CHAPTER II 



THE DATA 



THE Vineland Training School has for two years 

 employed field workers. These are women highly 

 trained, of broad human experience, and interested in 

 social problems. As a result of weeks of residence at 

 the Training School, they become acquainted with the 

 condition of the feeble-minded. They study all the 

 grades, note their peculiarities, and acquaint them- 

 selves with the methods of testing and recognizing 

 them. They then go out with an introduction from 

 the Superintendent to the homes of the children and 

 there ask that all the facts which are available may be 

 furnished, in order that we can know more about the 

 child and be better able to care for him and more wisely 

 train him. 



Sometimes all necessary information is obtained from 

 the one central source, but more often, especially where 

 the parents are themselves defective, many visits to 

 other homes must be made. Parents often send the field 

 worker to visit near and distant relatives as well as 



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