This book is a tribute to Ronald Mac Keith, who during his lifetime was the leading exponent of the broader aspects of care of handicapped children. In following his philosophy, it covers the aetiologies, the family, the environment, the therapies, the research and the teaching. The book will help all those in any way involved in looking after handicapped children to care for them with a new understanding.

Table of Contents

Preface; Acknowledgements; 1. Ronald Charles Mac Keith John Apley; 2. A non-medical view from across the Atlantic G. S. Rousseau; 3. The development of services for the mentally handicapped: a historical and national review John Corbett; 4. Teaching those who care for the handicapped M. L. J. Abercrombie; 5. Counselling with parents Roger D. Freeman and Paul H. Pearson; 6. Care of the handicapped child at home Martin Bax; 7. Educating handicapped children: the paediatrician's role Ross G. Mitchell; 8. Developmental assessment Dorothy F. Egan; 9. Communities of the handicapped Barry Pless; 10. Developmental deformity and the profoundly retarded child David Scrutton; 11. The place of surgery in helping the neurologically-handicapped child A. N. Guthkelch; 12. Variability and stereotypy in normal and deviant development Bert Touwen; 13. The epidemiologic panorama of major neuropaediatric handicaps in Sweden Bengt Hagberg; 14. Integrated therapy, education and child care James Loring; 15. Handicapped children: research to improve practice Jack Tizard; 16. Lititude and sacrifice Meg and Kit Ounsted.