Handicapped Students Receive Extra Training in Schools
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Base mt handicaps that prevented them from keepta pace with all
activities of their classmates, these yean tiers are amon the many be
In given aid er ability testa by the special edoeatlen department t
Salem public schools. At left. Patsy IUfhlett, daachter of Mr. and
Mrs. Horton Hnrhlctt. 1145 N. ISth sL. who was conTalesclnf from rhea
matlc fever. Is tntored at home by Mrs. Adda J. Stener, 415 W. Madrona
sve. Audiometer tests to determine If the child has hearing- ability suf
ficient to understand the teacher and fellow students have been given
all pupils. Among them was Betty Aston (lower left), daughter of Mr.
and Mrs. Harvey Aston. 1653 State it., with Mrs. Betty Richardson ad
ministering the test. Betty attends Washington school. Since learning
to read correctly is considered fundamental to the rest of the learning
process, a number of pupils have been given extra help In remedial
reading. Shown here taklnr the Instruction Is David Smith (below), son
of Mr. and Mrs. Harold A. Smith. Hit N. 14th st with Muriel BentXon
as his teacher. These are but three of the widely varied types of special
education offered under a program which began here last September,
(Photos by Don Dill, Statesman staff photographer.)
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HUBBARD - Eleanor Trindle,
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at the last business meeting of
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Refreshments were served by
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Salem School System Provides
Special Instruction, Tutors for
Handicapped, Retarded Pupils
(Editor'! note: ThU U flrit ia a tcriti of two articlrf oa the special ittn
Mn fi.en . M)ni o.ir.t .....! tuif nirtnorr to rhlldrrn with physlral or
emotional adjustinent problems. The second article will appear la The States
man la the near fotare). j
By Winston I. Taylor
SUM Writer, the Statesman
Nearly ail classrooms have a few pupils who appear unable to ,
keep up with the regular studies. To assure that these pupils will;
have an equal educational opportunity with the "average," Salem '
public schools have begun this year a special education department.
And to the specially trained teachers of the department have
come each month between 6 and 7 per cent of the district's nearly i
7,000 pupils. Their hapdicaps may (
be Physical or they may be emo- 1 much mofe on the gtabmty and
tional but special instruction s character of their environment
provided to meet the specific Qn their intelljgence.
problem. According to Will Kid- , . , ,
well, director, the special educa- . Th's ls how the special educa
tional program has as its purpose ; lon Program reaches tha Johnny
to liberate intelligence through , " . . ,V.uH' -115
ndividualizing the educative pro- i Plaf om the first to 12th grade:
i effect, with the special teacher
making fiom one to four visits
: weekly with the pupil. Wherever
possible, in order to prevent mak
- ing the child (eel isolated or "out
side," the program is carried on
through the regular classroom
teacher who is given appropriate
! materials and instruction.
I Specialized to the handicap, the
type of aid varied widely, includ
ing tutoring for children confined
at home by illness for two or more
nths, large-print books and
ders for partial-sighted chil
dren, training in lip-reading for
the hard of hearing, overcoming
of speech difficulties such as stut
tering and baby talk, remedial
reading, as well as a visiting teach
er and clinical guidance for the
emotionally maladjusted.
ind
cess
Referral by Teacher
Intelligence Near Normal Failure to fit into the classroom ;
Youngsters in special education ork Properly brings referral by
aroups are not just the mentally I teacher or principal.
retarded or "slow" pupils, Kidwell i If he has extreme learning diffi
emphasizes. A sample of lntelll- j culties or Jow mentality or is emo-
f ence tests given the 640 who have
so far come under the program
shows 24 per cent have above av
erage intelligence quotients, SO per
cent are in the 90-110 IQ bracket
and 28 per cent are below aver
age a result extremely close to
the normal for all groups.
More than one-half the case
load has been found In five schools
Bush, Englewood, Richmond and
Highland elementary and the sen
ior high. Kidwell attributes much
of tha concentration to areas with
a rspid turnover of population,
whers pupils have a difficult time
adjusting to a new school. That
adjustment, he stressed, depends
tionally maladjusted, the depart
ment gives him a Binet intelli
gence or an achievement test. The
test, "a standardized Interview"
conducted individually, shows the
child's relationship to the "aver
age" pupil at his age, suggests the
proper approach to his problem
and gives clues to his personality.
The specially trained teachers in
special education work to estab
lish rapport with both child and
parent, in order that all may un
derstand what they are striving
for and why.
Special Teacher
Then whatever type of special
help is felt applicable goes into
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