The Nation's Handicapped Children

Handicapped Children

"DEDICATED TO THOMAS WALMSLEY." This statement alone will make many generations of medical men from Belfast consider that this book must be a model of original thought lucidly expressed. The principles are indeed set out with a clarity and in a logical sequence that fully justify the dedication. Nevertheless, it is not an "easy" book in the generally accepted sense of the term, for it is never ...

Letting die severely handicapped children.

SIR I am a member of Prospect. We came into being to support Dr Leonard Arthur. We are all parents who have, or have had severely handicapped children and think our children ought to have been allowed to sleep on in peace instead of being kept alive by all the medical techniques. We have sent a Limitation ofTreatment Bill to all MPs. Most support it but no one yet has offered to undertake it as...

Handicapped Children in Modal Programs

Introduction My interest is in handicapped children. However, the specific focus of this paper concerns itself with the preparation of regular classroom teachers, supervisors, administrators, and other educational personnel to meet the needs of the handicapped in these regular or model programs. After three-quarters of a century represented by enormous difficulties and rather modest accom­ plis...

Handicapped children in preschool playgroups.

The playgroup movement started 10 years ago as a "do-ityourself" nursery school in London. It has now mushroomed into a national organization named the Preschool Playgroup Association (P.P.A.) with a membership of over 7,000 groups. Each branch area has an organizer whose expenses are paid by the local groups, and centrally there are two national advisers who are paid from a Government grant. T...

Handicapped Children and Their Families