The Psychological Clinic Copyright, 1932, by Lightner Witmer,
Vol.
XX,
Editor
February,
No. 9
1932
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME A CUMULATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY By R. A.
Brotemarkle, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania Assisted by Cornelia B. Meytrott Adele Rosenheim
Dorothy M. Bassett
Charlotte Easby-Grave PART II
b. May 11, 1921. Case 31?M. 1928?B No examination. Not in Home. 2d grade. 1929?G C.A. 8.1 90 percentile 2d grade reading. 8 year M B.A. 7.0 M.A. 7.9
I.Q. 95.8 30 percentile Ilealy A?(1) 50", (2) 17"; B (1) DNC, (2) 60" Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 60 percentile; (2) 260", 30 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 50 percentile; R?3, 60 percentile ; L?6 on 4th Normal. Low rate of response. Imaginative, senTemper. Limited distribution of attention. Persistence
Diagnosis:
sitive.
good. Recommendation
1930?R 10 year M
:
C.A. 9.2 M.A. 8.5
Normal 99
personality development.
percentile
2d grade. 4th reading, 2d
I.Q. 91.8(M) 30 percentile arithmetic, 3.7 Witmer FB?(1) 40", 1 percen- Morgan. tile; (2) 24", 20 percentile; (3) 20"
Ilealy A?DNC;
B 257
(1) DNC, (2)
DNC
258
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FB?(1) 250", percentile 1
Memory Span AY?4,
30
percentile; (2) 240",
20 per-
percentile; R?3,
centile ; L?5 on 2d Diagnosis: Normal low. Unpleasant hurts younger children. Recommendation: Careful discipline.
Anger
disposition. Corrective
1
and
personality
development. b. Feb. 18, 1921.
Case 32?M. C.A. 7.2 30 percentile M.A. 6.7 I.Q. 92 20 percentile
1928?B 6 year M
Diagnosis
:
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 13 Goddard FB?Mental Age 6.6 Normal.
Recommendation: Allow mother to plan in care of Mother, October 28, 1928.
care
for.
Released
b. Oct. 23, 1920.
Case 33?M. 1928?B
No examination.
1929?G-
No examination.
1930?R 10 year M
C.A. 9.8 B.A. 7.0
90
Not in Home. Not in Home.
percentile
M.A. 9.2
I.Q. 94.8 40 percentile Witmer FB?(1) 36", 1
4th grade. 4th grade reading. 4th grade arithmetic.
percentile; (2) 24",
20
24"
percentile; (3) Healy A?DNC; B (1) DNC, (2) 147" Dearborn FB?(1) 210", 40 percentile; (2) 145", 20
percentile
Memory Span AV?5, centile; L?6 on 3d Diagnosis:
Normal.
40
percentile; R?3,
Poor distribution of attention.
20 per-
Imagery
deficiency. Recommendation:
Normal
personality development.
Case 34?F. 1928?B 6 year F
b. Oct. 15, 1920. C.A. 7.6
30
percentile
20
percentile
M.A. 7.2
I.Q.
95.5
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Porteus Maze?Mental Age 7 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.3
Army Designs?Mental Age
9.7
Normal.
Diagnosis : Recommendation: Remain in Home until relatives can care for. 1A grade C.A. 8.7 60 percentile 1929?G 8 year F B.A. 6.0 M.A. 7.3 I.Q. 84.8 10 percentile
Healy A?(1) 140", (2) 15"; Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 70 80
B
(1) 315", (2) 50" percentile; (2) 125",
percentile
Memory Span AV?5, 50 percentile; R?3,
50 per-
centile ; L?6 on 5th Diagnosis: Normal retarded. Mentally and educationally retarded. Fluctuating attention. Trainable. Manual. Talkative. Recommendation : Normal personality development. 3B grade. 1930?R C.A. 9.8 90 percentile 10 year F 3d grade reading. B.A. 7.0 2d grade arithmetic. M.A. 8.3
I.Q.
85.3
20
percentile
Witmer FB?(1)
37",
1
percentile; (2) 25",
20
percentile; (3) 23" Healy A?58"; B (1) 101", (2) 70" Dearborn FB?(1) 235", 50 percentile; (2) 180", 20 percentile Memory Span AY?6, 80 percentile; R?3, 20 percentile ; L?0 Diagnosis: Dull normal. Educationally and mentally tarded. Poor concentration. Recommendation : Normal personality development.
Case 35?M. 1928?B
b. C.A. 7.6 M.A. 7.3
8 year M
90
percentile
I.Q. 96.0 20 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 11.5 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.3 Diagnosis
:
Normal.
Sept. 21,
1920.
re-
2 60
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Recommendation: Remain at Home. 1929?G C.A. 8.8 70 percentile B.A. M.A.
8 year M
1st
I.Q. 106.7 60 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 50 percentile; R?4, centile Diagnosis:
grade
9.0 9.3
;
Normal.
L?6
on
90 per-
5th
Needlessly
retarded.
Recommendation : Normal personality development. 2d grade. 1930?R C.A. 9.9 99 percentile 8.0 10 year M B.A. 5th grade reading. M.A. 10.2 2d grade arithmetic. 60 104.1 I.Q. percentile Witmer FB?(1) 35", 1 percentile; (2) 26", 10
Diagnosis:
percentile; (3) 27" Healy A?(1) 12", (2) 11"; B (1) 40", (2) 35" Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 1 percentile; (2) 145", 20 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 40 percentile; R?5, 99 percentile; L?6 on 5th Normal. Friendly, popular. Understanding
reader. Recommendation: Case 36?M. 1928?B 8 year M
Normal
personality development. b.
C.A. 7.9
99
July 15,
1920.
percentile
M.A. 6.0
I.Q.
77.4
1
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 9 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.8 Diagnosis :
Borderline. Recommendation: Medical
care.
Care under American Le-
gion. C.A. 8.10 B.A. 6.0
1929?G 8 year M
50
percentile
1A
grade
M.A. 7.3
I.Q. 82.0 10 percentile Memory Span AY?4, 1 percentile; R?3, 60 percentile Diagnosis out
help.
:
;
L?5
on
Normal retarded.
4th School progress not
likely
with-
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME Recommendation: tional help. 1930?R
Normal personality development. 90
C.A. 9.11 B.A. 8.0
10 year M
261 Educa-
2d grade.
percentile
2d IB
M.A. 9.6 I.Q. 95.7
grade reading. grade arithmetic.
40 percentile FB?(1) 22", 60 percentile; (2) 16", 90 percentile; (3) 15" Healy B?(1) 65", (2) 35" Dearborn FB?(1) 255", 30 percentile; (2) 240", 1 percentile Memory Span AV?4, 1 percentile; R?3, 20 perWitmer
centile Diagnosis:
L?5
;
Recommendation:
Corrective
C.A. 8.10 B.A. 9.0 M.A. 10.6
8 year M
Sullen.
50
personality development. b. Aug. 7, 1920.
Case 37?M. 1928?B No examination. 1929?G
4th
on
Discontented.
Normal.
Not in Home. 3d
percentile
I.Q. 118.8 80 percentile Memory Span AV?5, 50 percentile; R?4,
centile; Diagnosis
:
Superior.
L?6 on Alert.
grade
90 per-
2d
Observant.
Language
ability
good. Recommendation : Normal personality development. C.A. 9.11 90 percentile 1930?R 5th grade. 9.0 10 year M B.A. Excellent reading. M.A. 11.10 Good arithmetic.
I.Q.
119.7
80
percentile
Witmer FB?(1)
percentile; (3) Healy A?DNC;
Diagnosis:
40",
1
percentile; (2) 16",
90
20"
B (1) 95", (2) 35" Memory Span AY?5, 40 percentile; R?I, 80 percentile; L?6 on 3d Superior. Excellent languageability and vocabu-
lary. Recommendation:
high abilities.
Normal
personality development. Develop
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b. June 30, 1920.
Case 38?M. C.A. 7.9 M.A. 6.2
1928?B 8 year M
I.Q.
99
80
1
percentile
percentile
Age 10 Age 7.1 Army Designs?Mental Age 10.7
Porteus Maze?Mental Goddard FB?Mental Diagnosis
:
Dull normal.
Recommendation
Remain
:
in
Home
until
family
can
be
brought together. 1929?G 8 year M
C.A. 8.11 B.A. 6.2 M.A. 8.0 I.Q. 89.9
50
20
Ilealy A?(1)
2B
percentile
percentile F (Gave up), (2) 40", (3) 8";
grade
B
(1)
220", (2) 40" Dearborn FB?(1) 280", 60 percentile; (2) 230", 30 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 50 percentile ; R?3, 60 percentile; L?6 on 4th Diagnosis: Normal retarded. Low intelligence. Rate of response low. Slow in group response. Recommendation: Normal personality development. 1930?R C.A. 10.0 90 percentile 3d grade. 10 year M
M.A.
8.2 81.6
3.4
10 percentile I.Q. Witmer FB?(1) 23", 60 percentile; (3) 21"
percentile; (2) 20",
Ilealy A?160"; B (1) 100", (2) 30" Dearborn FB?(1) 210", 40 percentile; 40 percentile Memory Span AV?4, Diagnosis:
1
Morgan.
(2) 105",
percentile; R?3,
centile ; L?5 on 2d Dull normal. Unobservant.
60
20 per-
Trainable in manual
work. Recommendation
:
Normal
personality development.
Manual
training. b. Feb. 12, 1920.
Case 39?F. 1928?B 8 year F
C.A. 8.2 M.A. 8.0
90
percentile
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I.Q. 98.0
40
percentile Age
Porteus Maze?Mental
8
Army Designs?Mental Age
11.2
Normal.
Diagnosis:
Recommendation: Allow mother, sincere Released in care of Mother 1929. Case 40?M. 1928?B 8 year M
263
interest, plan
b.
Aug. 16,
1919.
C.A. 8.8 70 percentile M.A. 8.0 I.Q. 92.0 20 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 15 Army Designs?Mental Age 14.8
Diagnosis: Normal. Speech defect. Sneaky. Recommendation : Corrective personality development. turn to
for.
Re-
parents.
1929?G 10 year M
C.A. 9.9 B.A. 8.0 M.A. 9.0 I.Q. 92.3
99
2d grade.
percentile
30
percentile Healy A?(1) 60", (2) 25"; B (1) 85", (2) 45" Dearborn FB?(1) 120", 70 percentile; (2) 55", 80 percentile Memory Span AV?5, centile; L?6 on 5th
40
percentile; R?2,
1 per-
Diagnosis: Normal. Slightly retarded. Hyperactive and Elusive. Concrete material discrimination and comprehension good. Recommendation : Physical exaction. Manual training?ca-
nervous.
pacity. 1930?R 10 year M
C.A. 10.11 50 percentile M.A. 10.7 I.Q. 96.9 (M) 40 percentile Witmer FB?(1) 25", 50
5th 5th 5th 5th
grade. grade Morgan. grade arithmetic. grade reading.
percentile; (2) 15",
90
percentile; (3) 12" Ilealy A?77"; B (1) 30", (2) 24" Dearborn 80
FB?(1) 170",
50
percentile; (2) 55",
percentile Memory Span AV?4, 1 percentile; R?3, 20 centile; L?5 on 1st
per-
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Diagnosis: Normal. Corrective punishment imposed. Recommendation: Corrective speech. Corrective personality
development. b.
Case 41?F. 1928?B 8 year F
C.A. 9.0 M.A. 8.5
40
percentile
95.0
30
percentile Age Age
I.Q.
Porteus Maze?Mental Goddard FB?Mental Diagnosis
:
April 12,
9
7.8
Normal.
Recommendation 29, 1929.
Allow mother plan
:
care
for.
b.
Case 42?M. 1928?B 8 year M
1919.
C.A. 9.0 M.A. 7.5
40
83.0
10
I.Q.
Released Jan.
April 4,
1919.
percentile
percentile Age 10 Age 7.1 normal. Extreme neglect. Infancy
Porteus Maze?Mental Goddard FB?Mental
Diagnosis : Dull Recommendation: Remain at Home. 1929?G C.A. 10.2 90 percentile 10 year M
B.A.
7.0
M.A.
8.6
at Home.
2A
grade
I.Q. 83.6 10 percentile Healy A?(1) DNC, (2) 15"; B (1) 65", (2) 30" Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 1 percentile; (2) 50", 90 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 40 percentile; R?4, 80 perDiagnosis
:
centile ; L?6 Dull normal.
on
4th
Resentful
uncontrolled
temper.
Retarded. Fluctuating attention. Fair persistence. Recommendation : Corrective personality development. Promoted to 4th grade. C.A. 11.2 80 percentile 1930?R 8.8 3.9 Morgan. 12 year M M.A. I.Q. 84.3(M) 20 percen- 4th grade arithmetic. 4th grade reading. FB?(1) 25", 30 percentile; (2) 26", percentile; (3) 14" Healy B?(1) DNC, (2) 30" tile
Witmer
10
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME Dearborn FB?(1) 60 percentile
170",
Memory Span AV?4, centile ; L?5
on
1
40
265
percentile; (2) 75",
percentile; R?4,
70 per-
4th
Normal retarded. Infancy in school. Recommendation: Normal personality development. Diagnosis:
b. Nov. 15, 1918.
Case 43?F. 1928?F 10 year F
C.A. 9.6 99 percentile M.A. 5.3 I.Q. 55.5 0 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 5.5 Goddard FB?Mental Age 5.9
Diagnosis : Moron Recommendation : Transfer for institutional vocational train-
ing. C.A. 10.7 60 percentile 2d grade promoted to 3d. 10 year F M.A. 8.6 I.Q. 80.1 (M) 10 percentile Diagnosis: Mental defective. Recommendation : Transfer for institutional vocational training. Released in care of Father, July 6, 1929. 1929?G
Case 44?M. 1928?B 10 year M
b. July 14, 1918. C.A. 9.10 M.A. 7.8
I.Q.
77.0
99 1
percentile
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 13
Army Designs?Mental Age
11.2
Diagnosis: Dull normal. Recommendation : Stay at Home. Correct stammer. 1929?G C.A. 10.10 60 percentile 2A grade 10 year M B.A. 8.0 M.A. 10.1 I.Q. 93.0 30 percentile
Healy A?(1) 185", (2) 20"; Dearborn FB?(1) 235", 30 60 percentile
Memory Span AV?4, centile; L?5 on 3d Diagnosis:
good.
Normal retarded.
1
B
(1) 65", (2) 35"
percentile; (2) 80",
percentile; R?3,
20 per-
Planfulness and comprehension
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Make up school retardation. Behavior adjustment through responsibility. Vocational training?mechanical. 1930?R C.A. 11.11 60 percentile 5th grade. Recommendation:
12 year M
M.A.
9.5
4.4
Morgan. 79.0(M) percentile Witmer FB?(1) 25", 30 percentile; (2) 15", 90 percentile; (3) 17" Healy B?(1) 45", (2) 27" Dearborn FB?(1) 120", 60 percentile; (2) 50", 80 percentile Memory Span AV?5, 20 percentile; R?3, 30 per10
I.Q.
centile; L?6
on
1st
Diagnosis: Dull normal. Mechanical and manual. Planful. Recommendation: Vocational training. Normal personality
development. Case 45?F.
b.
1928?B 10 year F
C.A. 9.8 M.A. 5.8
90
I.Q. 58.6
0 percentile
Aug. 8,
1918.
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Goddard FB?Mental
Age Age
4
6.7
Diagnosis: Moron. Physical inferior. Parents d. TB. Recommendation : Transfer to Vineland or State Board of Children's Guardians at once?safety other children. 1929?G C.A. 10.9 50 percentile 1A grade 10 year F B.A. 6.0 M.A.
6.9
I.Q. 62.7 1 percentile Healy A?(1) 45", (2) 15"; B (1) DNC, (2) 53" Dearborn FB?(1) DNC (help), 1 percentile; (2) 220", 10 percentile Memory Span AV?4, 1 percentile; R?3, 20 percentile ; L?5 on 4th Mental defective. Trainable at low level. Limited comprehension and concentration.
Diagnosis
Not educable. Recommendation : Not behavior problem. Might remain at Home. Needs protection as approaches age 16. 1930?R C.A. 11.11 50 percentile 3d grade. 11 year F B.A. 7.0 2d grade reading poor. :
M.A.
7.3
1st
grade
arithmetic
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I.Q.
60.8
percentile
0
(addition only).
Witmer FB?(1) 33", 10 percentile; (2)
percentile; (3) Ilealy A?185";
27",
10
21"
B
40"
(1) 125", (2)
Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 20 1
267
percentile; (2) DNC,
percentile
Memory Span AY?4, centile
;
1
percentile; R?3,
20 per-
L?0
Diagnosis: Mental defective. in simple manual. Recommendation : Placement
Inactive
judgment.
determinates
as
Trainable
mentally
with
age.
Case 46?F. 1928?B 10 year F
b. June 20, 1918. C.A. 9.10 M.A. 7.3
I.Q.
73.7
90 1
percentile
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 11 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 8.7 Diagnosis : Borderline. Recommendation: Training in North Jersey Training School, Tatoma. 2d grade. 1929?G C.A. 10.11 50 percentile 10 year F M.A. 6.7 Promoted to 3d.
I.Q. 67.1 (M) 1 percentile Ilealy A?(1) 285", (2) 80", (3) 8"; B (1) DNC, (2) 40" Dearborn FB?(1) 145", (2) 200" Memory Span AY?5, 40 percentile; R?2, 0 percentile; L?0 Diagnosis : Mental defective. Recommendation : Institutional Father, Aug. 3, 1929.
training.
Case 47?F. 1928?B 10 year F
Released in
b. C.A. 9.9 M.A. 7.0 I.Q. 71.7
90 1
percentile percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 9 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.4
July 8,
care
1918.
of
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Army Designs?Mental Age Diagnosis
:
Borderline.
Recommendation
Transfer to
:
training
school
or
State Board
of Children's Guardians. 1929?G
C.A. 10.10
10 year F
B.A.
50
2B
percentile
grade.
8.0
M.A.
8.6 78.4
I.Q. Healy A?(1) DNC, (2) 30", (3) 7"; (2) 420" Dearborn PB?(1) DNC, 10
percentile Memory Span AY?4,
B
DNC
(1)
percentile; (2) DNC,
1
centile Diagnosis: ritable.
;
L?5
High grade
on
1
percentile; R?2,
0 per-
3d
moron.
Little school
Ir-
proficiency.
Inefficient. Transfer to Totoma
Recommendation:
50
or
elsewhere.
Not attending school. 1st grade reading. 1st grade arithmetic.
1930?R
C.A. 12.0
12 year F
M.A.
Diagnosis:
percentile 40", 1 percentile; (2) 25", 10 per3.2 grade Morgan. centile; (3) 25" B Ilealy A?DNC; (1) 75", (2) 35" Dearborn FB?DNC, 20 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 20 percentile; R?2, 1 percentile; L?0 Mental defective. Temper tantrums.
percentile.
7.8 63.7 (M)
I.Q.
0
Witmer FB?(1)
Removal to institution.
Recommendation:
b.
Case 48?M. 1928?B
C.A. 9.9
10 year M
M.A. 9.2
99 30
94.0
Porteus Maze?Mental
Diagnosis:
1918.
percentile
percentile Age Army Designs?Mental Age I.Q.
May 29,
8.5 10.2
Normal.
Recommendation
:
Remain at Home until relatives
can
take
care.
1929?G
C.A. 10.11
50
percentile
4A
grade.
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME 10 year M
3.9
8.9
M.A.
10
I.Q.
Diagnosis
Morgan.
percentile
(M) Mentally retarded. Recommendation : Physical examination. 80.1
269
:
Stress
education.
Corrective personality development. 1930?R 12 year M
C.A. 12.1 50 M.A. 9.5 I.Q. 77.9 (M)
Promoted to 6th grade. 4.4 Morgan.
percentile 10 percen-
5th
tile
grade reading.
23", 40 60 19", (2) percentile; 4th grade arithmetic. 20" (3) percentile; Healy B?(1) 60", (2) 11" Dearborn FB?(1) 240", 20 percentile; (2) 160", Witmer FB? (1)
10
percentile Memory Span AV?7, tile; L?8
on
90
percentile; II?3,
30 per-
5th
Diagnosis: Dull normal. Manual ability. Wants leave school. Recommendation : Normal personality development. Manual
training. Case 49?F. 1928?B 10 year F
b. May 5, 1918/ C.A. 9.9
10
percentile
40
percentile
M.A. 9.6
I.Q.
96.0
Porteus Maze?Mental
Age 5.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 6.5
Diagnosis : Normal. Recommendation: Continue at Home. C.A. 11.0 60 percentile 1929?G M.A. 9.3 12 year F
5B
grade.
4.2 grade
I.Q. 84.0(M) 20 percentile Diagnosis: Mentally retarded. Easily influenced.
Morgan. Willing.
Poor comprehension of written or printed material. Recommendation: Normal personality development. C.A. 12.1 40 percentile 1930?R Promoted to 7th grade. M.A. 9.8 12 year F 4.7 Morgan. I.Q. 80.0 (M) 10 percentile Witmer
FB?(1) 31", percentile; (3) 20"
4th grade
10
arithmetic. percentile; (2) 21", 30
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Healy A?105";
B
Dearborn FB?(1)
(1) DNC; (2) 50" DNC, 20 percentile; (2) DNC,
1 percentile Memory Span AV?5,
centile ; L?6 Dull normal.
Diagnosis: Trainable in routine.
Recommendation routine
on
20
20 per-
percentile; R?3,
3d
Acquiescent. Comprehension poor. judgment. Normal personality development. Manual
Poor :
training.
Case 50?F. 1928?B 10 year F
b. C.A. 9.11
90
May 8,
1918.
percentile
M.A. 7.5
I.Q.
74.9
1
percentile
Age 11 Age 7.9 Army Designs?Mental Age 11.8 Porteus Maze?Mental Goddard FB?Mental
Diagnosis : Borderline. Recommendation : Remain at Home until mother 1929?G C.A. 11.1 90 percentile 12 year F
B.A.
8.0
M.A.
8.9
can care
2A
for.
grade.
I.Q. 79.9 10 percentile Healy A?(1) 25", (2) 8"; B (1) DNC, (2) 140" Memory Span AV?5, 20 percentile; R?3, 20 percentile; L?6 on 3d Dull normal. Trainable for somewhat complicated
Diagnosis : Lack of energy. Recommendation : Normal
tasks.
personality development.
Manual
training. 1930?R
C.A. 12.1
12 year F
M.A.
40
percentile
8.8
4th 3d
grade. grade reading. grade arithmetic. grade Morgan,
3d 71.7(M) 1 percentile 50 3d FB?(1) 24", percentile; (2) 24", 90 percentile; (3) 14" Healy A?(1) 155"; B (1) 44", (2) 14" Dearborn FB?(1) 170", 50 percentile; (2) 56", 80 percentile Memory Span AV?5, 20 percentile; R?3, 20 per-
I.Q.
Witmer
centile
;
L?6
on
3d
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271
efficient
when
Diagnosis : Dull trained. Recommendation
Systematic
normal. :
Normal
and
personality development. b.
Case 51?F. 1928?B
May 3,
1918.
C.A. 10.1 80 percentile M.A. 8.0 I.Q. 79.3 10 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 10 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.2
10 year F
Diagnosis : Dull normal. Recommendation : Re-examination. of Children's Guardians. 1929?G C.A. 11.1 90 percentile B.A.
12 year F
M.A.
Transfer to State Board
8.0 9.6
30 percentile I.Q. Memory Span AY?7, 90 percentile; R?3, 20 percentile; L?8 on 5th Diagnosis: Mentally retarded. Imitative. Recommendation: Normal personality development. 5th grade. 1930?R C.A. 12.2 40 percentile 12 year F 5.1 grade Morgan. M.A. 10.2 5th 20 83.5 grade reading. I.Q. (M) percentile 85.7
Witmer FB?(1) 17", 90 per-
centile; (2) 15",
90
per-
4tli grade arithmetic. centile; (3) 10" Ilealy A?150"; B (1) DNC, (2) 30" Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 20 percentile; (2) DNC, 1 percentile Memory Span AY?6, 70 percentile; R?3, 20 per-
centile; L?7 on 4th Dull normal. Infantile responses. Recommendation : Institutional transfer.
Diagnosis
:
Case 52?M. 1928?B 10 year M
Poor
b. Dec. C.A. 10.3 M.A. 9.4 I.Q. 90.0
80
percentile
30
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental
Age 8.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 11.8
judgment.
20,
1917.
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272
Diagnosis: Normal. Behavior problem. Recommendation: Medical and psychiatric examination. establish contact with mother. 4A grade. C.A. 11.5 70 percentile 1929?G 12 year M
Re-
9.3 4th grade Morgan. I.Q. 81.0(M) 20 percentile Ilealy A?(1) 40", (2) 7"; B (1) 100", (2) 30" Dearborn FB?(1) 280", 10 percentile; (2) 150", 10 percentile Memory Span AV?6, 70 percentile; R?5, 90 percentile; L?7 on 5th Unobservant. Trainable. Mentally retarded. M.A.
Diagnosis : Lack of control.
Recommendation
pression
and
:
Corrective
personality development.
Sup-
6th
grade.
discipline.
1930?R
C.A. 12.6
12 year M
M.A. 10.2
40
I.Q. 81.3(M)
percentile 20
Witmer FB?(1)
percentile 20", 60 percentile; (2) 12",
100
12"
percentile; (3) Healy B?(1) 50", (2) 27" Memory Span AY?7, 90 percentile; R?3, 30 percentile; L?0 Diagnosis : Retarded. Intelligent. Unoccupied. Recommendation: Corrective personality development. Masculine authority and discipline. Challenge intelligence. Boy Scout Master:
personality.
Misdemeanors.
Hard to interest.
Good
Quick.
Case 53?F.
b. June
1928?B
C.A. 10.10
10 year F
M.A.
6.8
I.Q.
60.1
9,
1917.
50 percentile 0
percentile Age 11.5 of TB tendency. Possibility
Porteus Maze?Mental Diagnosis:
Moron.
Recommendation : Transfer to institution. C.A. 11.11 50 percentile 1929?G 12 year F
B.A. M.A.
2B
grade.
8.0 8.0
1 percentile I.Q. Healy A?(1) 65", (2) 8"; 67.1
B
(1) DNC, (2)
150"
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Dearborn FB?(1) 50 percentile
220",
Memory Span AV?5,
20
40
273
percentile; (2) 95",
percentile; R?3,
centile ; L?0 Mental defective.
Trainable manual. Diagnosis: Infantile attitude. Recommendation: Institutional care. 1930?R C.A. 13.0 99 percentile
20 per-
Poor
judg-
ment.
B.A.
15 year F
M.A.
7.0 9.0
69.2
1 percentile I.Q. WitmerFB?(1) 20", (2) 16", (3) 17" Healy A?29"; B (1) 30", (2) 29" Dearborn FB?(1) 125", 70 percentile; (2) 57", 70 percentile Memory Span AV?4, 0 percentile; R?2; L?5 on 2d Mental defective. Trainable manual. Recommendation: Vocational manual training.
Diagnosis:
Case 54?M. 1928?B
b. June 10, 1917.
C.A. 10.10 60 percentile 10 year M M.A. 9.1 83.6 10 percentile I.Q. Porteus Maze?Mental Age 12.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 12.4 Diagnosis: Dull normal. Recommendation : Allow mother to plan for Jan. 29, 1929. Case 55?M. 1928?B
Released,
b. June 30, 1917. 10.8 60 percentile M.A. 10.9 I.Q. 101.0 50 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 11.5 Normal. Temperament and physical defects. C.A.
10 year M
Diagnosis
care.
:
Nervous. Recommendation: Foster home. 1929?G C.A. 11.10 60 percentile 12 year M M.A. 9.9
I.Q.
82.3(M)
Promoted
to 6A
4.7 grade
Morgan
20 percentile
grade.
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Healy A?(1) 25", (2) 10"; B (1) 30", (2) 20" FB?(1) 220", 20 percentile; (2) 75", 60 percentile Diagnosis: Slight retardation. Normal competency. Evasive. ReRecommendation : Corrective personality development. sponsibility. Promoted to 7th grade. 1929?R C.A. 13.0 70 percentile 7.1 Morgan. 12 year M M.A. 12.4 94.8 50 I.Q. (M) percentile Witmer FB?(1) 22", 50 percentile; (2) 21", 30 percentile; (3) 18" Healy B?(1) 40", (2) 26" Dearborn FB?(1) 135", 50 percentile; (2) 55", 80 percentile Memory Span AV?7, 90 percentile; R?5, 90 percentile; L?8 on 1st Diagnosis: Normal. Good imagery. Recommendation : Normal personality development. Art. Boy Scout Master: Slow. Not responsible. Lacks interest. Dearborn
Case 56?M. 1928?B 10 year M
b. Jan. C.A. 11.3 M.A.
I.Q.
40
27,
1917.
percentile
9.5 84.0
10
percentile Age 7.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 7.5 Portens Maze?Mental
Diagnosis :
Dull normal.
Recommendation : C.A. 12.3 1929?G 12 year M
M.A.
9.9
40 percentile
5th grade not promoted. 4.7 grade Morgan.
I.Q. 79.5(M) 20 percentile Ilealy A?(1) DNC, (2) 15"; B (1) 200", (2) 60" Dearborn FB?(1) 305", 10 percentile; (2) 110", 30 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 20 percentile; R?3, 30 percentile; L?6 on 5th Diagnosis: Mentally retarded. Slow response. Unobservant. Low trainability. VocaRecommendation: Normal personality development. tional training.
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME C.A. 13.5 M.A. 10.7
1930?R
90
275
6th grade.
percentile
5.5 grade Morgan 5th grade reading 78.3(M) 10 percentile Witmer FB?(1) 33", (2) 28", and arithmetic.
15 year M
I.Q.
(3) 18" Healy A?125"; B (1) 60", (2) 53" Dearborn?(1) DNC, 1 percentile; (2) DNC, 1 percentile Memory Span AY?6, 20 percentile, R?2, L?7 on 4th Diagnosis: Borderline. Low trainability. Recommendation : Vocational training in routine work. Boy Scout Master: Slow. Trainable. Average ambition,
courtesy,
etc.
Case 57?M. 1928?B 12 year M
b. Jan. 22, 1917. C.A. 11.3 M.A. 8.5 I.Q. 74.0
80
percentile
10
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 9.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 7.5 Diagnosis : Borderline. Unstable. Recommendation : Opportunity for
more
manual
work.
Group activity. 1929?G 12 year M
C.A. 12.3 M.A. 9.3
I.Q.
50
75.5(M)
Promoted to 6B.
percentile 10
percentile
Healy A?(1) DNC, (2) 20";
B (1) DNC, (2) 30"
Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 10
percentile; (2) 170",
10
percentile Memory Span AV?5,
centile; Diagnosis:
L?6
on
20
percentile; R?5, 90
per-
4th
Dull unobservant careless worker both with intel-
lectual and concrete materials.
Impatient.
Recommendation : Corrective personality development. 1930?R C.A. 13.5 90 percentile 7th grade. 15 year M M.A. 10.2 7th grade
75.7(M) 10 percentile Witmer FB?(1) 30", (2) 25", (3) 22" Healy B (1) 51", (2) 28" I.Q.
reading and spelling.
5th grade arithmetic. 5.1 grade
Morgan.
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276
Dearborn FB? (1) DNC, 1 1
Memory Span AV?5, :
1
R?3
percentile;
;
L?6
3d
on
Diagnosis
percentile; (2) 180",
percentile
Dull careless worker.
Recommendation : Corrective personality development. Trainable. Average ambition, Boy Scout Master: Slow.
courtesy,
etc.
Case 58?F. 1928?B 12 year F
b. Dec. 11, 1916. C.A. 11.3 M.A. 9.4
80
percentile
84.0
20
percentile
I.Q.
Porteus Maze?Mental
Age Army Designs?Mental Age Diagnosis:
10.5 14.5
Dull normal. : Place in private home. C.A. 12.4 100 percentile M.A. 11.0
Recommendation 1929?G 15 year F
4th
grade.
Promoted to 5th.
I.Q. 89.3 (M) 20 percentile Memory Span AY?6, 20 percentile; R?4; on
L?7
5th
Diagnosis : Normal retarded. Recommendation : Has left
Home.
Released
in
care
of
Father, July 6, 1929. Case 59?F.
b. Oct.
1928?B
C.A. 11.5
12 year F
M.A.
9.9
I.Q.
84.0
2,
1916.
70 percentile 20
percentile Age 15.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 12.4 Dull normal. Manual trainability.
Porteus Maze?Mental Diagnosis:
Recommendation
:
Re-examination.
1929?G
C.A. 12.7
12 year F
M.A. 10.9
30
percentile
7th
grade.
5.5 grade
Morgan. I.Q. 85.4(M) 30 percentile Ilealy A?(1) 25", (2) 15"; B (1) 25", (2) 30" Dearborn FB?(1) 130", 70 percentile; (2) 55", 80 percentile Memory Span AV?6, 70 percentile; R?5, 90 percentile L?7
on
2d
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277
Retarded mentally. Lacks analytical discriminaResents family situation and sullen.
Diagnosis: tion. Planful.
Recommendation: Corrective personality C.A. 13.9 90 percentile 1930?R M.A. 11.8 15 year F Witmer
8th
grade.
6.6 grade
percentile FB?(1) 20", (2) 15", (3)
Morgan.
20
84.8(M)
I.Q.
development.
Ilealy A?60";
B
Dearborn FB?(1)
13"
(1) 32", (2) 29"
60",
90
percentile; (2) 37",
90
percentile Memory Span AV?5, on
Diagnosis: Dull normal. Recommendation : More
Case 60?F. 1928?B 12 year F
percentile; R?4;
1
L?6
1st
Rapid and efficient manual stimulating surroundings.
worker.
b. Dec. 31, 1915. C.A. 12.3 M.A. 10.0
40
percentile
I.Q. 81.0 20 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 12.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 11.8 Diagnosis:
Dull normal. Recommendation: Placement in helper. Continue school. 1929?G C.A. 13.4 90 percentile 15 year F M.A. 10.8
private
6th
grade.
Promoted to 7th.
I.Q. 80.6 (M) 10 percentile Diagnosis: Normal retarded. Recommendation : Placement. Released in 1929. August 3, Case 61?M. 1928?B 12 year M
home?mother's
care
of
Father,
b. Dec. 26, 1915. C.A. 12.3 50 percentile M.A. 10.8 I.Q. 87.0 30 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 13.5
Army Designs?Mental Age
Dull normal. Recommendation : Placement
12.4
Diagnosis: Placed
Sept. 16,
1928.
under
supervision of Home.
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278 Case 62?F.
b.
1928?B
C.A. 12.8
12 year F
M.A. 12.0
I.Q.
94.0
70
May 11,
1915.
percentile
50
percentile Age 9 Army Designs?Mental Age Porteus Maze?Mental
Diagnosis
:
15 year F
Refuse
Father resident of Philadelphia. of Father, July 6, 1928.
Recommendation: for. Released in
care
Case 63?F. 1928?B
11.2
Normal. care
b. C.A. 13.0 M.A.
7.7
I.Q.
59.0
90
April 21,
1915.
percentile
0
percentile Age 7 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.7 Army Designs?Mental Age 11.2 Moron?possible TB tendency. Porteus Maze?Mental
Diagnosis:
Recommendation 1929?G 15 year F
: Transfer to another institution. C.A. 14.1 80 percentile
M.A.
I.Q.
7.11
56.8(M)
0
percentile
Diagnosis: Mental defective. Unstable. Poor judgment. Recommendation : Transfer to institution for mental defectives. 1930?R
C.A. 15.2
15 year F
M.A.
40
percentile
8.2
Left school 3d
grade.
Chorea.
53.8 (M)
0
percentile 4th grade proficiency in reading. ManFB?(1) 25", (2) ual service in home. 20", (3) 14" Healy A?DNC; B (1) DNC, (2) 23", (3) 21" Dearborn FB?(1) 300", 20 percentile; (2) 95", 50 percentile Memory Span AV?4, 0 percentile; R?3 ; L?5 I.Q.
Witmer
on
Diagnosis:
1st.
Mental defective.
Recommendation: tives.
Trainable in manual.
Transfer to institution for mental defec-
Train for household manual.
Transfer arranged for Sept.,
1930. Case 64?M. 1928?B 15 year M
b. Feb. 14, 1915. C.A. M.A.
13.1 9.1
90
percentile
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279
70.0 1 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 13.5
I.Q.
Army Designs?Mental Age
12.9
Borderline. : May need institutional Recommendation : Re-examination. individual work for energy. training. Needs group activity. More 1929. Released in care of Father, Jan. 6, Diagnosis
b. Jan. 12, 1914.
Case 65?F. 1928?B 15 year F
C.A. 14.3 80 percentile M.A. 10.5 I.Q. 78.0 10 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 12.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 11.8
Diagnosis : Borderline. Recommendation: Transfer North Jersey Totoma. Training. Probably social problem
Training
School
without
special
training. 1929?G
C.A. 15.4 30 percentile 67.1 (M) 1 percentile Diagnosis: Mental defective. Recommendation: Placement. Left home. 15 year F
of
I.Q.
Father, Aug. 3,
Released in
care
1929.
Case 66?M.
b. Dec. 22, 1913.
C.A. 14.3 80 percentile 15 year M M.A. 12.7 I.Q. 94.0 30 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 12 Diagnosis : Normal. Recommendation : Meet advanced interests and needs direction of adolescent inclination. Placed June, 1928. 1928?B
Case 67?M. 1928?B 15 year M
b. C.A. 14.7 70 percentile M.A. 12.0 I.Q. 80.2 10 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 11
Aug. 20,
1913.
Army Designs?Mental Age 14.5 Diagnosis:
Dull normal.
Recommendation
placement.
:
Needs
advanced
interests.
Farm
home
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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CLINIC C.A. 15.8 30 M.A. 14.6 I.Q. 92.5 (M)
1929?G 15 year M
Diagnosis
:
7th
percentile
grade.
Promoted to 8th. 30
percentile
Normal.
Recommendation : Allow out and order to plan care for. Continue school?more retarded than need be. Released in charge of Uncle, Oct. 20, 1929. Comparative Results The following tables presenting various analyses of the cumulative records will be discussed in their order as far as possible. Table I
Comparison
of
Diagnoses (Terman Classification)
B-1928 Cases
%
1
2
Normal
20
41
Dull Normal.
12
25
Borderline.
11
23 1
Superior....
Moron
4
G-1929
J[43%
9J
48
R-1930
Cases
Cases
2
6
52%
24 13
% 58%
23 12 4
6
32%
22%
5 50
18%
5 50
Table II Comparison
Diagnoses (Individual Classifications)
of
B-1928
G-1929
Cases
Cases
21
24 12
R-1930 Cases
%
%
Superior Normal Normal Retarded
x
Sub Normal Dull Normal
X
1
12
3
Borderline
11
High Grade Moron Moron Mental Defective
48 24
86%
J
1}
8%
22 4 x
|
62%
13
26%
x
12%
2
x
1
4
x
x
6
48
50
2 12
}
16%
X
4 50
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281
based primarily upon the Terman Classification would indicate that the personnel of the Home is improving so far as intellectual ability is concerned, but do not present the true facts of the intellectual types in the group. While Bassett uses the Terman Classification almost entirely as her guide her recommen-
Diagnoses
dations indicate a tendency to raise certain individuals to a higher level. At the hands of Grave and Rosenheim the clinical analysis of the qualitative performance shows that the actual distribution of personnel still includes too large a percentage of both Dull or SubNormal individuals and Mental Defectives who can be cared for It is questionable more properly in other types of institutions. Dull Normal some case probwhether a Home can refuse to accept
certainly it is out of the province of such Homes to attempt the education or training of Mental Defectives. Table III indicates a reasonable stability of diagnostic grading
lems,
on
but
the basis of the Terman Classification. Table III
Fluctuations B-G No
One Class
Change
Two Class
Change
Three Class
Change
Change
in
Terman Classifications
G-R
B-G-R
B-R
BG 2 33.3% GR 9 69.2% BGR 3 9.6% BGR 7 22.5% BGR 5 16.1% BGR 14 45.1%
Higher
BG 2 33.3% GR 3 23.0% BR 0 BGR 5 16.1% BGR 4 12.9% BGR 5 16.1%
Lower
BG 2 33.3% GR 1 7.6% BR 0 BGR 7 22.5% BGR 5 16.1% BGR 6 19.3%
Higher
BG 0 BGR 1
Lower
BG 0 BGR 0
GR 0 BGR 1
BG 0 BGR 0
GR 0 BGR 0
Lower
GR 0
3.2% BGR
0
BR 0
BGR 1
3.2%
BR 0 0
3.2% BGR
BR
BGR 1
3.2%
Such fluctuations are indicated by the individual recommendations of the three examining psychologists, especially among the large number who were retarded in their education beyond the functioning level of their mental ability. Tables IV (a), (&), (c) and (d) present an analysis of the
chronological age of the group. The average age remains about the same, although unfortunately the range is slowly increasing, bringing too large a difference in age range for the best social relation-
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CLINIC
282
ships within the group. (This condition by the institution of a cottage system.) The gradual elimination of some of return to their
parents still leaves,
will shortly be cared for the older defectives by
at the end of the third survey,
nine of these individuals for whom definite recommendations of disposition have been made. The selection of Dull or Sub-normal individuals in the younger age levels means an ever increasing Table IV
Comparison
of
(a)
Chronological Ages
B-1928 3 4 5 6 7. 8. 9
G-1929
R-1930
15.8 9.3
15.2
x
4 9 6 2 10 5 4 3 2 3 0
10 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
14.7 9.2 5.3
Maximum.
Average.
Minimum.
5.1
Table IV
B-1928
9.3 3.4
(6)
Chronological Age 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total Total 0 1
1
12 8
20
8 4
12
Borderline?Boys.
5 6
11
Superior?Boys.
.
.
Girls....
^
a O
g
Normal?Boys Girls
?c
? Dull Normal?Boys. Girls. ?3 a
2
5 a>
Girls...
H
Moron?Boys S
Girls
0 4
4
o
Total?Boys
25 23
48
Total
48
o
5 Q
Girls
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283
Table IV (c) G-1929 3
Chronological Age 4
5
6
7
10 11 12 13 14 15 Total
Superior?Boys....
2 0
2
15 9
24
Dull Normal?Boys. Girls,
7 6
13
Borderline?Boys...
2 4
6
0 5
5
50
Girls....
c
.2
"S Normal?Boys Girls g
j?
O
Total
c c
Girls.
?
H
^ Moron?Boys 3
Girls
2 ?S
Total?Boys
26 24
Total
50
o ?
Girls
Table IV
R-1930 3
Superior?Boys.... Girls....
a o
Normal?Boys Girls
? Dull
(d)
Chronological Age 4
5
6
7
10 11 12 13 14 15 Total Total 4 2
6
17 6
23
Normal?Boys. Girls,
O
12
c e
Borderline?Boys...
3 1
4
Girls
1 4
5
Total?Boys
29
Girls.
? QJ
^ Moron?Boys
?o pr o
^ Q
Girls
Total
21
50
50
group of the older age, who, by natural deterioration of the mental decrement, must be eliminated by definite institutional care.
The moral risk of social and individual misconduct of these cases demands definite refusal of admission at an earlier age upon the basis of psychological examinations, or the willingness of the Board to
284
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CLINIC
take steps toward a consistent removal program upon the basis of The fact that some of these older Subproper recommendations. normals and Defectives are no longer attending school and give some relief to the employment problem in the home labor does not alter the group
complicated discipline and
tive lies in the proper either by the Board of
risk of
a
socio-moral
poor program of individual and
The immediate
danger. of these
disposition Managers or by
cases
correc-
to other institutions
the State Board of Children's
Guardians.
attempting the education of these latter individuals under the present public school arrangement of the home is more definitely indicated by the following tables which show the school The
folly
of
retardation and advance of the entire group. The separate survey reports have indicated several causes which may account somewhat for this large amount of retardation, such as "late entering," "irregular attendance," "difference in school grading systems," "failure to bring children up to grade," etc. However, the records of the Home are so inadequate that much of
this information is not available. Under the stimulus of the recommendations of the G-1929 survey a slight improvement is noted in the K-1930 Normal and Dull
levels; however,
the retardation of the
Sub-normal and Defectives must continue to increase. The fact that some of these latter continue to move ahead in the grade system surely cannot be traced to their scholastic achievement, but must be based
on
age and other school functional factors. Table V (a)
B-1928
School Retardation (According 0 yr.
13 9
22
Dull Normal?Boys. Girls.
8 5
13
Borderline?Boys..
4 5
9
Girls
m
z
?
Chronological Age)
1 yr, 2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 5 yrs. Total Total
Normal?Boys
?o
to
Girls.
Moron?Boys
4
Girls
Total?Boys. Girls.
Total
6 4
10 6
4 6
25 23
10
16
10
48
48
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME Table V
(6)
School Retardation (According
G-1929
285
to
Chronological Age)
0 yr. 1 yr. 2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 5 yrs.
Not Attend- Total Total
ing 2 0
2
15 9
24
Dull Normal?Boys Girls
7 6
13
Borderline?Boys
2 4
6
^ Moron?Boys....
0 5
5
26 24
50
50
Superior?Boys....
Girls....
~
a
_o
Normal?Boys Girls
Ja
U c q
g
Girls
H
Girls....
o o
Total?Boys. Girls.
^ Total
8 2
5
7
7 3
10
12
10
Table V
R-1930
(c)
School Retardation (According
to
Chronological Age) Not
0 yr. 1 yr. 2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 5 yrs. 6 yrs, Attend- Total Total
ing Superior? Boys 'c
Girls
.2
Normal?
g
Boys
in
Girls
g Dull Normal~
^
?
fi S
^ ?
g z
Vol.
XX,
Editor
February,
No. 9
1932
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME A CUMULATIVE PSYCHOLOGICAL STUDY By R. A.
Brotemarkle, Ph.D.
University of Pennsylvania Assisted by Cornelia B. Meytrott Adele Rosenheim
Dorothy M. Bassett
Charlotte Easby-Grave PART II
b. May 11, 1921. Case 31?M. 1928?B No examination. Not in Home. 2d grade. 1929?G C.A. 8.1 90 percentile 2d grade reading. 8 year M B.A. 7.0 M.A. 7.9
I.Q. 95.8 30 percentile Ilealy A?(1) 50", (2) 17"; B (1) DNC, (2) 60" Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 60 percentile; (2) 260", 30 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 50 percentile; R?3, 60 percentile ; L?6 on 4th Normal. Low rate of response. Imaginative, senTemper. Limited distribution of attention. Persistence
Diagnosis:
sitive.
good. Recommendation
1930?R 10 year M
:
C.A. 9.2 M.A. 8.5
Normal 99
personality development.
percentile
2d grade. 4th reading, 2d
I.Q. 91.8(M) 30 percentile arithmetic, 3.7 Witmer FB?(1) 40", 1 percen- Morgan. tile; (2) 24", 20 percentile; (3) 20"
Ilealy A?DNC;
B 257
(1) DNC, (2)
DNC
258
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CLINIC Dearborn
FB?(1) 250", percentile 1
Memory Span AY?4,
30
percentile; (2) 240",
20 per-
percentile; R?3,
centile ; L?5 on 2d Diagnosis: Normal low. Unpleasant hurts younger children. Recommendation: Careful discipline.
Anger
disposition. Corrective
1
and
personality
development. b. Feb. 18, 1921.
Case 32?M. C.A. 7.2 30 percentile M.A. 6.7 I.Q. 92 20 percentile
1928?B 6 year M
Diagnosis
:
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 13 Goddard FB?Mental Age 6.6 Normal.
Recommendation: Allow mother to plan in care of Mother, October 28, 1928.
care
for.
Released
b. Oct. 23, 1920.
Case 33?M. 1928?B
No examination.
1929?G-
No examination.
1930?R 10 year M
C.A. 9.8 B.A. 7.0
90
Not in Home. Not in Home.
percentile
M.A. 9.2
I.Q. 94.8 40 percentile Witmer FB?(1) 36", 1
4th grade. 4th grade reading. 4th grade arithmetic.
percentile; (2) 24",
20
24"
percentile; (3) Healy A?DNC; B (1) DNC, (2) 147" Dearborn FB?(1) 210", 40 percentile; (2) 145", 20
percentile
Memory Span AV?5, centile; L?6 on 3d Diagnosis:
Normal.
40
percentile; R?3,
Poor distribution of attention.
20 per-
Imagery
deficiency. Recommendation:
Normal
personality development.
Case 34?F. 1928?B 6 year F
b. Oct. 15, 1920. C.A. 7.6
30
percentile
20
percentile
M.A. 7.2
I.Q.
95.5
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259
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 7 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.3
Army Designs?Mental Age
9.7
Normal.
Diagnosis : Recommendation: Remain in Home until relatives can care for. 1A grade C.A. 8.7 60 percentile 1929?G 8 year F B.A. 6.0 M.A. 7.3 I.Q. 84.8 10 percentile
Healy A?(1) 140", (2) 15"; Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 70 80
B
(1) 315", (2) 50" percentile; (2) 125",
percentile
Memory Span AV?5, 50 percentile; R?3,
50 per-
centile ; L?6 on 5th Diagnosis: Normal retarded. Mentally and educationally retarded. Fluctuating attention. Trainable. Manual. Talkative. Recommendation : Normal personality development. 3B grade. 1930?R C.A. 9.8 90 percentile 10 year F 3d grade reading. B.A. 7.0 2d grade arithmetic. M.A. 8.3
I.Q.
85.3
20
percentile
Witmer FB?(1)
37",
1
percentile; (2) 25",
20
percentile; (3) 23" Healy A?58"; B (1) 101", (2) 70" Dearborn FB?(1) 235", 50 percentile; (2) 180", 20 percentile Memory Span AY?6, 80 percentile; R?3, 20 percentile ; L?0 Diagnosis: Dull normal. Educationally and mentally tarded. Poor concentration. Recommendation : Normal personality development.
Case 35?M. 1928?B
b. C.A. 7.6 M.A. 7.3
8 year M
90
percentile
I.Q. 96.0 20 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 11.5 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.3 Diagnosis
:
Normal.
Sept. 21,
1920.
re-
2 60
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Recommendation: Remain at Home. 1929?G C.A. 8.8 70 percentile B.A. M.A.
8 year M
1st
I.Q. 106.7 60 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 50 percentile; R?4, centile Diagnosis:
grade
9.0 9.3
;
Normal.
L?6
on
90 per-
5th
Needlessly
retarded.
Recommendation : Normal personality development. 2d grade. 1930?R C.A. 9.9 99 percentile 8.0 10 year M B.A. 5th grade reading. M.A. 10.2 2d grade arithmetic. 60 104.1 I.Q. percentile Witmer FB?(1) 35", 1 percentile; (2) 26", 10
Diagnosis:
percentile; (3) 27" Healy A?(1) 12", (2) 11"; B (1) 40", (2) 35" Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 1 percentile; (2) 145", 20 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 40 percentile; R?5, 99 percentile; L?6 on 5th Normal. Friendly, popular. Understanding
reader. Recommendation: Case 36?M. 1928?B 8 year M
Normal
personality development. b.
C.A. 7.9
99
July 15,
1920.
percentile
M.A. 6.0
I.Q.
77.4
1
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 9 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.8 Diagnosis :
Borderline. Recommendation: Medical
care.
Care under American Le-
gion. C.A. 8.10 B.A. 6.0
1929?G 8 year M
50
percentile
1A
grade
M.A. 7.3
I.Q. 82.0 10 percentile Memory Span AY?4, 1 percentile; R?3, 60 percentile Diagnosis out
help.
:
;
L?5
on
Normal retarded.
4th School progress not
likely
with-
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME Recommendation: tional help. 1930?R
Normal personality development. 90
C.A. 9.11 B.A. 8.0
10 year M
261 Educa-
2d grade.
percentile
2d IB
M.A. 9.6 I.Q. 95.7
grade reading. grade arithmetic.
40 percentile FB?(1) 22", 60 percentile; (2) 16", 90 percentile; (3) 15" Healy B?(1) 65", (2) 35" Dearborn FB?(1) 255", 30 percentile; (2) 240", 1 percentile Memory Span AV?4, 1 percentile; R?3, 20 perWitmer
centile Diagnosis:
L?5
;
Recommendation:
Corrective
C.A. 8.10 B.A. 9.0 M.A. 10.6
8 year M
Sullen.
50
personality development. b. Aug. 7, 1920.
Case 37?M. 1928?B No examination. 1929?G
4th
on
Discontented.
Normal.
Not in Home. 3d
percentile
I.Q. 118.8 80 percentile Memory Span AV?5, 50 percentile; R?4,
centile; Diagnosis
:
Superior.
L?6 on Alert.
grade
90 per-
2d
Observant.
Language
ability
good. Recommendation : Normal personality development. C.A. 9.11 90 percentile 1930?R 5th grade. 9.0 10 year M B.A. Excellent reading. M.A. 11.10 Good arithmetic.
I.Q.
119.7
80
percentile
Witmer FB?(1)
percentile; (3) Healy A?DNC;
Diagnosis:
40",
1
percentile; (2) 16",
90
20"
B (1) 95", (2) 35" Memory Span AY?5, 40 percentile; R?I, 80 percentile; L?6 on 3d Superior. Excellent languageability and vocabu-
lary. Recommendation:
high abilities.
Normal
personality development. Develop
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262
b. June 30, 1920.
Case 38?M. C.A. 7.9 M.A. 6.2
1928?B 8 year M
I.Q.
99
80
1
percentile
percentile
Age 10 Age 7.1 Army Designs?Mental Age 10.7
Porteus Maze?Mental Goddard FB?Mental Diagnosis
:
Dull normal.
Recommendation
Remain
:
in
Home
until
family
can
be
brought together. 1929?G 8 year M
C.A. 8.11 B.A. 6.2 M.A. 8.0 I.Q. 89.9
50
20
Ilealy A?(1)
2B
percentile
percentile F (Gave up), (2) 40", (3) 8";
grade
B
(1)
220", (2) 40" Dearborn FB?(1) 280", 60 percentile; (2) 230", 30 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 50 percentile ; R?3, 60 percentile; L?6 on 4th Diagnosis: Normal retarded. Low intelligence. Rate of response low. Slow in group response. Recommendation: Normal personality development. 1930?R C.A. 10.0 90 percentile 3d grade. 10 year M
M.A.
8.2 81.6
3.4
10 percentile I.Q. Witmer FB?(1) 23", 60 percentile; (3) 21"
percentile; (2) 20",
Ilealy A?160"; B (1) 100", (2) 30" Dearborn FB?(1) 210", 40 percentile; 40 percentile Memory Span AV?4, Diagnosis:
1
Morgan.
(2) 105",
percentile; R?3,
centile ; L?5 on 2d Dull normal. Unobservant.
60
20 per-
Trainable in manual
work. Recommendation
:
Normal
personality development.
Manual
training. b. Feb. 12, 1920.
Case 39?F. 1928?B 8 year F
C.A. 8.2 M.A. 8.0
90
percentile
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME
I.Q. 98.0
40
percentile Age
Porteus Maze?Mental
8
Army Designs?Mental Age
11.2
Normal.
Diagnosis:
Recommendation: Allow mother, sincere Released in care of Mother 1929. Case 40?M. 1928?B 8 year M
263
interest, plan
b.
Aug. 16,
1919.
C.A. 8.8 70 percentile M.A. 8.0 I.Q. 92.0 20 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 15 Army Designs?Mental Age 14.8
Diagnosis: Normal. Speech defect. Sneaky. Recommendation : Corrective personality development. turn to
for.
Re-
parents.
1929?G 10 year M
C.A. 9.9 B.A. 8.0 M.A. 9.0 I.Q. 92.3
99
2d grade.
percentile
30
percentile Healy A?(1) 60", (2) 25"; B (1) 85", (2) 45" Dearborn FB?(1) 120", 70 percentile; (2) 55", 80 percentile Memory Span AV?5, centile; L?6 on 5th
40
percentile; R?2,
1 per-
Diagnosis: Normal. Slightly retarded. Hyperactive and Elusive. Concrete material discrimination and comprehension good. Recommendation : Physical exaction. Manual training?ca-
nervous.
pacity. 1930?R 10 year M
C.A. 10.11 50 percentile M.A. 10.7 I.Q. 96.9 (M) 40 percentile Witmer FB?(1) 25", 50
5th 5th 5th 5th
grade. grade Morgan. grade arithmetic. grade reading.
percentile; (2) 15",
90
percentile; (3) 12" Ilealy A?77"; B (1) 30", (2) 24" Dearborn 80
FB?(1) 170",
50
percentile; (2) 55",
percentile Memory Span AV?4, 1 percentile; R?3, 20 centile; L?5 on 1st
per-
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Diagnosis: Normal. Corrective punishment imposed. Recommendation: Corrective speech. Corrective personality
development. b.
Case 41?F. 1928?B 8 year F
C.A. 9.0 M.A. 8.5
40
percentile
95.0
30
percentile Age Age
I.Q.
Porteus Maze?Mental Goddard FB?Mental Diagnosis
:
April 12,
9
7.8
Normal.
Recommendation 29, 1929.
Allow mother plan
:
care
for.
b.
Case 42?M. 1928?B 8 year M
1919.
C.A. 9.0 M.A. 7.5
40
83.0
10
I.Q.
Released Jan.
April 4,
1919.
percentile
percentile Age 10 Age 7.1 normal. Extreme neglect. Infancy
Porteus Maze?Mental Goddard FB?Mental
Diagnosis : Dull Recommendation: Remain at Home. 1929?G C.A. 10.2 90 percentile 10 year M
B.A.
7.0
M.A.
8.6
at Home.
2A
grade
I.Q. 83.6 10 percentile Healy A?(1) DNC, (2) 15"; B (1) 65", (2) 30" Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 1 percentile; (2) 50", 90 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 40 percentile; R?4, 80 perDiagnosis
:
centile ; L?6 Dull normal.
on
4th
Resentful
uncontrolled
temper.
Retarded. Fluctuating attention. Fair persistence. Recommendation : Corrective personality development. Promoted to 4th grade. C.A. 11.2 80 percentile 1930?R 8.8 3.9 Morgan. 12 year M M.A. I.Q. 84.3(M) 20 percen- 4th grade arithmetic. 4th grade reading. FB?(1) 25", 30 percentile; (2) 26", percentile; (3) 14" Healy B?(1) DNC, (2) 30" tile
Witmer
10
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME Dearborn FB?(1) 60 percentile
170",
Memory Span AV?4, centile ; L?5
on
1
40
265
percentile; (2) 75",
percentile; R?4,
70 per-
4th
Normal retarded. Infancy in school. Recommendation: Normal personality development. Diagnosis:
b. Nov. 15, 1918.
Case 43?F. 1928?F 10 year F
C.A. 9.6 99 percentile M.A. 5.3 I.Q. 55.5 0 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 5.5 Goddard FB?Mental Age 5.9
Diagnosis : Moron Recommendation : Transfer for institutional vocational train-
ing. C.A. 10.7 60 percentile 2d grade promoted to 3d. 10 year F M.A. 8.6 I.Q. 80.1 (M) 10 percentile Diagnosis: Mental defective. Recommendation : Transfer for institutional vocational training. Released in care of Father, July 6, 1929. 1929?G
Case 44?M. 1928?B 10 year M
b. July 14, 1918. C.A. 9.10 M.A. 7.8
I.Q.
77.0
99 1
percentile
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 13
Army Designs?Mental Age
11.2
Diagnosis: Dull normal. Recommendation : Stay at Home. Correct stammer. 1929?G C.A. 10.10 60 percentile 2A grade 10 year M B.A. 8.0 M.A. 10.1 I.Q. 93.0 30 percentile
Healy A?(1) 185", (2) 20"; Dearborn FB?(1) 235", 30 60 percentile
Memory Span AV?4, centile; L?5 on 3d Diagnosis:
good.
Normal retarded.
1
B
(1) 65", (2) 35"
percentile; (2) 80",
percentile; R?3,
20 per-
Planfulness and comprehension
266
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Make up school retardation. Behavior adjustment through responsibility. Vocational training?mechanical. 1930?R C.A. 11.11 60 percentile 5th grade. Recommendation:
12 year M
M.A.
9.5
4.4
Morgan. 79.0(M) percentile Witmer FB?(1) 25", 30 percentile; (2) 15", 90 percentile; (3) 17" Healy B?(1) 45", (2) 27" Dearborn FB?(1) 120", 60 percentile; (2) 50", 80 percentile Memory Span AV?5, 20 percentile; R?3, 30 per10
I.Q.
centile; L?6
on
1st
Diagnosis: Dull normal. Mechanical and manual. Planful. Recommendation: Vocational training. Normal personality
development. Case 45?F.
b.
1928?B 10 year F
C.A. 9.8 M.A. 5.8
90
I.Q. 58.6
0 percentile
Aug. 8,
1918.
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Goddard FB?Mental
Age Age
4
6.7
Diagnosis: Moron. Physical inferior. Parents d. TB. Recommendation : Transfer to Vineland or State Board of Children's Guardians at once?safety other children. 1929?G C.A. 10.9 50 percentile 1A grade 10 year F B.A. 6.0 M.A.
6.9
I.Q. 62.7 1 percentile Healy A?(1) 45", (2) 15"; B (1) DNC, (2) 53" Dearborn FB?(1) DNC (help), 1 percentile; (2) 220", 10 percentile Memory Span AV?4, 1 percentile; R?3, 20 percentile ; L?5 on 4th Mental defective. Trainable at low level. Limited comprehension and concentration.
Diagnosis
Not educable. Recommendation : Not behavior problem. Might remain at Home. Needs protection as approaches age 16. 1930?R C.A. 11.11 50 percentile 3d grade. 11 year F B.A. 7.0 2d grade reading poor. :
M.A.
7.3
1st
grade
arithmetic
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME
I.Q.
60.8
percentile
0
(addition only).
Witmer FB?(1) 33", 10 percentile; (2)
percentile; (3) Ilealy A?185";
27",
10
21"
B
40"
(1) 125", (2)
Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 20 1
267
percentile; (2) DNC,
percentile
Memory Span AY?4, centile
;
1
percentile; R?3,
20 per-
L?0
Diagnosis: Mental defective. in simple manual. Recommendation : Placement
Inactive
judgment.
determinates
as
Trainable
mentally
with
age.
Case 46?F. 1928?B 10 year F
b. June 20, 1918. C.A. 9.10 M.A. 7.3
I.Q.
73.7
90 1
percentile
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 11 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 8.7 Diagnosis : Borderline. Recommendation: Training in North Jersey Training School, Tatoma. 2d grade. 1929?G C.A. 10.11 50 percentile 10 year F M.A. 6.7 Promoted to 3d.
I.Q. 67.1 (M) 1 percentile Ilealy A?(1) 285", (2) 80", (3) 8"; B (1) DNC, (2) 40" Dearborn FB?(1) 145", (2) 200" Memory Span AY?5, 40 percentile; R?2, 0 percentile; L?0 Diagnosis : Mental defective. Recommendation : Institutional Father, Aug. 3, 1929.
training.
Case 47?F. 1928?B 10 year F
Released in
b. C.A. 9.9 M.A. 7.0 I.Q. 71.7
90 1
percentile percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 9 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.4
July 8,
care
1918.
of
268
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Army Designs?Mental Age Diagnosis
:
Borderline.
Recommendation
Transfer to
:
training
school
or
State Board
of Children's Guardians. 1929?G
C.A. 10.10
10 year F
B.A.
50
2B
percentile
grade.
8.0
M.A.
8.6 78.4
I.Q. Healy A?(1) DNC, (2) 30", (3) 7"; (2) 420" Dearborn PB?(1) DNC, 10
percentile Memory Span AY?4,
B
DNC
(1)
percentile; (2) DNC,
1
centile Diagnosis: ritable.
;
L?5
High grade
on
1
percentile; R?2,
0 per-
3d
moron.
Little school
Ir-
proficiency.
Inefficient. Transfer to Totoma
Recommendation:
50
or
elsewhere.
Not attending school. 1st grade reading. 1st grade arithmetic.
1930?R
C.A. 12.0
12 year F
M.A.
Diagnosis:
percentile 40", 1 percentile; (2) 25", 10 per3.2 grade Morgan. centile; (3) 25" B Ilealy A?DNC; (1) 75", (2) 35" Dearborn FB?DNC, 20 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 20 percentile; R?2, 1 percentile; L?0 Mental defective. Temper tantrums.
percentile.
7.8 63.7 (M)
I.Q.
0
Witmer FB?(1)
Removal to institution.
Recommendation:
b.
Case 48?M. 1928?B
C.A. 9.9
10 year M
M.A. 9.2
99 30
94.0
Porteus Maze?Mental
Diagnosis:
1918.
percentile
percentile Age Army Designs?Mental Age I.Q.
May 29,
8.5 10.2
Normal.
Recommendation
:
Remain at Home until relatives
can
take
care.
1929?G
C.A. 10.11
50
percentile
4A
grade.
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME 10 year M
3.9
8.9
M.A.
10
I.Q.
Diagnosis
Morgan.
percentile
(M) Mentally retarded. Recommendation : Physical examination. 80.1
269
:
Stress
education.
Corrective personality development. 1930?R 12 year M
C.A. 12.1 50 M.A. 9.5 I.Q. 77.9 (M)
Promoted to 6th grade. 4.4 Morgan.
percentile 10 percen-
5th
tile
grade reading.
23", 40 60 19", (2) percentile; 4th grade arithmetic. 20" (3) percentile; Healy B?(1) 60", (2) 11" Dearborn FB?(1) 240", 20 percentile; (2) 160", Witmer FB? (1)
10
percentile Memory Span AV?7, tile; L?8
on
90
percentile; II?3,
30 per-
5th
Diagnosis: Dull normal. Manual ability. Wants leave school. Recommendation : Normal personality development. Manual
training. Case 49?F. 1928?B 10 year F
b. May 5, 1918/ C.A. 9.9
10
percentile
40
percentile
M.A. 9.6
I.Q.
96.0
Porteus Maze?Mental
Age 5.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 6.5
Diagnosis : Normal. Recommendation: Continue at Home. C.A. 11.0 60 percentile 1929?G M.A. 9.3 12 year F
5B
grade.
4.2 grade
I.Q. 84.0(M) 20 percentile Diagnosis: Mentally retarded. Easily influenced.
Morgan. Willing.
Poor comprehension of written or printed material. Recommendation: Normal personality development. C.A. 12.1 40 percentile 1930?R Promoted to 7th grade. M.A. 9.8 12 year F 4.7 Morgan. I.Q. 80.0 (M) 10 percentile Witmer
FB?(1) 31", percentile; (3) 20"
4th grade
10
arithmetic. percentile; (2) 21", 30
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270
Healy A?105";
B
Dearborn FB?(1)
(1) DNC; (2) 50" DNC, 20 percentile; (2) DNC,
1 percentile Memory Span AV?5,
centile ; L?6 Dull normal.
Diagnosis: Trainable in routine.
Recommendation routine
on
20
20 per-
percentile; R?3,
3d
Acquiescent. Comprehension poor. judgment. Normal personality development. Manual
Poor :
training.
Case 50?F. 1928?B 10 year F
b. C.A. 9.11
90
May 8,
1918.
percentile
M.A. 7.5
I.Q.
74.9
1
percentile
Age 11 Age 7.9 Army Designs?Mental Age 11.8 Porteus Maze?Mental Goddard FB?Mental
Diagnosis : Borderline. Recommendation : Remain at Home until mother 1929?G C.A. 11.1 90 percentile 12 year F
B.A.
8.0
M.A.
8.9
can care
2A
for.
grade.
I.Q. 79.9 10 percentile Healy A?(1) 25", (2) 8"; B (1) DNC, (2) 140" Memory Span AV?5, 20 percentile; R?3, 20 percentile; L?6 on 3d Dull normal. Trainable for somewhat complicated
Diagnosis : Lack of energy. Recommendation : Normal
tasks.
personality development.
Manual
training. 1930?R
C.A. 12.1
12 year F
M.A.
40
percentile
8.8
4th 3d
grade. grade reading. grade arithmetic. grade Morgan,
3d 71.7(M) 1 percentile 50 3d FB?(1) 24", percentile; (2) 24", 90 percentile; (3) 14" Healy A?(1) 155"; B (1) 44", (2) 14" Dearborn FB?(1) 170", 50 percentile; (2) 56", 80 percentile Memory Span AV?5, 20 percentile; R?3, 20 per-
I.Q.
Witmer
centile
;
L?6
on
3d
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271
efficient
when
Diagnosis : Dull trained. Recommendation
Systematic
normal. :
Normal
and
personality development. b.
Case 51?F. 1928?B
May 3,
1918.
C.A. 10.1 80 percentile M.A. 8.0 I.Q. 79.3 10 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 10 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.2
10 year F
Diagnosis : Dull normal. Recommendation : Re-examination. of Children's Guardians. 1929?G C.A. 11.1 90 percentile B.A.
12 year F
M.A.
Transfer to State Board
8.0 9.6
30 percentile I.Q. Memory Span AY?7, 90 percentile; R?3, 20 percentile; L?8 on 5th Diagnosis: Mentally retarded. Imitative. Recommendation: Normal personality development. 5th grade. 1930?R C.A. 12.2 40 percentile 12 year F 5.1 grade Morgan. M.A. 10.2 5th 20 83.5 grade reading. I.Q. (M) percentile 85.7
Witmer FB?(1) 17", 90 per-
centile; (2) 15",
90
per-
4tli grade arithmetic. centile; (3) 10" Ilealy A?150"; B (1) DNC, (2) 30" Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 20 percentile; (2) DNC, 1 percentile Memory Span AY?6, 70 percentile; R?3, 20 per-
centile; L?7 on 4th Dull normal. Infantile responses. Recommendation : Institutional transfer.
Diagnosis
:
Case 52?M. 1928?B 10 year M
Poor
b. Dec. C.A. 10.3 M.A. 9.4 I.Q. 90.0
80
percentile
30
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental
Age 8.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 11.8
judgment.
20,
1917.
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272
Diagnosis: Normal. Behavior problem. Recommendation: Medical and psychiatric examination. establish contact with mother. 4A grade. C.A. 11.5 70 percentile 1929?G 12 year M
Re-
9.3 4th grade Morgan. I.Q. 81.0(M) 20 percentile Ilealy A?(1) 40", (2) 7"; B (1) 100", (2) 30" Dearborn FB?(1) 280", 10 percentile; (2) 150", 10 percentile Memory Span AV?6, 70 percentile; R?5, 90 percentile; L?7 on 5th Unobservant. Trainable. Mentally retarded. M.A.
Diagnosis : Lack of control.
Recommendation
pression
and
:
Corrective
personality development.
Sup-
6th
grade.
discipline.
1930?R
C.A. 12.6
12 year M
M.A. 10.2
40
I.Q. 81.3(M)
percentile 20
Witmer FB?(1)
percentile 20", 60 percentile; (2) 12",
100
12"
percentile; (3) Healy B?(1) 50", (2) 27" Memory Span AY?7, 90 percentile; R?3, 30 percentile; L?0 Diagnosis : Retarded. Intelligent. Unoccupied. Recommendation: Corrective personality development. Masculine authority and discipline. Challenge intelligence. Boy Scout Master:
personality.
Misdemeanors.
Hard to interest.
Good
Quick.
Case 53?F.
b. June
1928?B
C.A. 10.10
10 year F
M.A.
6.8
I.Q.
60.1
9,
1917.
50 percentile 0
percentile Age 11.5 of TB tendency. Possibility
Porteus Maze?Mental Diagnosis:
Moron.
Recommendation : Transfer to institution. C.A. 11.11 50 percentile 1929?G 12 year F
B.A. M.A.
2B
grade.
8.0 8.0
1 percentile I.Q. Healy A?(1) 65", (2) 8"; 67.1
B
(1) DNC, (2)
150"
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME
Dearborn FB?(1) 50 percentile
220",
Memory Span AV?5,
20
40
273
percentile; (2) 95",
percentile; R?3,
centile ; L?0 Mental defective.
Trainable manual. Diagnosis: Infantile attitude. Recommendation: Institutional care. 1930?R C.A. 13.0 99 percentile
20 per-
Poor
judg-
ment.
B.A.
15 year F
M.A.
7.0 9.0
69.2
1 percentile I.Q. WitmerFB?(1) 20", (2) 16", (3) 17" Healy A?29"; B (1) 30", (2) 29" Dearborn FB?(1) 125", 70 percentile; (2) 57", 70 percentile Memory Span AV?4, 0 percentile; R?2; L?5 on 2d Mental defective. Trainable manual. Recommendation: Vocational manual training.
Diagnosis:
Case 54?M. 1928?B
b. June 10, 1917.
C.A. 10.10 60 percentile 10 year M M.A. 9.1 83.6 10 percentile I.Q. Porteus Maze?Mental Age 12.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 12.4 Diagnosis: Dull normal. Recommendation : Allow mother to plan for Jan. 29, 1929. Case 55?M. 1928?B
Released,
b. June 30, 1917. 10.8 60 percentile M.A. 10.9 I.Q. 101.0 50 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 11.5 Normal. Temperament and physical defects. C.A.
10 year M
Diagnosis
care.
:
Nervous. Recommendation: Foster home. 1929?G C.A. 11.10 60 percentile 12 year M M.A. 9.9
I.Q.
82.3(M)
Promoted
to 6A
4.7 grade
Morgan
20 percentile
grade.
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Healy A?(1) 25", (2) 10"; B (1) 30", (2) 20" FB?(1) 220", 20 percentile; (2) 75", 60 percentile Diagnosis: Slight retardation. Normal competency. Evasive. ReRecommendation : Corrective personality development. sponsibility. Promoted to 7th grade. 1929?R C.A. 13.0 70 percentile 7.1 Morgan. 12 year M M.A. 12.4 94.8 50 I.Q. (M) percentile Witmer FB?(1) 22", 50 percentile; (2) 21", 30 percentile; (3) 18" Healy B?(1) 40", (2) 26" Dearborn FB?(1) 135", 50 percentile; (2) 55", 80 percentile Memory Span AV?7, 90 percentile; R?5, 90 percentile; L?8 on 1st Diagnosis: Normal. Good imagery. Recommendation : Normal personality development. Art. Boy Scout Master: Slow. Not responsible. Lacks interest. Dearborn
Case 56?M. 1928?B 10 year M
b. Jan. C.A. 11.3 M.A.
I.Q.
40
27,
1917.
percentile
9.5 84.0
10
percentile Age 7.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 7.5 Portens Maze?Mental
Diagnosis :
Dull normal.
Recommendation : C.A. 12.3 1929?G 12 year M
M.A.
9.9
40 percentile
5th grade not promoted. 4.7 grade Morgan.
I.Q. 79.5(M) 20 percentile Ilealy A?(1) DNC, (2) 15"; B (1) 200", (2) 60" Dearborn FB?(1) 305", 10 percentile; (2) 110", 30 percentile Memory Span AY?5, 20 percentile; R?3, 30 percentile; L?6 on 5th Diagnosis: Mentally retarded. Slow response. Unobservant. Low trainability. VocaRecommendation: Normal personality development. tional training.
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME C.A. 13.5 M.A. 10.7
1930?R
90
275
6th grade.
percentile
5.5 grade Morgan 5th grade reading 78.3(M) 10 percentile Witmer FB?(1) 33", (2) 28", and arithmetic.
15 year M
I.Q.
(3) 18" Healy A?125"; B (1) 60", (2) 53" Dearborn?(1) DNC, 1 percentile; (2) DNC, 1 percentile Memory Span AY?6, 20 percentile, R?2, L?7 on 4th Diagnosis: Borderline. Low trainability. Recommendation : Vocational training in routine work. Boy Scout Master: Slow. Trainable. Average ambition,
courtesy,
etc.
Case 57?M. 1928?B 12 year M
b. Jan. 22, 1917. C.A. 11.3 M.A. 8.5 I.Q. 74.0
80
percentile
10
percentile
Porteus Maze?Mental Age 9.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 7.5 Diagnosis : Borderline. Unstable. Recommendation : Opportunity for
more
manual
work.
Group activity. 1929?G 12 year M
C.A. 12.3 M.A. 9.3
I.Q.
50
75.5(M)
Promoted to 6B.
percentile 10
percentile
Healy A?(1) DNC, (2) 20";
B (1) DNC, (2) 30"
Dearborn FB?(1) DNC, 10
percentile; (2) 170",
10
percentile Memory Span AV?5,
centile; Diagnosis:
L?6
on
20
percentile; R?5, 90
per-
4th
Dull unobservant careless worker both with intel-
lectual and concrete materials.
Impatient.
Recommendation : Corrective personality development. 1930?R C.A. 13.5 90 percentile 7th grade. 15 year M M.A. 10.2 7th grade
75.7(M) 10 percentile Witmer FB?(1) 30", (2) 25", (3) 22" Healy B (1) 51", (2) 28" I.Q.
reading and spelling.
5th grade arithmetic. 5.1 grade
Morgan.
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276
Dearborn FB? (1) DNC, 1 1
Memory Span AV?5, :
1
R?3
percentile;
;
L?6
3d
on
Diagnosis
percentile; (2) 180",
percentile
Dull careless worker.
Recommendation : Corrective personality development. Trainable. Average ambition, Boy Scout Master: Slow.
courtesy,
etc.
Case 58?F. 1928?B 12 year F
b. Dec. 11, 1916. C.A. 11.3 M.A. 9.4
80
percentile
84.0
20
percentile
I.Q.
Porteus Maze?Mental
Age Army Designs?Mental Age Diagnosis:
10.5 14.5
Dull normal. : Place in private home. C.A. 12.4 100 percentile M.A. 11.0
Recommendation 1929?G 15 year F
4th
grade.
Promoted to 5th.
I.Q. 89.3 (M) 20 percentile Memory Span AY?6, 20 percentile; R?4; on
L?7
5th
Diagnosis : Normal retarded. Recommendation : Has left
Home.
Released
in
care
of
Father, July 6, 1929. Case 59?F.
b. Oct.
1928?B
C.A. 11.5
12 year F
M.A.
9.9
I.Q.
84.0
2,
1916.
70 percentile 20
percentile Age 15.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 12.4 Dull normal. Manual trainability.
Porteus Maze?Mental Diagnosis:
Recommendation
:
Re-examination.
1929?G
C.A. 12.7
12 year F
M.A. 10.9
30
percentile
7th
grade.
5.5 grade
Morgan. I.Q. 85.4(M) 30 percentile Ilealy A?(1) 25", (2) 15"; B (1) 25", (2) 30" Dearborn FB?(1) 130", 70 percentile; (2) 55", 80 percentile Memory Span AV?6, 70 percentile; R?5, 90 percentile L?7
on
2d
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277
Retarded mentally. Lacks analytical discriminaResents family situation and sullen.
Diagnosis: tion. Planful.
Recommendation: Corrective personality C.A. 13.9 90 percentile 1930?R M.A. 11.8 15 year F Witmer
8th
grade.
6.6 grade
percentile FB?(1) 20", (2) 15", (3)
Morgan.
20
84.8(M)
I.Q.
development.
Ilealy A?60";
B
Dearborn FB?(1)
13"
(1) 32", (2) 29"
60",
90
percentile; (2) 37",
90
percentile Memory Span AV?5, on
Diagnosis: Dull normal. Recommendation : More
Case 60?F. 1928?B 12 year F
percentile; R?4;
1
L?6
1st
Rapid and efficient manual stimulating surroundings.
worker.
b. Dec. 31, 1915. C.A. 12.3 M.A. 10.0
40
percentile
I.Q. 81.0 20 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 12.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 11.8 Diagnosis:
Dull normal. Recommendation: Placement in helper. Continue school. 1929?G C.A. 13.4 90 percentile 15 year F M.A. 10.8
private
6th
grade.
Promoted to 7th.
I.Q. 80.6 (M) 10 percentile Diagnosis: Normal retarded. Recommendation : Placement. Released in 1929. August 3, Case 61?M. 1928?B 12 year M
home?mother's
care
of
Father,
b. Dec. 26, 1915. C.A. 12.3 50 percentile M.A. 10.8 I.Q. 87.0 30 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 13.5
Army Designs?Mental Age
Dull normal. Recommendation : Placement
12.4
Diagnosis: Placed
Sept. 16,
1928.
under
supervision of Home.
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278 Case 62?F.
b.
1928?B
C.A. 12.8
12 year F
M.A. 12.0
I.Q.
94.0
70
May 11,
1915.
percentile
50
percentile Age 9 Army Designs?Mental Age Porteus Maze?Mental
Diagnosis
:
15 year F
Refuse
Father resident of Philadelphia. of Father, July 6, 1928.
Recommendation: for. Released in
care
Case 63?F. 1928?B
11.2
Normal. care
b. C.A. 13.0 M.A.
7.7
I.Q.
59.0
90
April 21,
1915.
percentile
0
percentile Age 7 Goddard FB?Mental Age 7.7 Army Designs?Mental Age 11.2 Moron?possible TB tendency. Porteus Maze?Mental
Diagnosis:
Recommendation 1929?G 15 year F
: Transfer to another institution. C.A. 14.1 80 percentile
M.A.
I.Q.
7.11
56.8(M)
0
percentile
Diagnosis: Mental defective. Unstable. Poor judgment. Recommendation : Transfer to institution for mental defectives. 1930?R
C.A. 15.2
15 year F
M.A.
40
percentile
8.2
Left school 3d
grade.
Chorea.
53.8 (M)
0
percentile 4th grade proficiency in reading. ManFB?(1) 25", (2) ual service in home. 20", (3) 14" Healy A?DNC; B (1) DNC, (2) 23", (3) 21" Dearborn FB?(1) 300", 20 percentile; (2) 95", 50 percentile Memory Span AV?4, 0 percentile; R?3 ; L?5 I.Q.
Witmer
on
Diagnosis:
1st.
Mental defective.
Recommendation: tives.
Trainable in manual.
Transfer to institution for mental defec-
Train for household manual.
Transfer arranged for Sept.,
1930. Case 64?M. 1928?B 15 year M
b. Feb. 14, 1915. C.A. M.A.
13.1 9.1
90
percentile
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279
70.0 1 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 13.5
I.Q.
Army Designs?Mental Age
12.9
Borderline. : May need institutional Recommendation : Re-examination. individual work for energy. training. Needs group activity. More 1929. Released in care of Father, Jan. 6, Diagnosis
b. Jan. 12, 1914.
Case 65?F. 1928?B 15 year F
C.A. 14.3 80 percentile M.A. 10.5 I.Q. 78.0 10 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 12.5 Army Designs?Mental Age 11.8
Diagnosis : Borderline. Recommendation: Transfer North Jersey Totoma. Training. Probably social problem
Training
School
without
special
training. 1929?G
C.A. 15.4 30 percentile 67.1 (M) 1 percentile Diagnosis: Mental defective. Recommendation: Placement. Left home. 15 year F
of
I.Q.
Father, Aug. 3,
Released in
care
1929.
Case 66?M.
b. Dec. 22, 1913.
C.A. 14.3 80 percentile 15 year M M.A. 12.7 I.Q. 94.0 30 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 12 Diagnosis : Normal. Recommendation : Meet advanced interests and needs direction of adolescent inclination. Placed June, 1928. 1928?B
Case 67?M. 1928?B 15 year M
b. C.A. 14.7 70 percentile M.A. 12.0 I.Q. 80.2 10 percentile Porteus Maze?Mental Age 11
Aug. 20,
1913.
Army Designs?Mental Age 14.5 Diagnosis:
Dull normal.
Recommendation
placement.
:
Needs
advanced
interests.
Farm
home
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THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CLINIC C.A. 15.8 30 M.A. 14.6 I.Q. 92.5 (M)
1929?G 15 year M
Diagnosis
:
7th
percentile
grade.
Promoted to 8th. 30
percentile
Normal.
Recommendation : Allow out and order to plan care for. Continue school?more retarded than need be. Released in charge of Uncle, Oct. 20, 1929. Comparative Results The following tables presenting various analyses of the cumulative records will be discussed in their order as far as possible. Table I
Comparison
of
Diagnoses (Terman Classification)
B-1928 Cases
%
1
2
Normal
20
41
Dull Normal.
12
25
Borderline.
11
23 1
Superior....
Moron
4
G-1929
J[43%
9J
48
R-1930
Cases
Cases
2
6
52%
24 13
% 58%
23 12 4
6
32%
22%
5 50
18%
5 50
Table II Comparison
Diagnoses (Individual Classifications)
of
B-1928
G-1929
Cases
Cases
21
24 12
R-1930 Cases
%
%
Superior Normal Normal Retarded
x
Sub Normal Dull Normal
X
1
12
3
Borderline
11
High Grade Moron Moron Mental Defective
48 24
86%
J
1}
8%
22 4 x
|
62%
13
26%
x
12%
2
x
1
4
x
x
6
48
50
2 12
}
16%
X
4 50
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME
281
based primarily upon the Terman Classification would indicate that the personnel of the Home is improving so far as intellectual ability is concerned, but do not present the true facts of the intellectual types in the group. While Bassett uses the Terman Classification almost entirely as her guide her recommen-
Diagnoses
dations indicate a tendency to raise certain individuals to a higher level. At the hands of Grave and Rosenheim the clinical analysis of the qualitative performance shows that the actual distribution of personnel still includes too large a percentage of both Dull or SubNormal individuals and Mental Defectives who can be cared for It is questionable more properly in other types of institutions. Dull Normal some case probwhether a Home can refuse to accept
certainly it is out of the province of such Homes to attempt the education or training of Mental Defectives. Table III indicates a reasonable stability of diagnostic grading
lems,
on
but
the basis of the Terman Classification. Table III
Fluctuations B-G No
One Class
Change
Two Class
Change
Three Class
Change
Change
in
Terman Classifications
G-R
B-G-R
B-R
BG 2 33.3% GR 9 69.2% BGR 3 9.6% BGR 7 22.5% BGR 5 16.1% BGR 14 45.1%
Higher
BG 2 33.3% GR 3 23.0% BR 0 BGR 5 16.1% BGR 4 12.9% BGR 5 16.1%
Lower
BG 2 33.3% GR 1 7.6% BR 0 BGR 7 22.5% BGR 5 16.1% BGR 6 19.3%
Higher
BG 0 BGR 1
Lower
BG 0 BGR 0
GR 0 BGR 1
BG 0 BGR 0
GR 0 BGR 0
Lower
GR 0
3.2% BGR
0
BR 0
BGR 1
3.2%
BR 0 0
3.2% BGR
BR
BGR 1
3.2%
Such fluctuations are indicated by the individual recommendations of the three examining psychologists, especially among the large number who were retarded in their education beyond the functioning level of their mental ability. Tables IV (a), (&), (c) and (d) present an analysis of the
chronological age of the group. The average age remains about the same, although unfortunately the range is slowly increasing, bringing too large a difference in age range for the best social relation-
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CLINIC
282
ships within the group. (This condition by the institution of a cottage system.) The gradual elimination of some of return to their
parents still leaves,
will shortly be cared for the older defectives by
at the end of the third survey,
nine of these individuals for whom definite recommendations of disposition have been made. The selection of Dull or Sub-normal individuals in the younger age levels means an ever increasing Table IV
Comparison
of
(a)
Chronological Ages
B-1928 3 4 5 6 7. 8. 9
G-1929
R-1930
15.8 9.3
15.2
x
4 9 6 2 10 5 4 3 2 3 0
10 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.
14.7 9.2 5.3
Maximum.
Average.
Minimum.
5.1
Table IV
B-1928
9.3 3.4
(6)
Chronological Age 10 11 12 13 14 15 Total Total 0 1
1
12 8
20
8 4
12
Borderline?Boys.
5 6
11
Superior?Boys.
.
.
Girls....
^
a O
g
Normal?Boys Girls
?c
? Dull Normal?Boys. Girls. ?3 a
2
5 a>
Girls...
H
Moron?Boys S
Girls
0 4
4
o
Total?Boys
25 23
48
Total
48
o
5 Q
Girls
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283
Table IV (c) G-1929 3
Chronological Age 4
5
6
7
10 11 12 13 14 15 Total
Superior?Boys....
2 0
2
15 9
24
Dull Normal?Boys. Girls,
7 6
13
Borderline?Boys...
2 4
6
0 5
5
50
Girls....
c
.2
"S Normal?Boys Girls g
j?
O
Total
c c
Girls.
?
H
^ Moron?Boys 3
Girls
2 ?S
Total?Boys
26 24
Total
50
o ?
Girls
Table IV
R-1930 3
Superior?Boys.... Girls....
a o
Normal?Boys Girls
? Dull
(d)
Chronological Age 4
5
6
7
10 11 12 13 14 15 Total Total 4 2
6
17 6
23
Normal?Boys. Girls,
O
12
c e
Borderline?Boys...
3 1
4
Girls
1 4
5
Total?Boys
29
Girls.
? QJ
^ Moron?Boys
?o pr o
^ Q
Girls
Total
21
50
50
group of the older age, who, by natural deterioration of the mental decrement, must be eliminated by definite institutional care.
The moral risk of social and individual misconduct of these cases demands definite refusal of admission at an earlier age upon the basis of psychological examinations, or the willingness of the Board to
284
THE PSYCHOLOGICAL CLINIC
take steps toward a consistent removal program upon the basis of The fact that some of these older Subproper recommendations. normals and Defectives are no longer attending school and give some relief to the employment problem in the home labor does not alter the group
complicated discipline and
tive lies in the proper either by the Board of
risk of
a
socio-moral
poor program of individual and
The immediate
danger. of these
disposition Managers or by
cases
correc-
to other institutions
the State Board of Children's
Guardians.
attempting the education of these latter individuals under the present public school arrangement of the home is more definitely indicated by the following tables which show the school The
folly
of
retardation and advance of the entire group. The separate survey reports have indicated several causes which may account somewhat for this large amount of retardation, such as "late entering," "irregular attendance," "difference in school grading systems," "failure to bring children up to grade," etc. However, the records of the Home are so inadequate that much of
this information is not available. Under the stimulus of the recommendations of the G-1929 survey a slight improvement is noted in the K-1930 Normal and Dull
levels; however,
the retardation of the
Sub-normal and Defectives must continue to increase. The fact that some of these latter continue to move ahead in the grade system surely cannot be traced to their scholastic achievement, but must be based
on
age and other school functional factors. Table V (a)
B-1928
School Retardation (According 0 yr.
13 9
22
Dull Normal?Boys. Girls.
8 5
13
Borderline?Boys..
4 5
9
Girls
m
z
?
Chronological Age)
1 yr, 2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 5 yrs. Total Total
Normal?Boys
?o
to
Girls.
Moron?Boys
4
Girls
Total?Boys. Girls.
Total
6 4
10 6
4 6
25 23
10
16
10
48
48
THE PERSONNEL OF A CHILDREN'S HOME Table V
(6)
School Retardation (According
G-1929
285
to
Chronological Age)
0 yr. 1 yr. 2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 5 yrs.
Not Attend- Total Total
ing 2 0
2
15 9
24
Dull Normal?Boys Girls
7 6
13
Borderline?Boys
2 4
6
^ Moron?Boys....
0 5
5
26 24
50
50
Superior?Boys....
Girls....
~
a
_o
Normal?Boys Girls
Ja
U c q
g
Girls
H
Girls....
o o
Total?Boys. Girls.
^ Total
8 2
5
7
7 3
10
12
10
Table V
R-1930
(c)
School Retardation (According
to
Chronological Age) Not
0 yr. 1 yr. 2 yrs. 3 yrs. 4 yrs. 5 yrs. 6 yrs, Attend- Total Total
ing Superior? Boys 'c
Girls
.2
Normal?
g
Boys
in
Girls
g Dull Normal~
^
?
fi S
^ ?
g z
