The scores on a malaise inventory for 51 mothers of spina bifida children born between 1956 and 1962 in South Wales revealed significantly higher scores when the child was incontinent, had a severe locomotor disability, had an IQ less than 80, and was attending a special school rather than a normal school. No difference in scores was found between the sexes or for size of family, and only a sli...

The nature of verbal interactions among handicapped and nonhandicapped preschool children was examined in instructional and free-play settings. A wide variety of linguistic parameters designed to reflect verbal productivity and grammatical complexity was selected for analysis. The speech of designated nonhandicapped children wddressed. Listeners were classified as manifesting mild, moderate, se...

Speech is the tool we use with which to express our thoughts and emotions, and is our chief means of establishing contact with our fellows. If?owing to some disability?we are unable to make full use of this tool, we find ourselves severely handicapped in life. Defective speech in a child often has one or more of the following results :? (1) It is likely to give rise to a feeling of inferiority ...

Dear Sir,?The editorial in the spring issue of this Journal stressed the need for provision of more lr*stitutions for defectives. Without in the least minimizing this need, I want to point out that the strain on institutions could be greatly relieved if more and better day centres could be provided for children classed as " ineducable A number of occupation centres have been set UP during the l...

Dental radiography is considered to be a diagnostic tool for a proper treatment planning of the disorders of oral cavity like periodontal diseases, diff erent oral pathologies, and dental caries. In pediatric dentistry, radiography is a part of daily practice because of its unusual and unique role. As the child is brought in the clinic for the 1st time, radiology has been proven to be an accept...

are much more numerous and much more promising. The backward child has sufficient capacity, not only to make his way in the world socially and vocationally, but also to attain considerable success in many trades, occupations, and vocations in which he possesses special aptitude. He will attain such success if he is given proper vocational training in school in correlation with the literary work...

These welcome additions to the scanty literature on their subject both come from Australasia, witnessing to the increasing concern felt there for the welfare of children unsuitable for school. In the first, much detailed information and advice on training given clearly and simply, especially in preparing a child for Emission to an Occupation Centre. A chapter on "Occupational Possibilities" des...