1996_04 Insight April 1996

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Fresno State's Ornamental Horticulture Nursery.
Abuse, from page 1
tracked over a 5-year period. It's been personal.
about 2 years since the program began expenen
Rico said he fell better knowing he come fai
"'isn'i ihe only one going through this." not alone
Rico said he learned "everybody is Himes
human and has a breaking point ' patents in.iv think thc progi
In one of ihe program's activities, ihey need. Ihev have i" n
parents are asked to walk on their ihyl alier ycai
knees and act like children. The par- ization and only 12 a - i-
enis beg lor attention from another vention. the program only -a
participant acting  as a  parent, oui  and  gets  ihem  loc
Through this thev experience thc parenting
longing of a child who craves the at- Himes said the parents an
tcniion<»l a parent, aged to continue |
Rolereversal isaneflccitve way ter The program helped Kio
parents to sec thc world through lhc positively in I
eyes of an abused child. Ihmes said negative side ol thing* He
Parents are given homework lo do before he woul'd criticize al
from a workbook lhal addresses such erything
Ionics as ■ "Praising You^sc-lt and Your Now.Ricosakl    II
Children." "Whv Parenis Hit  Iheir
lomes because of child abuse. Accord-
iie to 1994 statistics. 34.9 percent of
auc.isian minors have been placed in
Ii >ster home or with relatives.
in 1994. 41 percent of Hispanics
nd 2S 2 percent of Caucasian minors
ere placed in foster homes or wiih
elaiives because of child abuse in.
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The "effective" side gram laughi
Himes said lhat compared lo oilier much from .
parenting classes, in which the pro would expo
gram focuses only on the cognitive whatwascx|
side, the Nurturing Parenting Program what to do I
also has an effective side U doesn't Ric id if,
start talking about parenting until the care ol him
fourth or fifth week young age,
The effective side ol the program dren to be m
helps parents deal wiihiheir problems        In (alitoi
first.'Ihey talk in a group about their can-Arneric
In
sed «u    Low return rates in Fresno
In research done about parenting
e/icour " programs in general, the national re-
lasses cidiv ism rate is 35 to 75 percent. The
to think recidivism rate is the number of times
B ..n the a parent gets re-involved in thc sys-
.aid thai tern alter receiving services such as
imsi ev      the Nurturing Parenting Program or
others offered by the CPS.
anted i"        Ihe recidivism rate for the Fresno
ellingal    Count) Nurturing Parenting Program
and kiss     was H percent for the first year. Himes
ihe pro Ihe Nurturing Parenting Program
p. insured by Fresno Adult Edu-
he often    cation The classes are held at eternen-
• .:iy schools and community centers
ul know     throughout Fresno County.
• asked ('< ninsc'lors. teachers, nurses, social
■ tool workers and clergy members are also
job al . trained They must go through thc en-
iis clnl tire program and experience the activities in order to understand what the
■; \fn patents go through, before they can
n losiei     assist social workers in the program.
Platform, from page 1
ileitis Im   tASli
i) the \sMK.iate Stu
a   llovk-sajd
li   mi     said Brian
loi \SI
liter ii
II
one." Haven said
Boyle said ASI is responsible lor
initialing the process and allocating
lite lunds loi a new platform. The new
structure will have to conform lo campus regulations and be presented in a
written proposal by ASI.
"What happens lo things that have
been on campus for so long is thai
ihey get lost in ihe papci
ASI, from page 1
Alio
relationship between the \SI and the
Daily Collegian look a new turn in lhc
form of one ol the referenda placed
on the ballot April 4.
The D.ulv Collegian Operations
Referendum asks voters. "Shall the
ih the     agreed that a referendum would he the
celines i
The oil
ccuraicl) represi
ills on campus
rcndumapprovi
eniionioihean
tthe
Vss
.1 Mud.
•rale and ii
neimc
.1 has
gotten that we had it out there."
Sonv.i Hildreth. u Fresno Stale staff
nieinbei for 16 years, remembered the
lice speech podium as a place for
election candidates lo present their
"Bul recently, more than anything.
fanatic religious people used it more
than the students." Hildreth said. *
I Ins could he why  ihev  took il
ailipu
TThcASlw
>ihc mass an
it ihe mandator) student body fee.*"
The Associated Students Fee Rel
irendum seeks to reduce ihe lee iron
116 per semester to SS An identica
ncasure to reduce the fee failed in ih<
1994 spring elections
Eric Wilkins. ASI senator for th<
dre-     il.epape
Iv vo
questio
"Hv
UKlVl
have usurped the ASl's powers and
L-avcd in to The Daily Collegian."
v\ ilkuis said before leaving the meet-
ng hurriedly
l.muni Martinez, legislative vice
president, responded by stating she
would challenge any implication of
impropriety by hersclfortheotherASI
officers, then adjourned the meeting
.Jim
i busi
t surprised
cations ami journalism department, amid senators and gallery members hy ut-
coiiiioveisyaKuii vv hcilicr ihev could le- tering an expletive when he learned
gall) take such an action that the
"An it
i wet
main
.1 ihe u
ad
.olunlar
Wilkins read from a statement, decry -
ing the process that led lo the Collegian referendum being proposed.
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