Proposals for a new, community-based service for the mentally handicapped.

I thought you might like to know about a very successful experiment carried out a short time ago. Its purpose was to try to promote a more Natural healthy attitude to the mentally handicapped, both on the part of normal boys and girls and also of their parents.

This book is the product of a working party, set up by the Church Information Nice. It sets out the ways in which needs of the mentally handicapped child and s Parents may be met, gives clear and practical advice on the religious training these children, and shows how they and their families can be incorporated in the "fistian fellowship of their community and parish. Particularly valuable is t...

A study of the difficulties that can arise in a family with a mentally handicapped child and brothers or sisters who are normal.

sumes responsibility for the teaching of mentally handicapped children and the training of their teachers. On the surface, taking over from the Department of Health appeared to involve a minor readjustment, in fact repercussions have been loud and farreaching. Stanley Segal, principal of Ravenswood Centre for Special Education, clarifies the complexities and warns that the wrangles must be reso...

TO STUDY WHETHER TEACHING TYPING TO EDUCABLE MENTALLY HANDICAPPED STUDENTS WOULD RESULT IN IMPROVING ACADEMIC WORK, GREATER VISUALIZATION SKILLS, AND BETTER SOCIAL-EMOTIONAL ADJUSTMENT, THE EXPERIMENTAL HALF OF THE 14 MATCHED PAIRS OF CHILDREN 10 TO 13 YEARS OF AGE WITH MEASURED IQ'S BETWEEN 50 AND 60 WERE GIVEN 2 TO 3 YEARS OF TYPING INSTRUCTION. TWELVE TESTS WERE GIVEN TO ALL SUBJECTS BEFORE ...