Volunteers provide education to the mentally disabled children in Connecticut, United States. A map hung on a wall. Narrator mentions that in 1959 the Connecticut Legislature created the "State Office of Mental Retardation." Mr. Bert Schmikel, Head of that office, points at the map and expresses his views about education for the mentally disabled children. Several children around a table. A woman helps them. A child tries to wear shoes. Another child wears a cap. A man helps as some mentally disabled children get off a car. A bespectacled boy with the American Flag. A mentally disabled girl and an African American boy. Two ladders placed horizontally on a table. The ladders are placed side by side in such a way that the rungs of the two ladders do not correspond to each other. A girl walks by placing her feet between the rungs of the ladders. A woman teaches needlework to a boy. A disabled girl fiddles with the zip of the hood of a boy's coat. A man stands nearby.
Education for the mentally handicapped in the United States. A woman evaluates a boy. A mentally disabled girl arranges cubes on a table. An open notebook in front of the girl. A man helps a mentally disabled boy to stack blocks on top of each other. Children and a teacher in a classroom. The teacher writes a math problem on the blackboard. The teacher teaches mathematics to disabled students. She shows a booklet to the students and asks a question. The students raise their hands. Another classroom. A teacher reads from a book. She sits with a girl and helps her to read. Another girl reads incorrectly. The teacher corrects her.
Evaluation and assistance for mentally disabled people. Dr David Zieman talks about learning in the mentally disabled. A mentally disabled child in front of a one way mirror. A woman observes the child through the opposite side of the mirror. The woman pushes a tray towards the child from underneath the mirror. The tray has a circular object and an object in the form of a plus sign. The boy selects an object and pushes the tray towards the woman. A woman and a mentally disabled girl near a machine. The girl pushes a lever on the machine. A man works on a machine. A sign reads 'Meriden Regional Training Center and Shelter Workshop'. A bespectacled man explains something to a group of people. In a room several mentally disabled trainees are prepared to work in the outside world. A woman seated at a table. A man works on a machine. A woman punches a card at a machine and puts the card in a holder. A man follows the same. A meter. Several mentally disabled women work.
Training for mentally disabled. A mildly mentally disabled boy is trained to use a high powered saw. His instructor observes from the other side of the table and handles the saw. The mentally disabled boy appreciates the patience of his supervisor. Several mentally disabled girls eat food in the dining room of a hostel, in Hartford, Connecticut, run by the Mansfield Training School. A girl enters a room and sits on a bed. Two other girls enter behind her and sit. The girl does her hair in front of a mirror. The two other girls read magazines. A group of girls in a room. The Director, "Office of Mental Retardation", Mr Schmikel speaks. A mentally disabled boy.
Governor of Connecticut speaks at Mansfield Training School. Many ladies and gentleman sit on chairs behind him. A group of blind, mentally disabled children sings. Several people enter a building. 'The Longley School 1951' written on the wall of the building.
Care givers help mentally disabled in various activities. A care giver helps a mentally disabled, blind man back and forth in a room. The second time the blind man feels the way in front of him with a cane. The care giver walks a little distance behind him and helps him when he falters. The blind man holds railing and comes down the stairs, feeling out the way in front of him with the help of his cane. Various programs for the rehabilitation of the mentally disabled. Several mentally disabled children negotiate an obstacle course. Mentally disabled children play volley ball with a coach. Mentally disabled people dance. Four mentally disabled children play softball. A woman helps a mentally disabled child to climb up stairs. A woman brushes and cleans a child's face with a cloth. She exercises the child by helping him roll on a drum. A nurse helps a girl to climb stairs. Several women in the background help other disabled children. A woman comforts a child as he coughs. Some care givers entertain mentally disabled children, a few of whom are in wheelchairs.
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