Mentally-deficient children : their treatment and training / by G.E. Shuttleworth and W.A. Potts.

Date:
1910
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    CONTENTS CHAPTER I HISTORICAL RETROSPECT PAGE The work of Seguin, Saegert and Guggenbiihl. Early efforts in Great Britain aided by the writings of Gaskell and Conolly. Investigations as to pre- valence of Idiocy in America, and establishment of “ experimental schools ” there. State Institu- tions. Public provision for mentally defective children in the United Kingdom, the United States, and various European countries - - - i CHAPTER II THE “ FEEBLE-MINDED ” OR MENTALLY FEEBLE CHILD American use of term “ Feeble-minded ” as including Idiocy and Imbecility. Special application in Eng- land of the term to the slighter grades of mental defect (mental feebleness). Committees on mental and physical condition of school-children: investi- gations of Dr. F. Warner. Criticisms. Official in- vestigations in Switzerland - - - - lo CHAPTER III DEFECTIVE AND EPILEPTIC CHILDREN Investigation and Report by Departmental Committee appointed by Education Department for England