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Maladjusted Pupils.
These are pupils who show evidence of emotional instability
or psychological disturbance, and require special educational
arrangements in order to bring about their personal, social or
educational readjustment.
Before these children are ascertained as Maladjusted the help
of the local Child Guidance Clinic has usually been sought and
treatment instituted there.
Boys. Girls. Total.
No. ascertained as Maladjusted 4 2 6
Deaf Pupils.
These are pupils who have no hearing, or whose hearing is so
defective that they require education by the methods used for deaf
pupils without naturally acquired speech or language.
There were two Totally Deaf pupils ascertained in 1951—one
boy and one girl.
There are five children of school age attending Residential
Deaf Schools and one awaiting admission. Two children are at
Day Schools for the Deaf.
Partially Deaf Pupils.
These are children whose hearing is so defective that they
require for their education special arrangements or facilities, but
not all the educational methods used for deaf pupils. They usually
learn speech in a normal fashion, with or without hearing aids.
No children were ascertained as Partially Deaf in 1951.
There was one child at Residential School for the Partially
Deaf, and one awaiting admission. There are four children at Day
Partially Deaf Schools.
Hearing aids have been supplied to four children who are able
to carry on at Ordinary Schools satisfactorily.
Blind.
These are children who are blind, or whose sight is so defective
that they cannot be educated by methods involving the use of
sight.
No child was ascertained as blind in 1951.
Two children attend Residential Schools for the Blind.