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personal confidence and in a willingness to
try again in a situation which has so far resulted
only in humiliation and failure.
Grateful thanks are due to Dr Lindon and to
Mr P J Lee for help and encouragement in the
varied work of the service '.
Handicapped Pupils
The Education Act places on local education
authorities the duties of ascertaining which
pupils in their area are handicapped and of
providing special educational treatment for
such pupils. The several categories of pupils
requiring special educational treatment are
defined in the Handicapped Pupils and Special
School Regulations as follows
Blind Epileptic
Partially sighted Maladjusted
Deaf Physically handicapped
Partially hearing Suffering from speech
Educationally defects
sub normal Delicate
For the purposes of these regulations
ascertainment applies from the age of two years,
A blind or deaf child must be educated at a
special school unless the Minister approves
otherwise
Special educational treatment for other
handicaps may be provided in an ordinary
school with the stipulation that the special
educational treatment must be appropriate to
the disabilitv
The number of handicapped pupils and the
arrangements made for their special educational
treatment are shown in the table overleaf
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