[Various family problems of early education of early treated children with clefts]

Abstract

To prevent retardation in personality development of physically and mentally handicapped children and adolescents, more attention should be paid to the qualification of parents, kindergarten teachers and teachers to educate handicapped children, and so those with cleft lips and palates. This is corroborated by findings obtained of 21 mothers of early-treated cleft children who had been involved in the present study. To qualify parents and co-educators to educate and care cleft children, they are needing sympathetic guidance by, and paedagogical advice from, all those who are contributing to rehabilitation.