THE REVIEW

@ Springwood celebrates 10th anniversary

Springwood Training Centre for the mentally retarded
on Mount Newton Cross Road celebrated its 10th an-
niversary Sept. 14 with a tea and tour of the. premises
which drew more than 150 people. .

The facility, set on 3.6 acres with fine views across the
valley, attracts staff that stays and a good corp of
volunteers.

Director Barbara Bates says the low turnover in staff
contributes to the success of Springwood, giving continuity
to the lives of the 23 residents. ‘‘It’s good for them — and
we’re important to these people. In a sense, we're their
families. [t's sad when people go in and out of their lives.”’

She’s proud of Springwood's achievements. ‘‘We doa
good job. Our reputation is sound and our organization is
very. progressive.”

Working with retarded people: — - aged 20 to. the eldest,
-§5, — is challenging and interesting and she claims *‘great
- gains’? have been made witha lot of people.
Workers need asense of humor, patience, anderstainding

and empathy but ‘‘we really don’t want someone who feels”

sorry for these’ people.”’ Bates says pity hampers training
and effects the handling of the retarded.
More important, she Says, is to treat residents as adults,
not children.
= Bates has been-at Springwood seven years but her. in-
~terest in the’ mentally retarded began years ago as a-young

nurse. when she toured Victoria’s Eric Martin Institute’s:

“severely and profoundly”’ retarded children’s ward.
e . My heart went out to them. I was an idealist — only 20
-— and I thought! could go in there and help them.”’

. Bates. worked at the EMI for three years before joining

Springwood as a nurse and house mother.
_. Bates describes the facility as a ‘“‘stepping stone from a
_restrictive environment. It?s very unlikely. that residents

would. ever move away from Springwood and live on their =
-own but some may gravitate toa group home ora boarding -

= house... she says.

in their 20s and 30s and with an equal. division ‘of men and
women — some “have low. functioning. levels,

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Peninsula Co-op are other places that take Springwood
residents for part or fulltime work.

Bates says Springwood is the only facility on the Island
that ‘‘provides the kind of training we have here.’’ And
because of restraints and the closure of a similar facility in
Kamloops, she thinks more people ‘‘will be looking to us
to take in more residents.”’

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The training program includes. teaching residents
housework, kitchen, garden and workshop skills as well as
outside maintenance work.

Some. four and-a-half staff work one-to-one with
trainees while Nancy Harrison, a hired part time
psychologist, develops behaviour and teaching programs,
helps in assessing people and zeros in on specific problems.

Bates says the lovely country setting on the close to four-
acre facility helps in dealing with residents. ‘‘Having so
much room means people can get-away from each other
into. their own. space.”’ she says. ‘‘And- then there’s the
garden for them to work on.”’

Springwood doesn’t take all retarded cases. It doesn’t
take people in: wheelchairs and applicants must be toilet
trained.and' able to feed and dress themselves, although

1- Bates admits even if a person had a problem in one of these

areas ‘‘we wouldn’t necessarily reject them.”’

There are some 20 volunteers but Springwood always
needs more, particularly those who can provide individual
friendship to residents. Because the retarded always tend to
have to-do everything in groups, it means a great deal to

“have a special friend who will take them out to movies,

shopping or sightseeing on their own.
One. volunteer’ deserves. special praise, Bates says.
Einhardt Schubert, who owns Phil’s Bakery, employs one

of the residents, has been a volunteer for 10 years — since

Springwood started — and runs the gym program there.
Speaking at the anniversary tea Bates remembered three

residents —. Linda, Sam and Stanley — who drowned in an

accident three years ago. at Lake Cowichan. ft was ne low

point in the 10 years at Springwood she says.
Other speakers included Laurie Cottrell, chairman of the

‘board of the Capital Region Association for the Mentally

Retarded; Giles .Perodeau, 2300 Grove Cres., a former
board member for six years: and now a member of the

chairman Jim Cumming’ and Jean Butler.

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Wednesday, September 21, 1983

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company plant a cedar pyramidalis hedge along the south
and east property lines. A fence must be designed and
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An underground sprinkler system should be installed in the
front landscaped areas and the lighting for yard access,
and the decorative screening should reduce any adverse
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