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The Speech Therapy department is functioning for seven
sessions per week:
a.m. p.m.
Wed.—Avenue Road—E.S.N. School Home & School Visits Acton
Thur. Avenue Road (two Therapists)
Fri. —Avenue Road
At the beginning of the year the staff consisted of three Speech
Therapists, Miss Sawkins, Miss Ash and Mrs. Cleyndert. Unfortunately,
Mrs Cleyndert had to leave the district in June so we were
short staffed until September when Miss P. Road was appointed.
Revision of Sessions
Owing to a fall in numbers, the Cloister Road session had been
suspended, the treatment being concentrated at Avenue Road and
the one session involved being used by Miss Ash for school visiting.
School Visits
Eleven departments, mostly Primary, have been visited this
year. The Speech Therapists have advised teachers on training many
children whose speech was not sufficiently bad to warrant clinical
treatment, and others have been referred to the clinics.
Attendance
Attendance at clinics is good on the whole though there is a
considerable falling off in the holiday months. No treatments were
given in August, the therapists taking leave at this time, many
parents having reported that they would be away.
SPECIAL SCHOOL
The School for Educationally Sub-normal Children was open
for the whole of 1955 and at the end of the year 40 Children were
on the roll. During the year 2 new cases were admitted,