KURT: A RETARDED CHILD IN THE FAMILY (11 minutes, black and white, 1973). Produced by WITF-TV, Hershey, Pennsylvania. Distributed by Polymorph Films, 331 Newbury Street, Boston, Massachusetts 02115. Purchase, $120; for rental, contact the distributor about rates

1974 ◽  
Vol 25 (10) ◽  
pp. 684-b-685
Author(s):  
Jack Neher
Keyword(s):  
Retarded Child ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Family

scholarly journals The Colour of Social Realism

2018 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 469-490 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Street
Keyword(s):  
Social Realism ◽  
New Wave ◽  
Social Commentary ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Family ◽  
British Cinema ◽  
Wave Cycle ◽  
The 1960S

During the 1960s Eastmancolor, a relatively cheap, widely available film stock, revolutionised the British film industry's approach to colour. This article discusses the consequences of this major representational and aesthetic shift on social realism, a sub-genre of British cinema primarily associated with black and white cinematography. While colour provided an opportunity for greater realism, critics argued that it distracted audiences with hues considered inappropriate for social commentary. The article examines how a number of notable 1950s and 1960s British colour films navigated entrenched critical positions while deploying colour in distinctive, often innovative ways to reflect their social realist environments and themes. Films examined include A Kid for Two Farthings (1955), Miracle in Soho (1957), Sapphire (1959), Flame in the Streets (1961), Some People (1962), The Family Way (1966) and Poor Cow (1967). It is argued that critics' preoccupation with the New Wave cycle of films, 1959–63, has been at the expense of colour films that extended the range of representation, both aesthetically and thematically. Bringing colour more centrally into scholarship about British cinema contributes to revisionist research on social realism that privileges the foregrounding of style and textual aesthetics. In addition, the article shows how analysing films from the perspective of colour encourages relating them to broader chromatic tastes and trends. By the mid-1960s, as culture was generally becoming more chromatically vibrant, film-makers were able to take greater advantage of the colour stocks that enabled them to experiment with realist conventions.

scholarly journals Ozonized water used as complementary therapy for stomatitis in Salvator merianae – case report

2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (11) ◽  
pp. e280101119550
Author(s):  
Lucas Micael Freire Pereira ◽  
Fabiano Rocha Prazeres Júnior ◽  
João Vitor de Oliveira Gurgel ◽  
Vanessa Silva Santana ◽  
Leonardo Lomba Mayer ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Cell Proliferation ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Complementary Therapy ◽  
Ex Situ ◽  
Tissue Cell ◽  
Wild Animals ◽  
Ozone Therapy ◽  
Black And White ◽  
The Family ◽  
Stimulation Of

The Argentine black and white tegu (Salvator merianae) is a reptile belonging to the family Teiidae. Compared with other families, teiids are morphologically similar. However, their sizes vary considerably, with S. merianae being the largest endemic lizard in South America. The characteristics, habitat, and habits of S. merianae need to be investigated, to provide adequate ex situ adaptation opportunities and avoid accidents in the pet industry. One advancing complementary therapy is the use of ozone, which has potent antimicrobial action when applied topically, due to the oxidizing and healing effects resulting from the stimulation of tissue cell proliferation and remodeling. To generate information concerning ozone therapy, the treatment of stomatitis caused by Portland cement in an Argentine black and white tegu using ozonized water as a complementary therapy is reported. Fluid and antibiotic therapies (enrofloxacin, butorphanol, meloxicam, and sucralfate) were introduced, along with the daily rinsing of the oral cavity with freshly prepared ozonized water. No toxic effects relating to ozone use were observed, and its topical use as a complementary therapy proved to be low cost and highly efficient. These findings demonstrate the need to obtain knowledge concerning this therapy and promote its use in wild animals.      

Athletic Activities for Children Who Are Mentally Retarded

PEDIATRICS ◽  
1974 ◽  
Vol 54 (3) ◽  
pp. 376-377
Author(s):  
Melvin L. Thornton ◽  
Eugene F. Diamond ◽  
John P. Garvin ◽  
John C. Heffelfinger ◽  
John H. Kennell ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Retarded Child ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
Mental Development ◽  
Athletic Activity ◽  
Parents And Children ◽  
The Family ◽  
Athletic Activities ◽  
Limited Opportunity ◽  
Mentally Retarded Children ◽  
Type Of Exercise

Recreation and athletic activity are important for all children, regardless of their mental capacity. A physician's recommendation about athletic activity for mentally retarded children, as is true with other children, must take into account differences in size, coordination, degree of physical fitness, and physical health. The stage of maturation, the level of mental development, and the emotional stability of the child are all important considerations when organizing activities for children who are mentally retarded. Children with average mental development usually have multiple opportunities for athletic activities and recreation without special planning. In contrast, there is a tendency for parents and children in most communities to exclude the mentally retarded child so he completely lacks the type of exercise and personal experiences he needs. Children who are mentally retarded frequently are not physically fit, have poor coordination, and are obese. These conditions become progressively more severe as the retarded child grows older, partly as a result of limited opportunity for athletic activity. The majority of mentally retarded children can and should participate safely and productively in athletic activities when appropriate supervision is provided. Parents of children who are mentally retarded are often confused and uncertain about what to expect from their child. Some tend to restrict their youngsters from physical activities, and others may push their children at too rapid a pace. However, most parents are anxious for guidance to help determine what is best for their child. The pediatrician is in a unique position to advise these parents because he is likely to know the family and to know the emotional and personal needs of the child and his physical capabilities.

scholarly journals The Effects on the Family of the Presence of a Mentally Retarded Child

1972 ◽  
Vol 17 (4) ◽  
pp. 283-290 ◽  
Author(s):  
John B. Fotheringham ◽  
Mora Skelton ◽  
B.A. Hoddinott
Keyword(s):  
Living Arrangement ◽  
Community Sample ◽  
Retarded Child ◽  
Mentally Retarded ◽  
Local Association ◽  
Adoptive Family ◽  
The Family ◽  
Major Shift ◽  
Set Up

This study conceptualizes the presence of a retarded child within a family as constituting a stress which the family attempts to cope with by bringing its resources to bear on the problem. If the stress proves too great for the family's coping mechanism institutionalization may be sought. The Institutional Sample families did not appreciably improve over the year following the removal of their child; while the Community Sample showed signs of deterioration, particularly in the areas of sibling functioning. The follow-up findings could be interpreted in two ways to support alternate biases with regard to hospitalization. Those who are generally against institutionalization for the retarded, believing that young children should remain in their own homes if possible, may view the lack of improvement in the functioning of the institutional families after the child was removed as an indication that these families should be encouraged to remain intact. In order to achieve this goal every effort would need to be made to strengthen, shore up and assist these families to cope with their retarded member or, where necessary, to supply the child with a new home (a foster or adoptive family). Those who generally favour institutionalization for the retarded may interpret the evidence of the decreased functioning of the community families who kept their child at home as supporting the need for the wholesale hospitalization of retarded persons. This was advocated by Goddard in his study of the Kallikaks (10). In the former approach the focus is on the welfare of the retarded child and in the latter the emphasis is on the welfare of the family and society. Is it not possible to stop playing ‘either/or’ and consider both? There are frequent occasions when a child needs to be separated from his family for their benefit or his and where an alternate family (foster or adoptive) cannot be found. Must the choice be between forcing the family to keep him and allowing the family functioning to deteriorate, or removing the child to a large impersonal institution? Lorimer Lodge, which has cared for young retarded women for over a hundred years and also the Harold Lawson Residence for trainable retarded children aged 6–12 years (both operated by the Metropolitan Toronto Association for the Mentally Retarded), the work of Jean Vanier in France and Glen Lowther in Winnipeg on community homes for retarded adults all demonstrate viable alternatives to institutionalization. It is becoming imperative that more adequate and humane alternatives be found than the present impersonal and huge institutions for those retarded persons who require, or could benefit from, an out-of-home living arrangement. This will require a major shift in emphasis, planning and responsibility. At present in Ontario the local Association for the Mentally Retarded is the main moving force in the building of community residences. Considering the magnitude of the need, progress has been slow and such agencies as the Children's Aid Society need to set up residences, possibly in conjunction with the local Association for the Mentally Retarded. This study may be interpreted as supporting the contention that to have a retarded child in the home is an added stress on the family. Follow-up of families who responded to this stress by institutionalizing their retarded children suggests that in many instances this is not the ideal answer to the problem for the family or for the child, but that a more complex variety of solutions is needed.

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