Report on Deaf-Blind Unit, Jamaica, West Indies, International Conference on Education of the Deaf-Blind, Perkins School for the Blind, Watertown, Mass, U.S.A., August 22-27, 1971

Report, Annual

Accession Number: AnnRep2.25

Scope & Content: Five-page typewritten report that documents the activities of the school from its inception. Includes a list of the students, with a brief paragraph about their needs and progress.

Creator: Salvation Army School for the Blind. Deaf/Blind Unit

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Administrative History: The Salvation Army established a school for the blind in Jamaica in 1927. The school opened its Deaf/Blind Unit in 1969. The Unit was initially staffed by two teachers who received training at the Perkins School for the Blind, in Massachusetts.

Subjects: Schools for the blind and visually impaired Schools for the deaf Deaf-blind Jamaica Annual reports

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