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SPEECH THERAPY
The Speech Therapists report as follows:-
During the year at the request of the staff the department
purchased several items of testing, assessment, and attainment material
for use in the Speech Clinics. These items were put forward as a result
of the helpful refresher course which Miss Symes and Miss Delaforce were
able to attend at Reading University in September, 1968. This was an
extremely useful four days.
We were pleased to welcome Miss Margaret Heath who commenced duty
in September 1968 to our team of Speech Therapists.
Miss Delaforce was able to open one session a week at the Bentry
School in September.
There are now eleven Speech Clinics operating in the Borough, as
follows:-
Miss Symes
Five Elms Clinic
Leys
Annie Prendergast
Marks Gate
Oxlow Lane
Miss Delaforce
Julia Engwell
The Bentry School
Junior Training Centre at Ripple Road
Miss Heath
Central
Faircross Physically Handicapped School
The Speech Therapists have been able to do regular school visits
during this year.
The Statistical Returns of the Speech Therapists are as follows:
1. Total number of Treatments: 2,983
Total number of Non-attendances: 1,228
Total number of appointments made: 4.211
2. During the year, there were 165 new patients admitted, under the
following categories of defects:-
Articulatory defects 131
Language disorders 16
Stammer 13
Disorder of Resonance 3
Cleft Palate 2
Total 165
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