Special education schools mainly recruit children and adolescents who are blind, deaf, dumb, mentally retarded and have other physical and mental defects. Language barrier is also a kind of physical and mental defect, so Qihe Special Education School accepts children with language barrier.

The purpose and task of special education is to meet the requirements of society and the educational needs of special children to the greatest extent, to stimulate their potential, to enable them to increase their knowledge, acquire skills, improve their personality, enhance their social adaptability and become useful talents to society.