Handicapped Children (Pre-school Nursery Groups)

HC Deb 31 October 1969 vol 790 cc7-8W

Mr. Anderson

asked the Secretary of State for Education and Science what assistance and advice is provided by his Department to local authorities on the subject of integrating handicapped children into pre-school nursery groups.

Miss Bacon

Advice on the special needs of handicapped children in nursery groups is included in the booklet "Our Young Children" prepared jointly by the Department of Health and Social Security, the Home Office, the Department of Education and Science, the Scottish Home and Health Department and the Scottish Education Department, and published this year. The Department sent copies of this booklet to local education authorities this August commending it to their attention, and I am sending a copy to my hon. Friend.