Attention is focusing more and more on the nation's pre-school programs. We are deeply involved in the theory, application, practicability and results obtained from offering a pre-school program to our culturally deprived children, our exceptional children and, more recently, our neurologically handicapped children. This preliminary report details some of the problems to be overcome and the responsibilities which must be met in design and implementation of this type of pre-school program.—C. C. E.
Get full access to this article
View all access options for this article.
References
1.
1. This work is supported in part by a “grant-inaid”—#534—from the State of Illinois, Department of Mental Health, Division of Mental Retardation.
2.
2. This paper was presented at the fifth International Meeting of the Association for Retarded Children with Learning Disorders held in Boston, Massachusetts, February, 1968.
3.
3. Psychologist and Program Director—Evaluation Center, Department of Pediatrics, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
4.
4. Child Psychiatrist—Evaluation Center, Department of Pediatrics, Michael Reese Hospital and Medical Center, Chicago, Illinois.
