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A very helpful addition to the educational team has been Mr.Head, the peripatetic
teacher of the deaf. He supervises the children who wear hearing aids and has been
particularly helpful in the case of a boy who came into this area from another special
school a few months ago. The boy has a considerable degree of deafness but he was
extremely difficult over wearing his hearing aid and was badly behaved in school and
not making progress at his school work. Mr. Head was able to have his hearing aid altered
and a much more acceptable type of aid has now been given to the boy. The improvement
in the boy's behaviour and general happiness is quite extraordinary and he never comes
without his aid now and is making good progress at school.
LEA BRIDGE SCHOOL FOR MALADJUSTED CHILDREN
Number of children on the role at end of 1961 - 30
Boys - 24
Girls - 6
Age range from 7% to 13-9/12 years - Primary - 24
Secondary - 6
Number of special inspections carried out in
school - 41
Defects found:-
Otitis Media 1
Visual Defects 3
Unsatisfactory general condition 4
Enuresis 1
Heart Lesion 1
All the children had a Sweep Pure Tone hearing test carried out. No hearing loss
sufficient to require treatment was discovered.
From the beginning of the summer term the school had a full staff so that the
headmaster was able to organise it to the best advantage for the children's progress
and it was felt by the beginning of the schools third year that the school was well
established and making good progress.
A full report was submitted last year and no fresh observations can be made on the
points outlined in that report but comment must be made on the need for psychiatric
sessions to take place at the school.
Dr.Gillespie, the Psychiatrist, from the Child Guidance Clinic visited the school
one day a month during the summer term. She interviewed parents and children and also
discussed with school staff the many problems brought to her by them. Unfortunately
this valuable help has been interrupted owing to certain difficulties which have arisen
over the allocation of psychiatric sessions but it is hoped that the education authority
and the Regional Hospital Board will be able to resolve the difficulties and the
sessions resumed. The school for children with emotional and behaviour problems requires
continual psychiatric help and it is a great pity that at the moment it is not available
as freely as we would like.
The School Medical Officer visits the school two to three sessions each term and
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