Reaching out: a story about mainstreaming

United States, 1981

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Looks at the difficulties and rewards of integrating the handicapped into regular classrooms. Shows Mary, a severely deaf child with limited speech capabilities and cerebral palsy, and how she copes with mainstreaming.

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Credits

producer

Terry Dunn

production company

Educational Media

Walt Disney Productions

director

John Cosgrove

Duration

00:10:58:00

Production places

United States

Production dates

1981

Collection metadata

ACMI Identifier

015355

Language

English

Subject categories

Documentary

Documentary → Documentary films - United States

Economics, Philosophy, Politics, Religion & Sociology → Education of children

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Deaf - Education

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Education of children

Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Mainstreaming in education

Educational & Instructional

Educational & Instructional → Educational films

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Children, Deaf

Family, Gender Identity, Relationships & Sexuality → Education of children

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Cerebral palsy - Case studies

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Children, Deaf

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Handicapped - Education

Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Physically handicapped children

Short films

Short films → Short films - United States

Sound/audio

Sound

Colour

Holdings

16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)

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