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KINGSLEY HALL ASSESSMENT CENTRE
This has been a very busy year for Kingsley Hall, and a very satisfying
one. Some of the increase in work has been due to the large number of hospital
visits when the child has been accompanied by a member of the staff; 84
appointments have been kept. I am sure that it will be appreciated that this
is an essential function of the nursery, both from the point of view of the
child and the staff.
We have had our usual high turnover of children, with 12 admissions and
15 discharges. These were as follows
Admissions
Handicap
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
Paraplegia - Retarded
Mongol
Twins - Retarded / Social Maladjustment
Mongol
Still's Disease
Maladjusted
Congenital Heart Disease
Congenital Cataract. Partially sighted.
Retarded - Maladjusted
Microcephalic - Athetoid
Quadriplegia - Mentally retarded.
Discharges
Handicap
Remarks
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
Paraplegic
Quadriplegic
Mongol
Severe Mental Retardation
Microcephalic, severe
mental retardation
Mental retardation
Mongol
Congenital cataracts
Quadriplegic
Mongol
Still's Disease
Maladjusted
Spastic quadriplegic -
mental retardation
Hydrocephalic
Maladjusted
To normal school
To Lingfield Manor Cerebral Palsy
School
To Training Centre
To Residential Mental Hospital
To Residential Mental Hospital
To E.S.N. School
Removed from Dagenham
Home
To Ethel Davis Cerebral Palsy School
To normal school
To normal school
To normal school
Home, awaiting a residential
placement
Home - to go to normal school
To normal school.
During the year, it was thought desirable to introduce a system of follow-up
of old Kingsley Hall children, whereby we hope to be able to keep a check on
their future progress or deterioration. I feel that this is a most important
step, as we shall, in retrospect, see whether the placements made so early in
life have been successful, and if not, perhaps learn a lesson for the future.
A film showing the work and play at the nursery was begun, with most of the
indoor scenes having been completed, but the outdoor shots had to be left until
next summer since we started too late in the year to complete these. This is a
colour film, the technical details of which were carried out by Mr. Williams of
Chelmsford, and Mr. Self.
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