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A Guide for the Study of Exceptional Children

by Willard Abraham. 278 pgs.

Contributors:

   Willard Abraham

Publisher:

   Sargent

Place of Publication:

  Boston  

Publication Year:

  1956

Subjects:

Exceptional Children

	TABLE OF CONTENTS
	Dedication	v
	Introduction	ix
	The Importance of the Problem of Exceptional Children	x
	Format of the Guide	xii
	PROCEDURES
	"Group Procedures"	3
	Your Reaction to the Group Procedures in This Class, Workshop, or Group	7
	Workshop Procedures	9
	"Essential Characteristics of Workshops" by Paul B. Diederich and William Van Til	13
	"General Workshop Information", from U.S. Office of Education	14
	"The Workshop Technique" by Earl C. Kelley	17
	"Basic Ingredients of a Short Workshop" by Earl C. Kelley	18
	Your Reactions to the Workshop Procedures as Followed in This Workshop	19
	Oral Reports -- Group or Individual	21
	Organizing a Workshop on the Exceptional Child	22
	Objectives	25
	PERSONAL INFORMATION
	Student Personal Data Sheet	29
	Evaluation of the Class or Workshop	30
	Self-Evaluation	31
	Participants	32
	INTEREST AREAS
	BI-LINGUAL
	Suggested Guide for Study of Bi-lingual Children	35
	Specific Topics for Study of Bi-lingual Children	41
	Selections from Teaching Spanish-Speaking Children by L. S. Tireman	43
	"Instruction of Bi-Lingual Children" , by Arizona Department of Public Instruction	46
	Selection from The Sahuaro, A Student's Handbook of the Phoenix Indian School	47
	Bibliography on Bi-lingual Children	48
	EMOTIONALLY AND SOCIALLY MALADJUSTED
	Suggested Guide for Study of Children with Emotional or Social Maladjustments	55
	Specific Topics for Study of Children with Emotional or Social Maladjustments	61
	"The Note" by Robert Fontaine	63
	Bibliography on Emotionally and Socially Maladjusted Children	67
	GIFTED
	Suggested Guide for Study of Gifted Children	77
	Specific Topics for Study of Gifted Children	83
	"We're Wasting Our Greatest Natural Resource!" by Willard Abraham	85
	"Staff of 20, Student Body of 63, and an Educational Idea" by Willard Abraham	100
	Bibliography on Gifted Children	105
	HEARING
	Suggested Guide for Study of Children with Hearing Problems	115
	Specific Topics for Study of Children with Hearing Problems	121
	"Through Silent Walls" by Grace W. Covey	123
	Bibliography on Children with Hearing Problems	124
	MENTALLY RETARDED
	Suggested Guide for Study of Mentally Retarded Children	133
	Specific Topics for Study of Mentally Retarded Children	139
	"Accent on Assets: Arizona's Children's Colony" by Willard Abraham	141
	Bibliography on Mentally Retarded Children	144
	ORTHOPEDIC AND OTHER HANDICAPS
	Suggested Guide for Study of Children with Orthopedic and Other Handicaps	157
	Specific Topics for Study of Children with Orthopedic and Other Handicaps	163
	Selections from Of Human Bondage by W. Somerset Maugham	167
	"A Play Is Worth a Thousand Speeches" by Helen Hayes	169
	Bibliography on Children with Orthopedic and Other Handicaps	172
	SPEECH
	Suggested Guide for Study of Children with Speech Problems	183
	Specific Topics for Study of Children with Speech Problems	189
	"Are You a Stutterer?" by Wendell Johnson	191
	"Speech Difficulties of Children" by Willard Abraham	192
	Bibliography on Children with Speech Problems	197
	VISION
	Suggested Guide for Study of Children with Visual Problems	205
	Specific Topics for Study of Children with Visual Problems	211
	Bibliography on Children with Visual Problems	213
	RESOURCES AND AIDS
	General Bibliography	225
	Helpful Periodicals	235
	Research Sources	239
	Organizations and Institutions	241
	Films Related to Exceptional Children	243
	Selected Suffixes, Prefixes, and Word Roots	246
	Selected Glossary	251
	State Certification Requirements for Teachers of Exceptional Children	259
	College and University Programs for the Preparation of Teachers of Exceptional Children	262
	Public Relations	263
	List of Abbreviations	264
	POSTSCRIPTS AND A FINAL NOTE
	"I Taught Them All" by N. J.W.	266
	"The Poor Scholar's Soliloquy" by Stephen M. Corey	267
	"The Animal School" by G. H. Reavis	269
	"Greeting His Pupils" by J. S. Chapman and G. S. Counts	270
	"The Child Who Is Different" by Willard Abraham	271
	A Final Note to the User of This Guide	276

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