CLUB MEETING 30th JULY 2018
PRESIDENT STEPHEN MILLS welcomed members and guests Bev & Terry Wright, Marilyn & Ross Davis, Marilyn Damm guest speaker.
APOLOGIES: Jennifer Rodger, Ivan Routley, Sally Rose, John Watson, Joan Barker, Terry Brennan, Allen Canobie, Julie & Jason Andrew.
President Stephen Mills inducted Phil Ashton as a "Friend of Rotary"
- Meeting with Moira Shire Kelvin Fenaughty on upgrade to Melville Street street stall booth.
- Coordinator for car raffle sought.
- Attendance report monthly.
- GrainCorp information session attended.
- Business Breakfast 28th March. Kate Hodge has secured Rachael Robertson as guest speaker.
CHAIR: ROSS HARDHAM.
Lived in Selby worked in timber yard for 30-40 years. Moved to district to be closer to aging relatives.
GUEST SPEAKER: MARILYN DAMM OAM
Spent career as a teacher working with deaf children, 11 years working in research with Cochlear Ear.
- Implication:
Language forms basis of who we are and eventually group up to be. Deafness effects education and ultimate job.
- Understanding:
Normally child begin to hear in 25th week. Mother's voice important. In first year normal children learn to understand which is necessary for speech development.
- Communicate:
Need to speak to others to develop speech and understanding ready for school.
- Ability to think.
Children talk as they play. Previously not diagnosed till 18 months. At school four years behind normal child with a poor outcome.
- Times have changed:
New born hearing screening tests with hearing aid at 10 months.
Most debilitating handicap now with normal results.
Working one day a week at Taralye working with parents with early intervention.
Passionate about Parent-Child Mother Goose program, which uses enjoyable activities to support attachment and interaction between parents and their children. Promotes children's health, wellbeing and achievement throughout later life, forming a strong foundation for life.
