The Education and Training of Mental Defectives at Darenth

The Work of Local Voluntary Associations and Possible Future Developments

almost directly after the Mental Deficiency Act came into force in 1914. One of their main objects was the co-ordination of all public and voluntary work undertaken for defectives in their own homes, throughout the area, covered by a Local Authority under the Mental Deficiency Act, i.e., a County or County Borough. The Constitution of these Associations varies according to Local conditions but ...

Music in the Training of Mental Defectives

Observations on the Training of Idiots and Low-Grade Imbeciles

or almost impossible to find vacancies in Certified Institutions for low grade or troublesome defectives. Mental Hospitals and Public Assistance Institutions are unwillingly obliged to receive these cases. Local Authorities are well aware of the harm and hardships which ensue from the retention of this type of patient in Public Assistance Institutions. The Board of Control require that Mental D...

National Special Schools Union

foresee a probable decrease in the number of mental defectives to be dealt with; but thought there were possibilities of a reduction in the number of physical defectives. There was an enormous and gratifying improvement in the conditions under which special education was carried on, and there could be none better than those enjoyed in some parts of Scotland. Mr. McKechnie begged all teachers to...

بررسی بیماریهای پوستی در عقب ماندگان ذهنی مرکز شهید فیاض بخش همدان

Mental deficiency is not a disease in its own right but a condition resulting from a variety of causes, some inborn and others acquired. The skin abnormalities of mental defectives fall into three broad groups: 1. Cutaneous lesions specifically associated with syndromes of genetic or developmental origin. 2. Non-specific cutaneous lesions showing an increased prevalence in mental defectives. ...