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Day Pupils
Portley House School, Surrey 3
Old Kent Road School (deaf) 3
Since it is often difficult to determine the educational category of
young children with impaired hearing, some nursery departments may contain
pupils of both categories; transfers to other schools are arranged at
a later stage when necessary. This is particularly true of the Kingsley
Unit, and I am grateful to Miss G.H. Lloyd (Teacher of the Deaf, Miss
D.M. Gravett) for the following report.
PARTIALLY HEARING UNIT, KINGSLEY INFANTS' SCHOOL
At the end of the Summer Term 1966 three children left the unit. One
was transferred to a junior school for normally hearing children and two
were admitted in September to the newly opened unit in Kingsley Junior
School.
Their places were taken by three children of nursery age vviho were
admitted in September 1966, with the result that the roll remained at 10.
These three children have shown obvious benefit, particularly socially
during the short time they have been in the unit.
Of the remaining seven children, the eldest a boy who was six in
January 1967, is acquiring intelligible though still limited speech and is
able to integrate satisfactorily for some normal school work in addition
to meals and play.
One girl of 5 is profoundly deaf and it is possible that she will be
transferred to a school for deaf children during the current year. The
question of future placement also arises in the case of a boy of almost 5
who makes little response to speech training.
One 5 year old boy co-operates very well in all activities and endeavours
to communicate by speech. He is making good progress both academically
and socially.
Two 4 year olds repeat single words but do not offer speech spontaneously.
Another 4 year old showed no response to speech until very recently,
but is now making a little progress.
The children of infants' school age integrate for meals and play and
some other activities which vary according to the maturity of the individual
child. The benefit they gain from integration is shown by an increase
in independence and by their enjoyment in having contact with the
normally hearing children.