Episode of Series “Special Needs in Education”.
Looks at the history of Mongolism and school provision for Down’s syndrome children. Compares a school for severely subnormal children with a high proportion of Down’s children, with a school for children with moderate learning difficulties and two Down’s children, and finally with a local comprehensive school with one Down’s child
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ACMI Identifier
323630
Language
English
Subject categories
Education, Instruction, Teaching & Schools → Mainstreaming in education
Food, Health, Lifestyle, Medicine, Psychology & Safety → Down's syndrome
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
U-Matic; Access Print (Section 1)