Report of the Mental Deficiency Committee : being a joint committee of the Board of Education and Board of Contro.

  • Great Britain. Mental Deficiency Committee.
Date:
1929
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Credit: Report of the Mental Deficiency Committee : being a joint committee of the Board of Education and Board of Contro. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    (2) Lower grade children under 16— PAGE. (a) Estimated numbers in England and Wales .. ee 86 (0) Sex incidence + ~ , és 87 (c) Present distribution of lower seatte Ghildren : 87 (zd) Suggested classification of lower grade children for administrative purposes vs we ve ve 88 CHAPTER ‘VI: THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN MENTALLY DEFECTIVE AND RETARDED CHILDREN. (1) The large number of mente ly defective children in Public Elementary Schools .. : 89 (2) The unsatisfactory educational provision now w being made for these -. mentally defective children ; 90 (3) The impossibility of any considerable expansion of the present day special school system : 90). (4) The existence of a large marginal group of educationally retarded children 91 (5) Difficulty of providing suitable education both for defective and for retarded children increased by the statutory requirements .. 91 (6) The kinship of the hk aed defective and the Shoei aR Vea retarded: e in 92 (7) Defective and retarded anilerch: as a unit problem ree ‘ 93 (8) Attempts at present being made to deal with defective and retarded children within the public elementary schoolsystem .. a9 93 CHAPTER. VII. SUGGESTED FUTURE ALLOCATION OF RESPONSIBILITY |. FOR CHILDREN BETWEEN LOCAL EDUCATION, MENTAL DEFICIENCY AND OTHER MUTHORITIBS(: : I. Present position se oe $e 96 Ul. General principle on which =. eebeoapiie eat be allocated between Local Education and Mental Deficiency Authorities 98 A. Mentally defective children of school age (7-16) who can attend a day school or centre 99 (1) Younger children, i.e. those between 7 and 11 years of age : 100 (2) Older children, i.e e. those between 11 and 16 years of age is 103 (3) Suggested new age limits (5-15) for compulsory schoo] attendance for.defective children .. bec d B. Mentally defective children of school age who require residential or institutional treatment ... 29 112 C. Mentally delective children under / years ol agé 5 .. 114 _IH. Consequential changes in statutory provisions and administration. A. Certification for purposes of Section 55 of the Education Act, 1921 ce on 7 n16 B. Enforcement of attendance at suitable schools 119 C. Certification as a preliminary to notification under | wection =2° (2)Or tie ee Spr peat Act, 1913, as. ee amendeds <3 sya 120 IV. Children at present within tie rerniaes ot ater “‘Aoahoviien A. Mentally defective children under the Poor Law .. ue bed B. Mentally defective children in Home Office Schools 123 V. Conclusion .. - — ee ee ee oe we AZO