Thursday, October 14, 1982
Daily Nebraskan
Page 7
Staff can make the difference in group homes
By Dianna Sleigh
Choosing the right staff to work with
children can make a difference in helping
the children discover how good they can
become, Karen DeBrown said Wednesday.
DeBrown, a former counselor and
juvenile court probation officer, spoke
to about 50 Nebraska Group Home Asso
ciation members as part of the group's
fall conference at the Airport Inn.
The conference, "Making a Difference,"
provided an opportunity for association
members to get together and share ideas,
James Arnot said. Arnot is the executive
director of the Youth Service System of
Lincoln. The conference was on Tuesday
and Wednesday.
The purpose of the association is to
promote the quality of group-home care
for Nebraska's children between the
ages of 13 and 19. The Association pro
vides alternate living arrangements for
children who are placed in group homes
by the Welfare Department and the courts.
Research conducted
Currently, with Selection Research Inc.,
DeBrown and her associates are doing
research that will help people to choose
the best possible staff to work with child
ren who are placed in sessions and group
Police
Report
The following calls and
complaints were received by
UNL police from 7 a.m.
Tuesday to 7 a.m. Wednes
day. 12:51 pjn. - Bicycle
reported stolen from Nei
hardt Residence Center.
1:37 p.m. - Reported
hit-and-run accident in Area
24 near the Horse Barn on
East Campus.
2:45 p.m. - Wallet
reported stolen from a car
parked in the College of
Dentistry patient parking
lot.
3:12 p.m. - Wooden
shelving reported stolen
from the first floor of
Richards Hall.
5:13 p.m. - Loud stereo
reported at 16th and S
streets. Call settled by offic
ers. 9:05 pjn. - Report of
marijuana use in the
bowling alley in the Nebras
ka Union. Parties were gone
when officers arrived.
9:32 pjn. - Cash and a
calculator were reported
stolen from Harper Hall.
9:34 p.m. - Wallet
reported stolen from the
weight room in the Coli
seum. 12:42 a.m. - Mechanical
alarm set off at the East
Union. Alarm was false.
7:19 am - Unfounded
report of theft from rental
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homes, she said.
Certain types of reoccurring thought
patterns were found to be common bet
ween people who could deal successfully
with the development of children, De
Brown said. Selection Research is at
tempting to write a questionnaire based
on the research that will explore the
thought patterns so that employers will
be better equipped to choose their em
ployees. DeBrown outlined the 10 behavior
characteristics that successful child-care
workers seem to possess. They are a sense
of mission, favorable relationships, em
pathy, responsibility, work orientation,
organizational skills, activation, courage,
objectivity and a sense of satisfaction
from the growth and development of the
children they work with.
The questionnaire has five questions
from each of the characteristics, DeBrown
said.
Help important
Regardless of what method is used,
the important thing is that somehow more
and better ways will be found to help
children to learn, to grow and to feel
like real human beings every day of their
lives, DeBrown said.
"The best way you can do that is by
finding the right people to work with equipment, money or space, Arnot said,
them," she said.
Other activities at the conference Association membership is open to
included a business meeting and a "new anyone involved with child care, agency
game" program dealing with non-competi- or non-agency group homes and foster
tive games, which do not require a lot of care. Membership fees vary.
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