Taurven Centre
teaches social
and life skills

By Layne Christensen
Community Reporter
AMID the fight indus-
try and bustling com-
merce of Lower
Lonsdale, the Taurven
Centre is a hive of
activity.

At this converted store
space at 165 E. Isr Street, 1]
adults are intent on various
pursuits.

Linda embroiders floral
designs for a gift card.
Raymond weaves a placemat
at the loom in the front of the
open workspace. Vinney sorts
fennel seeds, culled from a
plot at the Moodyviile
Community Garden.

In the kitchen area,
Michael uses a hand mill to
roll oats.

“We are trying to build a
bridge between the person
inside and the modern world

outside,” explains — John
Glanzer of the centre's activi-
des. Glanzer is the centre's
director and one of five “co-
workers” who work daily with
the participants, aged 19 to 45
and all mentally challenged,
teaching them a combination
of life skulls and social skills.

The centre, which opened
its doors in July, is founded on
the International Camphill
Movement, which began’ in
Scotiand 50 years ago.
Camphill is based on the
teachings of Austrian philoso-
pher Rudolph Steiner, whose
concept of anthroposophy,
“knowledge of man,” is also
the model for the Vancouver
Waldorf School in) North
Vancouver.

Most of Camphill’s 80
worldwide centres are in rural
areas, where handicapped
adults and their co-workers
work and live together in a
rural setting.

Things are slightly differ-
ent at the Taurven Centre,
which operates as a day centre
in an urban setting. But even
t ‘Taurven, “connection to
the land is very important,”
said Glanzer. “Its one point

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of contact with the natural
world that has a natural con-
nection with the human
being.”

At Taurven, order and rou-
tine regulate the day.

In the morning the partici-
pants work oat crafts.
Afternpons are given over to
artistic activities — painting,
drama production or music
therapy. There are regular for-
ays to) Lonsdale Quay and
every Thursday a walk along
the West Van seawall.

The premise is that with
order comes confidence and a
clarity of thought. Roy
Pallant, whose 31-year-old
son Michael visits Taurven
daily, has noticed a profound
differeace in the way his son
lives and behaves.

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“He understands what
happens in life much more
clearly. He’s much = more
observant than he was
before,” said Pallant of his
son, Who has found enjoy:
ment in Woodworking, paint-
ing and gardening. “When life
was cluttered, he didn’r do
that. He was so busy trying to
cope.”

The Taurven Centre oper-
ates with financial assistance
from the Ministry — tor
Children and Families, for-
merly the Ministry of Social
Services, and private donors.
Al} referrals to the centre must
go through the ministry, said
Sherri Towaij, acting district
supervisor of the ministry's
Services to People with
Mental Handicaps division.

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NEWS photo Mike Wakefield _
RAYMOND Killian (left) works a loom with assistance
from co-worker Ute Weinmann at the Taurven Centre,
a Lower Lonsdale facility that provides therapeutic
activities for mentaliy challenged adults.

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