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Some Characteristics Differentiating Two Groups of E.S.N. Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  29 January 2018

Phillip Williams
Affiliation:
Department of Education, University College, Swansea
Elizabeth Gruber
Affiliation:
Department of Education, University College, Swansea

Extract

This enquiry is part of a wider investigation into the characteristics of children attending special schools for the educationally subnormal in South Wales. Seven local authorities are co-operating in the project, and they have made available records of children attending the eight special schools that they maintain. Two residential schools are provided by four rural authorities and six day schools are provided by three urban authorities. The characteristics of the population of 801 children who were attending the eight schools at the time of the enquiry have been reported previously in this Journal (Williams, 1966).

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Research Article
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Copyright © Royal College of Psychiatrists, 1967 

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