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Friday, August 17, 1973
The conference is being organised by the Special Education Section
of the Education Department. At the same time, the section is holding a
two-day exhibition of special teaching aids and techniques.
Members of the public are welcome to attend the exhibition at the
college where they will see a classroom setting for slow-learning children.
The exhibits will include remedial and specially adapted material
designed for children with learning problems related to visual, auditory,
physical and speech handicaps.
The exhibition will also show assessment and therapeutic materials
for children with learning difficulties and graded material in relation to
curriculum developments in special education.
Note to Editors:
You are invited to cover the conference and
exhibition on August 21 at the Grantham College of
Education, Gascoigne Road, Kowloon. The conference
bogins at 9:30 a.m. and will last until 5 p.m.
For your information, Miss Rowe will speak
on "Modern Trends in Special Education", Professor
Kong on "New Developments in Educational Research", Mrs. Chan on "Curriculum Development in Special Education", Professor Kneebone on "Modern Trends in Paediatrics",
and Mrs. Lee on "Problems of Youth".
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