Report of the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation, Volume 2, Number 3, March 1970 Page: ATTACHMENT
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Job Program To Train
125 Retarded TexansAn on-the-job contract to prepare E
500 mentally retarded workers in Texas, valuing
Maryland, New Jersey, and Washington until c
for jobs has been announced by the U.S. retarded
Department of Labor. time e
The 15-month contract with the status a
National Association for Retarded Child- T
ren is funded with a $252,233 grant Vocati
under the Manpower Development and state e
Training Act. F
About 125 retardates will be re- ed fro
cruited in each state for training at On-the-
restaurants and hotels, factories, retail sociati
stores, laundries, and other service-type Little
employment. 478-98
ABILENE VOLUNTEERS HEAR MARTINmployers will pay retardates pre-
rates for inexperienced workers
ompletion of training. Then, the
d workers will be retained as full-
mployees, with the same pay and
s other workers.
rainees will be selected through
onal Rehabilitation centers and
employment service offices.
urther information may be obtain-
m Nick Huestis, State Coordinator,
Job Training Project, Texas As-
o n for Retarded Children, 706-8
field Building, Austin, (512)
35.Charles H. Martin, TDMHMR
deputy commissioner for mental retarda-
tion, discussed behavior shaping tech-
niques and praised volunteer programs at
a meeting of the Abilene State School
Volunteer Council.
"Many times, the reason a retarded
child does not learn to do simple things is
not because he is incapable of learning,
but because he has not been taught how,"
Martin said.
Behavior shaping, he explained, in-
volves breaking down basic concepts into
small steps and emphasizing each step,
with a pat on the back or some candy as a
reward.
Martin said the current trend is toreturn a retardate to his community
whenever possible.
"Institutions cannot take care of
the total problem. There are 330,000
retardates in Texas. We would need 330
institutions of 1,000 beds in each," he
said.
"We must develop community facil-
ities to keep them out of institutions, to
send them back into the community after
rehabilitation."
Praising volunteers, Martin said,
"People in this area should be proud of
their volunteer program. Texas has the
best volunteer groups I have seen. They
do their part; they get involved.MICKEY MANTLE autographed five dozen baseballs recently for students at Lubbock State
School, and added his name to a sports celebrity collection for the school's trophy case. From left
are Mrs. Anne Barasch, volunteer services coordinator; Mantle; F.T. Putman, manager of Globe
Shopping City which donated the baseballs; and Bobby White, technical programs administrator.PERSONAL
MENTION
Warren Main of Austin has been
named chief of the internal audit section
for TDMHMR. Main has been with the
system of hospitals and special schools
and TDMHMR since 1950.
Roberto Mejia, M.D., is medical
director for Corpus Christi State School.
Dr. Mejia, a native of Colombia, is a
Diplomate of the American Board of
Pediatrics, a Fellow of the American
Medical Association and American Col-
lege of Chest Physicians, and a member of
the Texas Public Health Association and
Texas Medical Association.
George R. Colvin has been named
president of the Big Spring State Hospital
Credit Union.
Ed Hinojosa is the new director of
student life and training for Corpus
Christi State School.
John Cobb, administrator, Texas
Research Institute, is a new member of
the board of directors of the M.D. Ander-
son Federal Credit Union, serving as
secretary of the executive committee.
L.W. (Bill) Cain, superintendent of
Abilene State School, is the new president
of the executive board of the Chisholm
Trail Council of the Boy Scouts of
America.
Hill Returns As
S-Tex. Coordinator
J. Lyle Hill has returned to San
Antonio and his former position as
TDMHM R regional coordinator for
Southwest Texas.
He had served as executive director
of the Nueces County MH/MR Com-
munity Center in Corpus Christi for the
past seven months.
Before joining TDMHMR, Hill di-
rected the San Antonio Catholic Arch-
diocese's Neighborhood Youth Corps and
Head Start programs. Previously he spent
20 years as an educator in schools in
Kenedy, Refugio, McAllen, and Port
Lavaca.
Robert E. Hendrix, Jr., who earlier
succeeded Hill as regional coordinator in
San Antonio, has assumed new duties
with the TDMHMR central office in
Austin as director of alcoholism pro-
grams.Teaching Is Key in M R
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