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Teen-age Lounge operated for
youth of the Cold Spring area as
a part of the City of Buffalo 5
drive to provide youth with health
full recreation. When he was fin
ally successful in closing the IL
legal record hop" where many
innocent youths were exposed to
drinking, association with men and
women, where the grind and
other sexually suggestive dancing
was allowed if not actually en-
couraged, Barley was able to
move in quickly, call on parents,
medicate and forestall worse gang
action and possible tragedy that
was threatening to stem from the
dance hall environment. The fact
that the dance halls promoter used
threats of violence and all sorts
of acts of intimidation did not
deter the 37-year-old social worker
who came to Minneapolis to work
at Waite Neighborhood House on
June l, 1859.
Working with severely damaged
youths, personality-wise, as well
as with problem families, and
youth under the influence of adult
delinquents or otherwise poorly
supervised or poorly socialized
youth is Fred Barkleys forte. And
at Waite House he has been able
to turn it to good account in work.
ing within an area composed of
Caucasian, Negro and Indian resid-
ents, where youth subcultures are
typical of those found today in any
modern American city.
Barkley has drawn upon resource
es acquired not only as assistant
project coordinator for the Buff
falo Youth board, but from his
prior employment as youth work
secretary of the Michigan Avenue
YMCA in Buffalo, and upon his
field work training as a student
probation officer in the Children's
Court, Juvenile division of the Erie
County Probation Department,
Buffalo, NY.
In addition to this, he has been
able to make a practical applica-
ton Of many of the research find
ings Of his thesis for the degree OF
Master of Social Work, conferred
in 1858 by the University Of Buff
falo. His thesis subject was "Ob-
served Differences Between Non
Delinquent and Delinquent Teen,
age Play Groups"
Much of the work that he has
done with youngsters at Waite
Neighborhood House during the
past year and at Norway Point
Camp on the st. Croix River dur.
ing the past two summers has
been grounded in his prior exper,
fence and research with teen-agt
gangs and primary groups.
During the youth sessions al
Norway Point Camp, for example
Barkley has placed great emphasis
on the development of personality
helping children to % relate with
each other (2) relate to authority
and 90 to work out their individ.
ual personality problems.
Techniques used to rundown and
work through personality problems
result in innumerable conferences
Barley points out.
For example, at Norway Point
camp, I'VE had to contend with
problems Of such magnitude that
they were not easily COPIED with
by counselors and as such required
constant intervention of the camp
director. Thus, there were several
conferences and group discussions,
the focus Of which was to enable
campers involved to make sound
decisions and assume responsible
ty for the same"
In practically every case"
Barkley said, all reflected severe
parental deprivation, lack of love,
lack of discipline and lack of az
lection"
After having worked closely
with children for more than 10
years, it is Barkley's firm belief
that for children who reflect seri-
GUS problems Of relating to each
other, to parental authority or to
school authority, a five-fold ap-
proach to their problems is i'm
portant.
THE solution, regarding ade.
quate adjustment of children in
these areas" he declares, requires
% continuous love, (2) under.
standing, (3) guidance, "a utiliza,