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provided a very high standard of inpatient care for the odd adolescent
admission, it is not a satisfactory alternative inasmuch as parents
strongly object to their children living cheek by jowl with adult psychiatric
patients-
The clinic is being extensively used as a training centre for social
workers and psychiatric social workers Miss M.G. Gradwell and Miss
M. R. Heller, have each been responsible for several student attachments
during the year, the former with students from the Croydon Technical
College and the latter with students from the University of Sussex.
A welcome administrative innovation during the year was the special
clinic role given to two school welfare officers, Mrs. Parrott and Mr.
Sinclair. They have been of enormous help in the management of school
non-attenders who are on the treatment list at the clinic. As a result of
their close liaison with the clinic they are able to relate their contribur
tion in the field to clinical developments in the treatment situation.
Dr. Stella Ring, Senior Registrar, and Staff Nurse Bowman, have
been largely responsible for the development of a Friday evening social
club for children who need the stimulus of an informal group setting. The
majority of disturbed children experience difficulty in their peer relationships
and the club has enabled them to achieve a new level of social
confidence.