defectology

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defectology (uncountable)

(in the former Soviet Union) The training of teachers of handicapped children.
- 2000, Jan de Groof, A New Framework of Special Education in the Russian Federation:
  Training in orthopedagogics started as a global course without division into types of handicaps while training in defectology started with profound study of auditive handicapped children and was influenced greatly by a German system of special education with profound specialization according to a handicapping condition.

training