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Course of lectures to teachers were given during the year, mainly
in the problems of teaching of reading. Occasional lectures were
given to groups of parents. Exhibitions of school books have been
held at Loxford Hall, and elsewhere, which were visited by large
numbers of teachers.
At the end of ten years or so service the main developments would
seem to be:—
(a) increasing acceptance of the value of the psychological service
by teachers and all workers in education.
(b) the development of the clinical service until balance between
the two aspects, the clinical and the school psychological, has been
achieved. One outcome of this has been the increasing demands made
upon the psychologists for close liaison with the schools, to gain and
to give information about the child's development and behaviour.
(c) an increasing recognition of the symptom of withdrawal as
indicative of emotional difficulty.
(d) a recent increase in the provision for special educational
treatment within the framework of the normal school. Possibly this
is due to the fall in numbers in the age groups now in the Primary
Schools. This has led to a change in the emphasis in the nature of
the problem of the child entering the Remedial Centre. There are
now:
(a) more children whose poor adjustment is due to extra
school causes.
(b) more children in whom the factor of dullness is
important.
Both factors mitigate against rapid improvement and rehabilitation."
Summary
New cases seen ... ... ... ... ... 259
Children seen as follow-up 293
552
Children referred to C.G.C. ... ... 74
School visits made for children referred to C.G.C. ... 89
Children given remedial education ... ... ... 12
Attendances for remedial education .. ... ... 334
Employment of School Children and Young Persons.—During
1957, 241 children were submitted for medical examination in accordance
with the Byelaws made under Part II of the Children and Young Persons
Act, 1933 and all were found to be medically fit.
Employment of Children in Entertainments Provisional Amending
Rules.—5 Certificates were granted during the year.