Southbury Training School in Connecticut, opened in 1940 and imparts trade knowledge to mentally disabled persons. Narrator mentions Dr. Grover Powers, pediatrician on the faculty of Yale Medical School and charter member of the Southbury Board of Directors. A person walks in snow covered mountains. A sign reads 'Southbury Training School'. Exterior of the training school. The school aims to keep in mind the potential not the limit of the mentally disabled. Southbury employs a concept of "Cottage parents." Cottage parents, Mr. and Mrs. Robinson converse with Cottage Life Director, Gary Thorne . People move in groups. Two women look at rows of dresses. A man cuts hair. A person works on a shoe. Close view of an orthopedic shoe and a giant shoe. Several mentally disabled women work on sewing machines. A distinguished gentleman speaks with a paper in his hand. Another man speaks from behind his desk. Front of Southbury Training School with the American Flag near it.
Mentally disabled people in Health institutions, United States. Women play musical instruments. Three blind, mentally disabled girls from Mansfield. A deaf, mentally disabled girl from Southbury is given speech therapy as a part of rehabilitation program. The girl has headphones over her ears. Several mentally disabled children in cribs. A woman examines the ears of the toddler with an instrument. According to Dr Francis Martin physical disabilities complicate mental disabilites. Several mentally disabled persons in wheelchairs. Mentally disabled children on a heated floor. Volunteers near children. A mentally disabled toddler plays. Mentally disabled women celebrate. A mentally disabled woman has a doll on her lap. Mentally disabled women in a room. A disabled woman talks to a volunteer. Women pray before eating food in a dining room. A mentally disabled woman does needlework. Another mentally disabled woman with a machine near her head crochets using her feet.
Families of mentally disabled children tell how their children have profited from rehabilitation programs. Snow covered land. A woman tells how her mentally disabled child has benefited after going to Mansfield School. A family in a room. The mother tells about the change in the facilities and attitude for the mentally disabled as awareness about mental disability increases. A mentally disabled boy reads from a book.
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.
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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