PEDIATRICS Vol. 43 No. 4 April 1969, pp. 483-485
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THE PHYSICIAN'S RESPONSIBILITY IN THE EDUCATION OF THE CEREBRAL PALSIED CHILD

William Berenberg M.D.1

1 Department of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School and Cerebral Palsy Unit Children's Hospital Medical Center Boston, Massachusetts 02115

The issue at hand is not whether the physician should assume a responsible role in the education of a cerebral palsied child but rather how he might most effectively contribute. Any doctor who has ever identified himself with the care of normal children is totally familiar with the common questions relating to education, posed to him by their parents. Shall I enter him in school a year early? Should he repeat a grade? Does he need a small private school? Multiply these out to infinity and you approximate a fraction of the meaningful questions directed to the doctor in the instance of any handicapped child.