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(vi) Constant review of arrangements for special education of handicapped children.
(vii) Attachment of a Social Worker to each of the 8 special day schools in Hammersmith.
(viii) Regular reports from the I.L.E.A. to the P.S.M.O. Hammersmith on the progress of
handicapped children at Boarding Special Schools.
(ix) Earlier notification to the Welfare Officer regarding handicapped children and young
persons.
(x) Closer contact between Welf are Service Social Workers and Head Teachers and
Teacher-Parent Associations.
(xi) Earliest possible notification to Principal Mental Health Social Worker of maladjusted
and educationally sub-normal children.
(xii ) Inclusion in central register of information regarding "At risk" and handicapped
children.
(xiii) Medical Officer of Health and Director of Social Services to be responsible for nominating officers responsible for the welfare of children on the "At risk" and handicap
register and for passing appropriate information to all concerned.
(xiv) Collation of information from all available sources to ensure proper completion of
handicap register.
(xv) Medical Officer of Health and Director of Social Services to be responsible for seeing
that the register is regularly reviewed and kept up to date.
(xvi) Nominated officer to attend Education Officer's Sub-Committee Case Conference.
(xvii) Frequent case conferences to be held at field level.
(xviii) Statistics to be extracted from the central register for guidance of the Education
Officer in the matter of placing for special education, and the Welfare Officer for
provisions of full range of welfare services.
(xix) The Director of Intelligence, Greater London Council, to be invited through the
Inner London Education Authority to make a survey of each category of handicapped
school leaver.
Conclusion
I should like to take this opportunity of expressing my sincere thanks to Dr. E.M.Cran,
Deputy School Medical Officer, who has been immediately responsible throughout the year for the
work set out in this Report. I should also like to thank the Principal School Dental Officer and all
the staff of the School Health Services in their various capacities for their hard work and support
throughout the year.
A.D.C.S. CAMERON,
Principal School Medical Officer.
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