20 janv. 1950 - Report of Royal Commission on Education
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In 1950, the Report of Royal Commission on Education was published. Through this commission, many recommendations related to special education were addressed. For instance, it was recommended that there was a creation of a Special Education branch within the Department of Education. (Ellis & Axelrod, 2016, p.7). It was also recommended that "special education clinics" be established in the major cities. These clinics would include psychologists, teachers with social education certification and health and welfare officials. They would be used to provide students and families with the support they need through assessment and treatment programs. (Ellis & Axelrod, 2016, p. 7). The final thing the Commission recommended was a compulsory special education legislation. This would mean that schools boards were responsible for educating "those who were less severely handicapped". Along with this, they also suggested the creating of "special schools" for children who were "more severely handicapped". (Ellis & Axelrod, 2016, p.7).
Having said all that, the above recommendations were not taken or put in place and many saw there being no reason to change the laws which exempted school boards from teaching the "ineducable". (Ellis & Axelrod, 2016, p.7).
*Note: This was done in Ontario and intended for schools and school boards in Ontario, not Canada wide.
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