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Maladjusted Pupils.
Before these children are ascertained as Maladjusted the help
of the local Child Guidance Clinic has usually been sought and
treatment instituted there. No child was ascertained as maladjusted
in 1953. One child ascertained in 1952, was placed in a
Residential School.
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.
No child was ascertained to be totally deaf in 1953.
There are six children of school age attending Residential Deaf
Schools. Seven 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.
One child was ascertained as Partially Deaf in 1953, but was
found to be fit to continue at an ordinary school with a hearing aid.
There were three children at Residential Schools for the Partially
Deaf. There is one child at a Day Partially Deaf School.
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 1953.
Three children attend Residential Schools for the Blind.
Partially Sighted.
These are children who cannot follow the ordinary curriculum
without detriment to their sight or to their educational development,
but can be educated by methods involving the use of sight.
No child was so ascertained during 1953.
There was one boy in this category attending a school for
Partially Sighted pupils.