“PROBLEM” CHILDREN
“Problem” children and their treatment had become such a big factor in attempts to provide suitable education for all, that visiting teachers were now engaged in investigating cases where beneficial results were possible, said Mr R. A. Dickie, inspector of schools in the Canterbury Education Board’s district, at the annual conference of the Christchurch branch of the New Zealand Fellowship. There were three types of “ problem ” children, he saia; those who were backward at school, those who were badly behaved, and those who were often absent from school. They were not only problems at school: they were also difficult at home. Problems were caused by emotional instability arising from unhappy home circumstances, or by poor physical condition. Visiting teachers delegated to inquire into “ problem ” children went to their homes,' and discussed the children with their parents. In many cases it had been possible to effect a major improvement in the children’s general characteristics, and they had ceased to be “ problem cases.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 25660, 7 October 1944, Page 6
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