Reach Out - Spring '70

Published On: 
04/1970
Articles: 

 

  • Mental Retardation: The Facts – What is it? The types. The causes. What is being done?
  • Mother and Son: A mother related the joys and anguish of keeping her retarded son at home.
  • Beginning in A Rented Cellar:With minimal supplies, equipment and the help of Mrs. Schmittauer, pre-school opened in the fall of 1967.
  • When A Child Can’t Go To School: Programs for mentally retarded children and adults are of little value if they can’t get to them.
  • A Special Kind of Boy Scout:Scouting can be fun, even if you don’t have your own equipment.
  • Work Activity Aids Social Adjustment: Not everyone can make boxes for the space program. Mentally retarded trainees can and do.
  • Bringing the Classroom Home:Mentally retarded boys and girls learn how to cook, iron and mend their clothing.
  • Two Weeks of Happiness:Summer “camp” for the mentally retarded is confined to the halls and classrooms of Beacon School.
  • Emma: Twenty-one years is a long time to be in a county home when you don’t belong there.
  • The Creative Classroom: In the back of the special education class stands a store the children built.
  • Appalachian Dilemma: The mentally retarded of Appalachia also suffer the ills of a retarded culture.
  • A Place in the Community: Job experiences in the work-study program proves special education students can and do accept responsible positions.
  • The High Cost of Politics: More money is needed now to meet the rising costs of financing county mental retardation programs.
  • On the Threshold of A Dream: A special education major dedicates her life to working with mentally retarded children.
  • Mental Retardation: The Facts – What is it? The types. The causes. What is being done?
  • Mother and Son: A mother related the joys and anguish of keeping her retarded son at home.
  • Beginning in A Rented Cellar:With minimal supplies, equipment and the help of Mrs. Schmittauer, pre-school opened in the fall of 1967.
  • When A Child Can’t Go To School: Programs for mentally retarded children and adults are of little value if they can’t get to them.
  • A Special Kind of Boy Scout:Scouting can be fun, even if you don’t have your own equipment.
  • Work Activity Aids Social Adjustment: Not everyone can make boxes for the space program. Mentally retarded trainees can and do.
  • Bringing the Classroom Home:Mentally retarded boys and girls learn how to cook, iron and mend their clothing.
  • Two Weeks of Happiness:Summer “camp” for the mentally retarded is confined to the halls and classrooms of Beacon School.
  • Emma: Twenty-one years is a long time to be in a county home when you don’t belong there.
  • The Creative Classroom: In the back of the special education class stands a store the children built.
  • Appalachian Dilemma: The mentally retarded of Appalachia also suffer the ills of a retarded culture.
  • A Place in the Community: Job experiences in the work-study program proves special education students can and do accept responsible positions.
  • The High Cost of Politics: More money is needed now to meet the rising costs of financing county mental retardation programs.
  • On the Threshold of A Dream: A special education major dedicates her life to working with mentally retarded children.
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