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Thursday, September 1, 1988/The Battalion/Page 3B n (Parents misunderstand > learning disablity signs Subtle symptoms often go undiagnosed ‘I'ner is Utered alone, tf ke it ivMom Changing Times Magazine irdsayillf you notice your child has diffi- llc 'htliaicJlty learning certain things, you ■Hefrit;mi'j;ht want to look into the chance let Jentola learning disability. avebeJ At first, you may be the only one tisto, m who knows something is wrong. Most learning-disabled kids have least average intelligence (many |e intellectually gifted) and don’t Her from such recognized disabili- s as cerebral palsy or mental retar- tion, which can also slow learning. !cause symptoms of learning disa- ities are sometimes subtle, the ac- al handicap is often misunder- )od and goes undiagnosed. illagel ?s ofEas at t'g SaJ 1 j ealitt ti< f'ide siaj says B( •'h thatl certain I 1 ■11 show the brain to be fully func- loitgh, nning, but psychological and edu- iities wtional testing can indicate the cir- htry is somehow disrupted. ‘It’s not jT u reaHrj there’s oj there M ardom 'int of lie. On pens are not sure why. (About 40 rcent of cases appear to be hered- ry-) As a result, children have trouble Berforming one or more of the skills ucial to learning. ! JUSt ip witl m, diet ■ This dll puli essions? le’llapi Trad -e her » Angq ar and ith ant •ns. : rsectiot in “this town to there n ootoroi bleed: world :)uldtif anyoa e her I riling ■ from itarini rreenfs iscwen shortr ie.” rt a son!: ards, spon. perfti ect,”J( i son a Changing Times magazine says infants and todcilers with learning disabilities may be slower than oth ers to crawl, walk or talk. They also may have such per sistent symptoms as a lack of interest in play, refusal of food because of its texture or aversion to touching wa ter. Older children may have poor eye-hand coordination that makes such tasks as drawing, writing, dress ing and tying shoes difficult for them. Visual-perception problems show' up in reading or math, with reversal of letters and numbers used out of their logical order. Auditory percep tual problems may cause children to misunderstand what is said; they may forget what they hear and stum ble over spoken answers to their questions. Whatever the name, it is clear the conditions are common, affecting as many as 2 million school-age chil dren. Ignored or dealt with inappro priately, learning disabilities let af fected youngsters drift further behind. If their problems are diagnosed and treated properly, studies show that children with learning disabili ties pick up a more normal pace in the classroom. They begin to conquer frustration and put accompanying personal problems in perspective. If a child displays symptoms of a problem, the school system is obliged to perform an appropriate evaluation at your request. Under the federal Education for All Hand icapped Children Act, school dis tricts (or designated agencies) must test children from birth through age 21 for various disabilities affecting learning and provide free special ed ucation to those age 6 to 17 who are deemed to need it. Most states have free special edu cation for preschool children — some for newborns, others begin ning at age 5. Many school districts in states that do not mandate pre school services provide them any way. AHA telecast to examine heart attacks NEW YORK (AP) — Ameri cans will get a chance to learn first-hand about heart attack rec ognition and treatment via a one- hour telecast during September and October. The program, “Surviving a Heart Attack,” sponsored by the American Heart Association (AHA), will focus on the impor tance of early diagnosis and prompt action in treatment of heart attacks, which afflict 1.5 million Americans each year. The telecast, produced by Life time Medical Television in coop eration with the AHA, is made possible by a grant from Genen- tech Inc. First showing will be Sept. 14, with repeats scheduled for Sept. 25, Oct. 6 and Oct. 16. Local newspapers should be checked for tirrie of showing. Taped segments of the pro gram will offer an inside look at emergency rooms and coronary care units. Viewers will see how doctors respond to emergency calls for heart attack patients, showing how early care may be crucial to survival in light of new treatments. The telecast also will inform viewers on how emergency serv ices such as 911 work, and how heart attack victims can get medi cal help. “Surviving a Heart Attack” will educate viewers, stressing precau tions to prevent heart attacks, how to recognize early symptoms, and the need to seek immediate medical attention when a heart attack is suspected, according to AHA president Dr. Bernadine Healy. 3 Tibetan monks work to re-create ancient art of sand NEW YORK (AP) — In a city bat tered by noise, hundreds of people are spellbound each day by the quiet concentration of three Tibetan monks drawing an ancient geome tric picture out of fine, multi-hued grains of sand. For the first time ever, the robed Buddhist monks are creating in pub lic view “The Wheel of Time” — a sand mandala whose intricate design of “the abode of the gods” is more than 2,500 years old. In a silent room of the American Museum of Natural History, the monks scrape a thin rod against a funnel to release the sand, some times only a few grains at a time. “I have been . . . creating (this) mandala for a long time — in Wis consin, Switzerland and in Japan. This is first time that allow the public view very closely,” said the Venera ble Lobsang Chogyen in soft, broken English. The 30-year-old monk likes hav ing an audience and even enjoys oc casional questions from curious viewers who want to know, “What happens when the wind blows?” (A sneeze would do more harm in the air-conditioned room.) And, “Where does the sand come from?” The sand is brought in from the Himalayas. “People asking us . . . ‘Are we dis turbing you by talking around?’ and I told them unless you don’t push me there is no disturbance,” Cho gyen said. Dr. Malcolm Arth, curator of the museum’s department of education, said, “We’ve observed that even in the morning during the summer when camp groups come through — these are very young kids with high school counselors, and they’re pretty rowdy — there is a kind of hush that falls on people when they walk into that room.” Arth said the average visitor to a museum spends 10 to 30 seconds in front of an exhibited object. “Here it is obvious people are spending min utes, not seconds — sometimes even hours,” he said. “Americans are floored by the pa tience and that concentration and the beauty of the object,” he said. Some 40,000 to 50,000 people have already viewed the six-week con struction of the mandala. Almost seven feet in diameter, “The Wheel of Time” is decorated with flowers, animals and symbolic designs and resembles the labyrin thine passageways of a many-cham- bered palace. Samten and his two assistants, Chogyen and Venerable Lobsant Gyaltsen, are from the Namgyal Monastery in the Himilayan foothills of India. They are staying in a Man hattan loft and come to the museum daily to work on the mandala on a ta ble under an ornate pagoda in the museum’s Leonhardt Center. Like a concert or ballet, a mandala is ephemeral; once completed, it is traditionally swept into a vase and the sand thrown into a river as an of fering to marine life. uncover objects of biblical wars Ou issifid AFIQ, Israeli-Annexed Golan Heights (AP) — With the thud of nodern artillery in the background, rcheologists are uncovering evi dence that the Golan Heights was as terce a battleground in biblical dmes as it is today. “The battles between the Ar- tmeans (of ancient Syria) and Israe ls were governed by the same geo political Considerations as today: Whoever holds the high ground has strategic advantage,” said arche ologist Moshe Kohavi, head of a Tel Aviv University expedition excavat ing four sites in the Golan Heights. The sites are the Leviah Enclo sure; Tel Hadar, where a large royal “winter palace” has been unearthed; Tel Soreg; and Rogem Hiri, which has been nicknamed the “Stone henge of the Golan.” Afiq, a kibbutz where the arche ologists are based, preserves the name of the biblical Aphek, the 9th century B.C. battleground where the Israelite King Ahab’s chariots and foot soldiers defeated the army of Ben Haddad, the Aramean king, who had conquered much of Israel after sweeping across the Golan. Although ancient sites dot the map of the Golan, most are unex- lored. The Syrians put the area off llimits as a military zone and foreign ■ expeditions have for the most part ■ avoided it since 1967 because it is ■ still disputed. “There are more ancient sites ■ than modern ones,” said Matti Zo- Ihar, a Hebrew University of Jerusa- “Weapons and armor were precious because they were made of metal. It was very expensive and was not left lying on the battlefield. What is found is usually discovered in caches or in tombs but this is rare. — archeologist Mosh e K oh a vi lem archeologist working with Koha- vi’s expedition. Evidence to support the Golan’s historical status as a battlefield comes mainly from the cities’ con struction, especially the high walls. “Weapons and armor were pre cious because they were made of metal,” Kohavi said. “It was very ex pensive and was not left lying on the battlefield. What is found is usually discovered in caches or in tombs but this is rare.” City walls, the main entrance, pri vate houses and public buildings at Leviah indicate it was a city spread over 20 acres rather than a fort or large cattle pen as previously be lieved. The emphasis on walls and natural defense gives insight into life during the Bronze Age, 3,000-2,000 B.C. “The people lived in large cities, Fall Bicycle Sale Aggieland Schwinn, Inc. 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'j f L LIBRARY o iTI m r— on probably war-like ones, and they chose their sites for strategic rea sons,” Kohavi said of a half-dozen similar sites in the Golan. “There was apparently no major power to pacify the area.” Leviah was an exciting find, Ko havi said, because it “proves that the Golan was a thriving population cen ter” as early as the 4th century B.C. “and not a fringe area as had been believed.” Throughout the Old Testament period the Golan Heights, a volcanic plain 1,650 feet above the Sea of Galilee, was the focus of a power struggle between the Kings of Israel and the Arameans who were based near modern-day Damascus. Its importance was recognized by King David, who sought to neutral ize the power of the ruler of the Land of Geshur, as the Golan was known, by marrying his daughter Maacah. Their son Absalom later led a rebellion against David. Kohavi, seeking the first arche ological evidence to confirm the bib lical stories, believes one seat of Ge shur government may have been Tel Hadar, where archeologists have un earthed a large royal “winter pal ace.” The palace, which covered two acres, was destroyed by fire at the end of the 11th century B.C. At Tel Soreg, midway between the Sea of Galilee and Afiq, volunteers sifted the remains of the settlement that was continuously inhabitated for 2,000 years and is believed by some to have been the biblical Aphek, a possibility Kohavi dis counts because it was too small. COLLEGE STATION, TEXAS The Foods Great but don’t drink the water NOW OPEN •Serving breakfast, lunch and dinner •Delicious Frozen Margaritas •Fantastic Fajita’s •Happy Hour 4-7, 7days a week •Free Delivery with minimum $7. purchase from 11 a.m. till 11 p.m. •We Cater tail gate parties 907 C Harvey Rd. (Woodstone Shopping Center) 764-JUAN 8a.m.-11 p.m. Sun.-Wed. 8 a.m.-2 a.m. Th, Fr., Sat. 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