ABSTRACT
Illness and accident are no respecters of persons and by the very nature of her work with sick children the hospital teacher, like the teacher in a school for the physically handicapped, is certain to include children of all grades of intelligence in her group. Good health is the greatest blessing a person can have and the teacher must always remember that the children have come to hospital to be made better. Medical treatment will always take precedence over school, and in hospitals where there is no special time set apart for her the teacher must fit in as best she can. The practice of many hospitals of admitting new children to cubicles or side wards for the first few days can help the teacher in her initial assessment of the child, and can be the means of establishing a good relationship between adult and child.
