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SPEECH THERAPY.
Treatment is carried out as follows :—
Mattock Lane
Cherington House
Laurel House
Greenford Green
Ravenor Park
Perivale
Islips Manor
Oldfield School
North Ealing School
3 Sessions per week
1½ Sessions per week
2 Sessions per week
1 Session per week
3 Sessions per week
½ Session per week
1 Session per week
1 Session per week
Saturday mornings are used for case discussion and clerical
work. Monday afternoons are reserved by the speech therapist for
school visits, or special interviews.
The Speech Class, Stanhope, is visited by both Speech
Therapists four times per week amounting to 2½ sessions in time.
Number of children treated this year 237
Number of children discharged 122
Number of children new 205
Number of schools visited 57
Waiting list at end of year 49
Comment.
The number of new patients (205) is greater than the number
discharged in the same period (122) because of the extension of
sessions in September.
Schools.
School departments are visited at the request of Head Teachers
who have been notified that Monday afternoons are reserved for
visiting sessions for therapists.
Waiting List.
The list is higher this year than it has been for some time.
This is due to the extension of the service, children whose names
had been witheld because of the limitations of treatment facilities
have now been referred, but the turnover of patients is as rapid as
is possible in this type of work.
Remedial Speech Class.
The Remedial Speech Training Class was opened in March,
1954, in Stanhope Primary School, Greenford, and we are pleased
to report that it is now established and is progressing satisfactorily.
M.S.S. Tape Recording Machine.
In March, 1953, the M:S.S. Tape Recording Machine was
introduced for regular use in Ealing. It has been used Therapeutically
and also for Permanent Recording.