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The Growth And Development Of A Program For Exceptional Children In The State Of West Virginia, Marcia Walker Blandau
The Growth And Development Of A Program For Exceptional Children In The State Of West Virginia, Marcia Walker Blandau
Master's Theses
West Virginia is a comparatively young state. Special Education in the public schools is younger still. Throughout the history of West Virginia, the state has had financial difficulties and political factions. When West Virginia became a state she had no institutions, no social organs to provide for the general welfare, no common schools, no normal schools, and no university. Within sixty-five years the state had provided twelve institutions tor exceptional children. And today, six years before the state celebrates its first centennial, West Virginia has a well established special education program.
The purpose of this study was to investigate the …