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Conclusion.
We have undoubtedly been hampered in 1958 by changes
and shortage of staff. 1958 was the second full year
without an Educational Psychologist,
Although there are few changes in the work that goes
on in the Clinic from one year to another, and although
the numbers dealt with there are small, we are convinced
that there has been an advance and an expansion in the
work that goes on outside the Clinic in the discussions
with groups of mothers, with teachers, health visitors,
Probation Officers and many other types of workers concerned
with the welfare of children.
Work of this type is not so easily measured or conveyed
in figures, but has had a cumulative effect over the
years, One example of the effect of the work of Child
Guidance Clinics is the report of the Piatt Committee on
the Welfare of Children in Hospital, While we cannot take
any particular credit for the conclusions of this Committee,
nevertheless it embodies the views that have been
put forward by Child Guidance Clinics; views that would
have been unheard of twenty years ago, but which are now
officially accepted and advocated by the Ministry of
Health,
Although it will be many years before we have achieved
all we hope for the well-being and happiness of children,
there are many signs that our w that it has a greater value than we can convey in the
report of our unsensational progress during any one year.
Cases are referred to the Child Guidance Clinic to
deal with the following problems:-
Primary Behaviour Disorders
Pears and anxieties
Solitariness and unsociability
Depression and lethargy
Difficult to manage at home
Difficult to manage at school
Temper tantrums
Direct aggression
Sexual difficulties
Psycho-somatic Disorders
Enuresis
Encopresis
Sleep disorders
Habit spasms
Feeding difficulties
Hysterical symptoms
Speech disorders
Asthma
Eczema
Constipation