SectionⅠ：CONCEPTS AND FACTS ABOUT HANDICAPPED CHILDREN 11
Who They Are 11
Difficulties to Be Faced 14
SectionⅡ：CAUSES AND PREVENTION OF HANDICAPPING CONDITIONS 20
SectionⅢ：FINDING CHILDREN WHO NEED SERVICES 26
Case Finding and reporting 26
Registering Cases in Offcial Programs 30
SectionⅣ：DIAGNOSIS AND PLANNING FOR CARE 37
SectionⅤ：TREATMENT AND GUIDANCE 47
Components of Care 47
Education 50
Vocational aspects of care 51
Recreation 52
Treatment Services 52
Community resources 52
Integration of services 55
Section Ⅵ：SPECIAL SERVICES，FACILITIES，AND CENTERS 58
Services of Specialists 59
Outpatient Clinic Services 59
Clinic personnel 61
Physical plant and equipment 62
Clinic case load 63
Clinic records 64
Inpatient Hospital Services 67
Rehabilitation Centers 69
Special Daytime Education Facilities 71
Preschool age 71
School age 72
Institutional Care on a Long-Term or Short-Term Basis 74
Convalescent institutions 74
Institutions for mentally defective children 75
Institutions for severely handicapped but mentally normal children 75
Home care 75
Care and services in the home 75
Special foster homes 76
Vocational Rehabilitation Services 77
Prevocational guidance and training services 77
Vocational training services 78
Employment services 78
Homebound programs and sheltered workshops 79
Section Ⅶ：ORGANIZATION OF COMMUNITY RESOURCES 82
Guiding Principles in Planning Community-Wide Programs 82
Criteria for determining program emphasis 84
Components of a comprehensive community program 86
Determining Factors in Program Content and Operation 87
Community readiness 87
Facilities and pesonnel 88
Legal factors 89
Financial support 90
Determination of Community Needs 93
Administrative Responsibility 95
Community Participation 96
Advisory committees 96
Community agencies and groups 98
Program Plan of Operations 101
Section Ⅷ：COMMUNITY EDUCATION 104
Objectives 104
Methods of Community Education 105
Mass media 105
Public participation 106
Section Ⅸ：PERSONNEL 109
Professional Personnel 110
Recruitment 110
Standards for qualifications of personnel 111
Professional training 111
Responsibilities and duties 113
Volunteers 115
Securing volunteer services 115
Qualifications of volunteers 115
Preparing the volunteer for service 115
Duties and Responsibilities of volunteers 116
Section Ⅹ：RESEARCH 117
Section ⅩⅠ：PROGRAM STUDY AND EVALUATION 121
APPENDICES 127
Appendix A：Estimated numbers of children in the United States who are handicapped by certain conditions 127
Appendix B：State or territorial agencies administering services for crippled children 128
Appendix C：Sources of information on standards for professional services，training，and experience 129
Appendix D：Example of procedure in a diagnostic clinic session for children with handicapping conditions 131
Appendix E：Evaluation schedules and check list charts 133
1．Suggested questions 134
2．Suggested check list chart of services 142
3．Suggested check list chart of interagency relationships 143
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY 144