and community about career, educational
and personal growth opportunities for
women.

10. Attending conferences and workshops
on women's issues.

The Co-ordinator of the Women's Centre
welcomes opportunities to speak to
classes or other groups regarding the
role of the Women's Centre.

For further information or assistance
please contact the Women's Centre, ~
521-4851, local 260.

Further updates on the work of the
Women's Centre will be published in
the Mad Hatter.

Marion Exmann
Women's Centre Co-ordinator

IDENTIFYING STUDENTS WITH LEARNING
DIFFICULTIES

1. MAY READ WELL BUT NOT WRITE WELL.
The student may be unable to do the
following:

- understand or apply an understand-
ing of distance and space

- reproduce size and shape

- see or reproduce visual relation-
ships in graphics or writing.

2. MAY HAVE GAPS IN THEIR SKILLS.

The student may have difficulty with
the following:

- spelling in essays and compositions
- understanding grammar

- computation and organization.

3. MAY HAVE TROUBLE WITH CONCEPTS.

The student may have trouble:
- locating places and following dir-
ections

- remembering new ideas

- recognizing appropriate and inap-
propriate sequences in tasks

- copying notes quickly and accur-
ately

- seeing similarities and differ-
ences in concepts or procudures.

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MAD HATTER PAGE 6

A STUDENT WITH A LEARNING DIFFICULTY
IS NOT -

- physically deaf, but may have dif-
ficulty understanding, organizing,
| or remembering what he hears

physically blind, but does not ap-
pear to see things the way others
see them

- physically handicapped, but may be
very poorly physically co-ordinated

- mentally handicapped, yet may seem
dull with occasional flashes of
bright understanding of complex
social inter-action

- always perceptually handicapped,
yet seems unable to demonstrate any
of the learning he has acquired.

From The School Guidance Worker, "The
Counsellor and the Exceptional
Child", May/June 1981.

 

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NOTICE

| Al Atkinson will be away from the
College from February 22 to 26, 1982.

During his absence Gladys Klassen wil
be acting Director.

 

EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES

The University of Portland requires
a Coordinator of Learning Assistance
and Counselor as of June l, 1982.

Full-time, twelve-month staff position
reporting to the Director of Office of
Counseling and Consulting.
QUALIFICATIONS: Doctorate in Counsel-
ing Psychology or related field pre-
ferred with emphasis in learning ana
testing clinical/counseling.

To apply send letter of application,
resume and the names of three profes-

Rev. Anthony DeConciliis,
Chairman, Search Committee
University of Portland
Portland, Oregon 97203

 

sional references, by March 30, 1982 to:

 

 

 

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