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Dr. Lilian Morgan, the School Medical Officer who is specially responsible
for children with hearing difficulties comments:—
"Since the Autumn Term 1966, Kingsley School has been visited
regularly by the Audiology Team consisting of Mr. D.N. Stewart
(Specialist Adviser in Hearing Disorders) Mr. J.C. Oakley and myself.
At these visits the children who attend the Units are examined and
the parents are invited to be present together with the Teacher of the
Unit. These joint consultations give opportunities to discuss the
difficulties and progress of each individual child and should prove to
be most valuable."
EDUCATIONALLY SUBNORMAL PUPILS
In Day Special Schools 228
In Residential Special Schools 25
Awaiting Placement 45
During the year 66 medical recommendations were made in this
category together with two further children who had handicaps additional
to their educational subnormality. Approval was received for a new
purpose-built special school to be erected in the next Special Schools
building programme, but this did nothing to relieve the increasing pressure
of children urgently requiring special educational facilities in this category.
Inevitably there was an increase in the number of children waiting
for admission from 38 at the beginning of the year to 56 at its end. These
relatively large numbers provided a useful opportunity to discover whether
there had been any significant shift in the level of intelligence quotient
(I.Q.) at which recommendations are now made for special education. By
determining the intelligence quotient distribution of children attending
St. Christopher's it is possible to calculate the numbers of children in
each group who would be "expected" if the distribution on the waiting
list was the same. The figures are as follows:—
Intelligence Quotient
Number on
Waiting List
Number
Expected
40 or less
50 - 59
60 - 69
70 - 79
80 +
3
12
19
18
4
3
12
21
8
2