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Unit 23: Identification, Causes, Problems of Backward and Delinquent Children

Notes

What are the auditory perceptual problems?

23.4 Educational Provision of Backward Children

The following methods to prevent backwardness, if it is not due to lack of intelligence. The cure for
the backward students having low intelligence is very difficult and complex. They will remain always
backward in studies than the average students. The following are some suggestions for the education
of backward children.
1. Administrative and 2. Academic provisions.
1. Administrative provisions are of three types:
(a) Backward child in regular class or mainstream
(b) The Special class for backward children, and
(c) The Special schools of backward children.
Medical examinations should be arranged periodically to find out the physical status of the children.
If the child suffers from some disease, the remedies should be applied for that and the education
should also be arranged accordingly.
(a) It has been observed that backward children study in regular classes with the average children.
The regular teaching is adequate for them because they can not pace with regular class. It is the
responsibility of the teacher that he should help them to deal with them. There should be
provision for tutorial classes for the backward student. Teacher should have helping and
sympathetic treatment. They require sufficient individual attention in the classroom.
(b) The special class of backward children should be arranged in the school to remove their
difficulties. Teacher should have special qualification and training of teaching. He should
understand their needs and problems.
Their parents may have some objections. They should be taken in confidence that the class has been
formed for their betterment.
(c) The special schools for backward children: There are separate schools for blind, deaf and dumb
children. Similarly, Separate schools may be established for such students. The curricular,
objectives, methods of teaching and teachers are to be managed according to their needs and
problems. The parents of such children may not like such isolation of the children from regular
schools. Such school may be expensive and costly for children.

The class size of specially for backward students should be small 15 to 20 students.

Self Assessment
1. Fill in the blanks:
(i) ........................ is both formal and informal method of identifying backward children.
(ii) Mental test is .................. method.
(iii) The school ......................., indicates the backwardness.
(iv) The observation............................ is most commonly used by teachers and parents or guides,
counselors and researcher.
(v) If child is poor in one it will be treated as specific ................... .

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