16mm Filmography
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The Epileptic Child

Discusses the special problems confronting the child with epilepsy and tells how ignorance, superstitions, and half-truths add to the complexity of providing wholesome relationships for the epileptic. Defines epilepsy and explains the epileptic seizure. A mother of an epileptic child discusses her child's social problems. Interviews a group of young people with epilepsy concerning such problems as employment, acceptance by peers and others, marriage and parenthood, etc. Points out the role of heredity in epilepsy and tells of counseling services available. Features Dr. William Cruickshank of Syracuse University.

More in Exceptional Child Series

  1. Chronic Disorders 1959
  2. Speech Disorders - Physical Handicaps 1959
  3. Speech Disorders - Stuttering 1959
  4. Speech Disorders, Physical Handicaps 1959
  5. Speech Disorders, Stuttering 1959
  6. The Cerebral Palsied Child 1959
  7. The Crippled Child 1959
  8. The Epileptic Child 1959
  9. The Epileptic Child 1959
  10. The Gifted Child 1959
  11. The Gifted Child 1959
  12. The Socially Maladjusted Child 1959
  13. The socially maladjusted child 1959
  14. The Visually Handicapped Child - The Blind 1959
  15. The Visually Handicapped Child - The Partially Sighted 1959

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  1. 16mm Filmography (legacy record) — title, year, creator, length, format, color, description, catalog record

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