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11 Affiliate 1 (1985-1986)

handle is hein.journals/aff11 and id is 1 raw text is: Tennessee Missing Child Project Wins Outstanding Single Project Award The 1984-85 ABA/YLD Awards of Achievement competition at the ABA Annual Meeting in Washington, D.C., July 3-6, 1985, drew the most im- pressive group of applications ever. More than fifty applications were sub- mitted by state and local affiliates, nearly all of which reflected a remarkable enthusiasm and unselfish commitment to public service. Par- ticularly impressive were the applica- tions in Division IIA (local affiliates having 1,000 members or more). The Young Lawyers Section of the Seattle- King County Bar took the first-place award for its comprehensive applica- tion in that division. The Texas Young Lawyers again received first place for its comprehensive application in Divi- sion IA (state affiliates having 8,000 members or more). A complete list of winners appears at pages 10-11. The Outstanding Single Project Award went to the Tennessee Young Lawyers Conference for its innovative Missing Child Project. The need for the Tennessee project was clear. Every day in this country, sixty children disappear. Some run away, some are abducted by strangers, and some are kidnapped by people they know. Of those who are abducted, most are never seen again. The Ten- nessee Young Lawyers are helping to combat this national tragedy with their multi-media project. The missing children project devel- oped by Tennessee Young Lawyers is being implemented across the State of Tennessee. The project has met with such success that young lawyers in Ohio, Texas, New York, Alabama, Arizona, and even Canada, are consid- ering adopting the program as a mod- el for their use. The effort includes a videotape for children entitled Missing in Oz, A Runaway Tale; a booklet for parents and children, A Child Is Missing; and training materials for parents and teachers. Posters and media informa- tion are also available. This package is easily adapted for use in all areas of the country. Missing in Oz is a thirteen minute videotape (included in exhibits) featuring the familiar Wizard of Oz characters. Dorothy and her friends find themselves in the Land of Missing Children, where Glinda, the Good Witch, helps them learn some im- portant lessons. Dorothy is a child abducted by a stranger (the Wicked Witch), the Scarecrow is a runaway whowas abused, the Tin Man is a child who ran away from home because he felt neglected, and the Lion is a child who doesn't know how to avoid being touched in ways which make him feel uncomfortable. Dorothy learns that she shouldn't accept gifts or rides from strangers, and the Tin Man learns that running away is not the answer to his prob- lems. The Lion learns to speak up if he is hurt, or lonely, or scared, and the Scarecrow comes to understand that he shouldn't blame himself if there are problems at home. All four characters learn how important it is to know their full names, addresses and telephone numbers so they can get home if they ever become missing. A Child is Missing. . . is the brain- child of Knoxville lawyers Julia P. Har- din and Loretta Simonetti Harber, along with Chattanooga lawyer Karen Brock. The videoplay was written by Faye Julian, a professor at the Univer- sity of Tennessee who specializes in children's theater. The actors are U.T. students and employees who volun- teered for the program. In addition to the videotape, educa- tional materials and a brochure have been developed in consultation with an advisory committee of teachers and social service personnel. Follow- ing the videotape presentations, there are reinforcement activities for the children. A coloring book (included in exhibits) repeats many of the lessons taught in the videotape, and the rein- forcement exercises in the training material provide ideas for role playing and discussion. Following videotape presentations each child is given a brochure to take home to his or her parents. The bro- chure (included in exhibits) describes some precautionary measures par- ents might want to consider and iden- tifies danger signs of which parents should be aware. Do's and don'ts for both parents and children are con- tained in the brochure. An example of these precautions is the suggestion that the parents and child agree on a secret code word to be used in case of emergencies. There are also guide- lines for community precautions such as block homes, voluntary fingerprint sessions and absentee reporting sys- tems. Step-by-step instructions are listed. Special precautions to protect against abductions by noncustodial parents are also included in the bro- chure. The brochures have a bookmark for each child to write his or her name, parents' names, address and tele- phone number. The bookmark is de- signed to serve as a reminder for each child of his or her name, address, tele- (continued on page 9)

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