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SPEECH THERAPY
Once again there have been changes in staff. Early in the year we lost one full time and one part-time therapist,
but we were fortunate in gaining the services of three part-time therapists in September. Nevertheless, as the waiting
list indicates, the Speech Therapy services are seriously understaffed and in some areas children are having to wait for
more than a year before they can receive treatment.
Again we have not had a Speech Therapist available to work at Goddington School.
As a part of their practical training students from The Central School of Speech Therapy and The OldreyFleming
School of Speech Therapy have been attending the Bromley Clinic and students from The Kingdon-Ward
School of Speech Therapy have been attending the sessions held in the Special Opportunity Classes at St. Paul's Wood
School, Leesons School and Midfield School.
Conferences and Courses attended during the year included a 4-day Conference of the College of Speech
Therapists which the Senior Speech Therapist attended; a weekend Course of the National Society for Autistic
Children was attended by one of the Therapists, who also attended a one-day Symposium sponsored by the I.L.E.A.

Number of children seen in Clinic 553
Number of children seen in Special
Schools (including Cheyne Hospital
and Special Opportunity Classes) 81
634
Number of Attendances:-
1. Clinics 3,579
2. Special Schools (including Cheyne
Hospital and Special Opportunity
Classes) 1,321
The numbers for Special Schools do not
include Goddington, as no Speech Therapist
was available to work there.
Number of Home Visits 76
Number of School Visits 50
Number of initial interviews 176
Distribution of Cases:-
Retarded Speech & Language Development 227
Dyslalia 162
Interdental Sigmatism 59
Lateral Sigmatism 16
Stammer 44
Cleft Palate (repaired) 15
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