The Retarded Child. A Guide for Parents
- Author:
Herta Loewy. Staples Press. 3s. 6d.
This little book is, in the words of its author, ” an outline of a method compiled through years for the general training of children who are mentally (and sometimes physically) handicapped.” It is thus based entirely on practical experience and not on academic theorizing, and as so rarely do those who have first-hand knowledge in this field make that knowledge available for others, it should receive a specially warm welcome.
A glance at the chapter headings reveals the wide scope of these 52 pages, e.g. ” Care During Babyhood and Early Infancy “, ” General Training ” Beginning Lessons Words and Sums ” Handwork ” Speech Training” Music and Rhythm “, and in all of them useful suggestions are made in a form easily understandable by any intelligent parent or mental health worker. The material presented would appear to be more suited to meet the needs of those concerned with training the educationally subnormal child, who may later be able to attend a Special School, than of those dealing with the type of defective found in Occupation Centres, and unless the reader is capable of adapting and supplementing the suggestions made, it would be as well that this should be borne in mind when recommending them as a practical guide. A.L.H.
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