Retarded Children in Day Care: A Study of the Problems Relative to the Organization and Operation of the Kennedy Child Study Center, a Diagnostic and Treatment Service Center for Retarded Children and Their Families, 1955-1961
Abstract
Although for many years professional groups such as the American Association of Mental Deficiency and the Council for Exceptional Children have shown a serious and abiding concern for the welfare of retarded children, during the last decade an almost revolutionary advance in services for the retarded has occurred. This is due primarily to the impetus given to national organizations by eager, insightful and creative parents, who, through the formation of the National Association for Retarded Children, have spurred on productivity. Perhaps the most significant contribution of this parent group is the awakening and deepening of public understanding of the rights and needs of mentally handicapped children. The fruit of their efforts is the ever-strengthening desire to nurture in and to absorb these children into the community.
Subject Area
Social research|Individual & family studies|Social work
Recommended Citation
Macchia, Sister Louise Francis, "Retarded Children in Day Care: A Study of the Problems Relative to the Organization and Operation of the Kennedy Child Study Center, a Diagnostic and Treatment Service Center for Retarded Children and Their Families, 1955-1961" (1962). ETD Collection for Fordham University. AAI30613248.
https://research.library.fordham.edu/dissertations/AAI30613248
