iust etiiitead of one.
ve pleaciWoods said the only restric-
YoufflP placed on recipients of the
D 3ffllW arshi P I s ^at they use the
^‘ .ijoney to further the develop-
1 |ettt of transporation-related
ter si l | ■ arc ] 1 j^ e Stampley and
pmons will also submit a for-
B report to the Eno Founda-
ion for Transportation in
March 1984 explaining how
chose to use their scholar-
hip money.
“The Eno Foundation for
Transportation does not require
the study of any particular
aspect of transportation,”
Woods said. “It can be anything
dealing with a transporation
problem.
“Basically,” Woods said, “the
scholarship was awarded for
outstanding academic achieve
ment and potential for future
contributions to the transporta
tion profession.”
Basically, the scholar
ship was awarded for
outstanding academic
achievement and poten
tial for future contribu
tions to the transporta
tion profession.
Woods said Texas A&M has
not been chosen to receive a
grant from the Eno Foundation
for Transporation since 1965.
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Cochran, both exercise technol
ogy students at Texas A&M, be
gan the program last summer as
a class project.
“We wanted to do a project
combining a special population
and exercise,” Lyles said. “After
a class field trip to New Trend,
we realized that these people
needed stimulation or some
form of motivation to increase
their productivity.”
The project was such a success
that it extended past the sum
mer semester, Lyles said.
“We originally intended the
program to last only three
weeks, but the clients were so
much more motivated and we
enjoyed going, so we decided to
continue it throughout this
semester too,” she said.
Lyles, who instructs the class
while Cochran participates with
the clients, said the clients re
sponded well towards the
program.
“The first time we went
everyone was really excited,
jumping up and down and clap
ping, Lyles
client, wno was upset because we
disrupted her work schedule,
threw about 75 metal folding
New Trend Indus
tries in Bryan is a shel
tered work training
program aimed at
training the mentally
retarded to work in
dependently in their
communities.
1
chairs against the wall.
“The second time we went
she scolded me, shaking her fin
ger in my face, during the entire eac
exercise class.
Music, repetition and demon
stration are the basis of the exer
cise program, Lyles said. “Ex
ercising to music provides varie
ty and incentive to dance during
the aerobic part of the routine,
and the music during cool down
relaxes the clients so they can
prepare to work again,” she said.
Cochran, who demonstrates
the exercises, said the repetition
and demonstration are impor
tant because the clients tend to
forget the routine. “They know
that we start with the neck roll
but beyond that it gets confusing
for them,” Cochran said. “De
monstration also gives them a
feeling of importance because
they imitate me and then show
h other how to do it.”
“Now she brings her towel for
floor exercise, although she
doesn’t participate much, and
she gets upset whenever we
show up late,” Lyles said. “It just
takes patience and time for them
to learn that you are their
friends.”
g h
tally disabled, their physical
capabilities are normal and a few
are exceptionally coordinated,
Cochran said. She said she was
surprised, however, to discover
the capabilities of one client who
is confined to a wheelchair with
cerebral palsy.
We never took him out of his
chair, and when we did I almost
cried when I saw that he could
do some of the floor exercises
and we hadn’t even given him a
chance,” she said. “I think that
we, the people on the outside,
are the ones that say these peo
ple can’t do things.”
Cochran said that in addition
to the exercises they have taught
the clients how to take their own
pulse and heart rates after the
exercise class is through.
Although the exercise class
meets only two times a week, the
clients have benefitted from the
program tremendously,
Cochran said.
“It was evident this summer,
after only four visits, how much
happier and more productive
they all were,” she said.
Both Lyles and Cochran plan
to continue the program until
they graduate. “I just hope that
someone else has started a prog
ram by then because these peo
ple need the outlet that exercise
provides for them,” Lyles said.
Stampley, one of the scholar
ship recipients, said one area of
his research is related to a study
of traffic problems associated
with oil well development in ru
ral areas. He said rural roads
surrounding oil well drilling
sites are often not durable
enough to withstand the drastic
increase in heavy truck traffic
normally associated with drilling
projects.
Stampley said the Texas
Highway Department needs to
predict what road conditions
will be like years from now in
order to develop long-range
road maintenance schedules.
He said the Texas Highway De
partment will study the findings
of his research and expand them
in order to make predictions ab
out how much maintenance ru
ral roads located near drilling
sites will need in the future.
Woods said Simmons will be
doing microcomputer research
for the Department of Trans
poration in an effort to find new
methods of using computers as
teaching aids for students.
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