Jews Educate Mentally Retarded

By RABBI ZEV BLOOM

An AJP Feature

In New York City, there is a
program being planned for the
Jewish education of ti_e educable
retarded child. Children with low
intelligence differ in degree of
retradatin. However, it is felt
that children with a low I.Q. of
50 and above who attend the
special classes in the public

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schools or equivalent facilities
could benefit from a program of
Jewish education geared to their
ability.
Although measurements of in-
telligence are subjective tools, it
has been estimated that about
60% of our general population
fall within the I.. category of
90 to 120 and seventeen percent
below a 90 I.Q. Of this seventeen

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percent, ten percent have an I.Q.
of 83-90 and are termed dull
normal, which means not men-
tally deficient but rather normal
people with a little less ability,
four percent fall within a I.Q.
range of 76-82 and are termed
borderline cases and about three
percent with an I.Q. of 50 to 75.
The program of Jewish educa-
tion for the retarded is primarily
planned for the 50 to 75 I.Q.
category with provision for those
of the 76-82 I.Q. class who can-
not adpat to regular Jewish re-
ligious school classes.
The New York City public
schools have a special division
of C.R.M.D. classes (children
with Retarded Mental Develop-
ment) educating 12,000 retarded
children (I.Q. 50-75) of all creeds,
colors and faiths. It is estimated
that about one-third of these
children are Jewish and that
about 90 per cent of the parents
would be interested in a Jewish
education for their children.
The end goal is a program
of Jewish educatin for the re-
tarded child on a national
scale. The immediate goal is to
start with a limited number of
classes in the New Metropoli-
tan area and then expand. The
curriculum will consist of a
study of Jewish historic per-
sonalities, the meaning of the
Jewish holidays and how to
observe them, preparation for
Bar Mitzvah and Confirmation
on a level adapted for the re-
tarded child, character devel-
opment, behaviour and ethical
relationships with others and
recreational activities where
possible and available. Use of
audio-visual material is an es-
sential part of the educational
approach.
Classes will meet on Sunday
afternoons for a two-hour period
in rooms of existing Jewish
schools, congregations and com-
munity centers. In this manner,
hours of instruction will not con
flict with regular sessions. Teach-
er personnel will consist of pub-
lic school teachers of C.R.M.D.
classes who have a sufficient
Jewish background as well as
teachers in Hebrew and Sunday
schools, who would pursue a
series of in-service courses in
psychology and Subnormal Chil-
dren, Methods and Materials of
Teaching Jewish Subjects to
Slow Children, Arts and Crafts,
Music and Dance.
At present, funds are being
sought to initiate such a program
in New York City. It is hoped
that subsequently, other cities
will follow suit. The educable re-
tarded child is being educated
today in the public and private
schools of our country to become
a self-supporting, self-sustaining,
socially adaptable citizen of our
society. Unfortunately, a special
program of religious education
for the retarded child has not
been included within the purview
of the existing system of Jewish
education. However, the Jewish
retarded child is a full-fledged
member of the people of Israel
and is entitled to be exposed to
a Jewish education on a par with
other children. It may very well
be that this program will serve
as a forerunner of a comprehen-
sive Jewish education for all han-
dicapped children such as the
crippled, the blind and the deaf.

Census Reveals Status
of Jews in Profession

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (JTA)—
A survey of the Jewish com-
munity of the nearby town of
Fairfield has revealed that the
breadwinners of the 500 Jewish
families are chiefly professionals,

owners and executives, but with
a goodly number of semi-skilled
workers.
The professionals, the survey
indicated, number 134, the own-
ers, managers and executives
total 246 and the semi-skilled

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the latter category are 34 fac-
tory workers and five truck
drivers. Although Fairfield Jews
make up only one-eighth of the
Jewish population of the Bridge-
port area, they supply almost
one-third of the funds raised
for the Bridgeport United Jewish
Campaign. The survey, carried

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center of Bridgeport in coopera-
tii with Fairfield Jews, also
found out that the 500 families
had 919 children.

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