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Wednesday, February 28, 1973
"A sympathetic approach to the problem of handicapped
children, by itself, is not sufficient,"
In his view, the services had reached a stage where they
were beginning to require a comprehensive programme for early
identification of particular handicaps so that treatment could
begin early to enable the severe effects of disability to be avoided.
"I think there is a need to set up child development
assessment services, and this will require the training of staff
in order to achieve a high standard of work," he said.
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