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FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 17, 1978
SHE SAID, THE CHANGE IN ATTITUDE TOWARDS OUR VIEW OF HANDICAP, THE CHANGE IN ATTITUDE TOWARDS THE HANDICAPPED PERSONS THEMSELVES, AND OUR GREATER KNOWLEDGE OF THE DIFFERING DEGREES OF HANDICAP, TOGETHER WITH THE WORLD-WIDE MOVE TOWARDS NORMALITY FOR THE HANDICAPPED, HAVE LED TO EFFORTS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD TO EDUCATE HANDICAPPED CHILDREN IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS, TO EDUCATE THEM WITH ORDINARY CHILDREN.
+ IT IS NOW GENERALLY ACCEPTED THAT WHEREVER PUSSTELE. HANDICAPPED CHILDREN SHOULD BE EDUCATED IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS.+
THE FIRST SPECIAL CLASS WAS OPENED IN A GOVERNMENT PRIMARY SCHOOL IN 1965. TODAY, THERE ARE A TOTAL OF 351 SPECIAL AND RESOURCE CLASSES IN GOVERNMENT AND AIDED PRIMARY SCHOOLS. THESE INCLUDE 27 SPECIAL CLASSES FOR THE PARTIALLY HEARING, FIVE FOR THE PARTIALLY SIGHTED, 43 FOR THE MALADJUSTED, 183 FOR THE SLOW LEARNING AND 93 RESOURCE CLASSES.
+ IN ADDITION, THERE ARE APPROXIMATELY 3,700 PUPILS IN
ORDINARY SCHOOLS RECEIVING REGULAR PERIPATETIC OR FOLLOW-UP SERVICES. THE MAJORITY OF THESE PUPILS ARE LEARNING SATISFACTORILY IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS. MANY PUPILS IN THE PAST HAVE MADE SUFFICIENT PROGRESS AND NO LONGER NEED PLACEMENT IN A SPECIAL CLASS, + MISS ROWE SAID.
SHE ADDED SEVERAL SEVERELY HANDICAPPED PUPILS WHO HAVE HAD THEIR PRIMARY EDUCATION IN A SPECIAL SCHOOL HAVE MADE SUFFICIENT PROGRESS TO CONTINUE THE IR SECONDARY EDUCATION IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS. SOME OF THESE PUPILS HAVE BEEN ABLE TO ENTER A UNIVERSITY OR TECHNICAL COLLEGE.
+AS A RESULT OF THE EXPERIENCE GAINED IN PRIMARY SPECIAL AND RESOURCE CLASSES, WE ARE NOW IN A POSITION TO EXTEND PROVISION TO ORDINARY SECONDARY SCHOOLS.
+BY 1985, WE HOPE TO HAVE 341 SPECIAL OR RESOURCE CLASSES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS FOR APPROXIMATELY 12.835 PUPILS. IN ADDITION THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION HOPES TO PROVIDE PERIPATETIC AND SPECIALIST FOLLOW-UP SERVICES FOR MORE THAN 8,000 PUPILS.+
MISS ROWE ALSO STRESSED THE IMPORTANCE OF AN ATTITUDE OF UNDERSTAND ING, CONSIDERATION, AND ACCEPTANCE IN THE SUCCESSFUL INTEGRATION OF THE HANDICAPPED PUPILS IN ORDINARY SCHOOLS.
THE SEMINAR INCLUDED TALKS ON THE ADMINISTRATIVE ASPECTS RELATED TO THE OPERATION OF SPECIAL CLASSES IN SECONDARY SCHOOLS, FOLLOWED BY AN ILLUSTRATED TALK ON EXISTING SPECIAL CLASSES AND GROUP DISCUSSIONS.
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