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Treatment since their lingering without special help in the ordinary schools
affords them the experience of continual failure, sets up unfavourable attitudes,
creates emotional difficulties and intensifies the learning problem to
a point at which it may be difficult to treat.
The school has enjoyed much support and assistance from other agencies
and disciplines. Dr. A. Letts assisted by Nurse Darling saw - 64 children for
Routine Medical Inspections and - 13 children for re-assessments. An audiometrician,
Mrs. Goad has continued to screen the whole school population
for deficiences of hearing. A full-scale Dental Inspection took place; the
children either having the opportunity to continue with treatment at the local
Purley Clinic or under the own practitioners. A number of pupils were referred
for child guidance and we have been grateful for their advice and assistance
on many matters.
Many of the pupils were found to be suffering from secondary handicaps,
the greater being those of speech defects. The devoted and conscientious
work of the two visiting Speech Therapists, Mrs. Julia Robertson and Miss
Sue Simpson (between them attending for four full-day sessions each week)
has afforded the children much individual and specific help. We have observed
much improvement in general language development which has in turn assisted
the childrens' reading progress.
For the latter part of the year we have been fortunate in having the support
of Mrs. Freud (an Education Welfare Officer) who has been able, through her
home visits, to foster good home/school relationships and provide a two-way
channel for communications.
I am grateful for the first report from Coldharbour School which is supplied
by Mrs. L.B. Mouatt, the Head Teacher. Mrs. Mouatt was in charge of the school
when the Health Department was responsible and is thus no stranger.
Coldharbour School for Educationally Subnormal Pupils
Coldharbour School transferred to the Education Department in April 1971,
and Staff are making good use of training courses available to them.
Children on roll - December 1971:
Total:
Children left:
Residential School
Permanent Care
Removed from Area
Transferred to Waylands
New Admissions:
39 girls (age range 31/2 yrs./18 plus
64 boys (age range 41/2 yrs./17 plus
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