ABSTRACT
This conclusion presents some closing thoughts on the key concepts discussed in the preceding chapters of this book. The book argues that any handicap has secondary consequences which increase the effect of the handicap on the development of the child, and that in many cases these secondary effects could be avoided. Three handicaps are considered: mental, physical and social, as well as the conditions of learning for autistic, blind and deaf children. Each kind of handicap presents its own management problems, and often potential abilities are overlooked in the attempt to meet the immediate needs of handicapped children and to avoid frustrations. The book offers a guide to help resolve uncertainty when progress has come to a halt, and to indicate how to plan the next stage of teaching. In special education, the demands on a teacher are very great because he needs to be a diagnostician of learning problems in order to be able to teach.
