ABSTRACT
The teacher is well placed to notice minor physical conditions which are interfering with the child's progress and since some parents are unobservant and unconcerned about these, the teacher should consider it as a part of his function to arrange for something to be done. There is a group of children whose physical development, being average or above average for their age, is in advance of their mental development. Improved health and welfare services have effected a considerable improvement in child health since then and ESN children have shared in the improvement, but the effects of unsatisfactory home conditions, inadequate diets, and insufficient sleep have still to be reckoned with. Many of the behaviour problems popularly believed to be associated with epilepsy are due to stresses in the child's environment, aggravated by family and social attitudes to the condition.
