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The children were billeted in private homes and spent a most memorable
weekend. It proved to be a social experiment of great value.
(8) The Parents Association has continued to meet and function successfully
during the year and a full programme of talks by and discussions
with experts on a variety of subjects has been carried out.
(9) On November 29th, Mrs. G.F. Hawker, the School Clerical Assistant,
retired from a post which she had held for twenty-two years. Apart
from her efficiency and extreme loyalty she was extremely popular
and much loved by both pupils and staff. On November 27th, at a
function held in the school, she was presented with a rocking chair
in appreciation of our esteem and thanks, and we all wish her a long
and very happy retirement.
EPILEPTIC PUPILS
In Day Special Schools 6
In Residential Special Schools 5
During the year one epileptic child was recommended for placement in a
special school. Wherever possible. Head Teachers are encouraged to allow
an epileptic child to remain in an ordinary school, but the disturbance
occasioned to other pupils by an epileptic attack, and the educational problems
presented by prolonged medication sometimes make it impossible to
achieve this ideal. It has been usual for some years to recommend that, when
special difficulties arise, the epileptic pupil should be admitted to St. Giles'
School.
MALADJUSTED PUPILS
In Day Unit 34
In Day Special Schools 3
In Residential Special Schools 44
Awaiting placement 4
The incidence of maladjustment is notoriously difficult to estimate; the
report of the Committee cm Maladjusted Children which was published in 1956
gave figures varying between 5.4% and 11.8% based on its own research investigations.
Even the term "maladjusted" is difficult to define and in many
cases is merely a reflection of the clinical judgement of the psychiatrist concerned,
The number of children who receive treatment at child guidance
clinics is rather less than 1%. During 1964 in England and Wales approximately
7/1000 school children received such treatment, but there were wide variations
in different parts of the country, probably related to the availability of consultant
psychiatrists in different regions. Thus in South Eastern England twice