特殊儿童的早期教育在我国尚属年轻的教育学科，据1987年全国残疾人抽样调查，我国有警重、盲童和弱智儿童等特殊儿童200多万。有关部门监测分析，先天缺陷儿发生率为15％，也就是说每年我国有20多万先天缺陷儿降生。特殊儿童数量之多，令人震惊。它关系到中华民族的人口素质和 Early childhood education for special children is still a young subject in our country. According to the National Sample Survey on Persons with Disabilities in 1987, there are over 2 million special children in China who are vigilant, blind and mentally handicapped. Monitoring and analysis of relevant departments, the incidence of birth defects is 15%, which means that each year more than 200,000 birth defects in our country. The number of special children is alarming. It is related to the quality of the Chinese nation’s population