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The Speech Class at Stanhope Infants School continues
to cater for 10 pupils with severe speech defects and all
the available places have been kept filled since its
inception in 1954. A further 4 pupils were admitted during
the year and 6 were discharged.
EALING CHILD GUIDANCE CENTRE
Dr. P. Holman, Consulting Psychiatrist reports:-
126 patients were referred to the Centre in 1960: 26
fewer than last year.
The total number of patients attending for some form
of treatment was 219 (18 more than in 1959) and 59 cases
were "under supervision".
17 children were placed in residential schools in
1960.
Members of the Child Guidance Clinic have continued
to work with health visitors towards the prevention of
mental ill-health in pre-sehool children. We have, as in
the pastc had close but informal contacts with school
medical officers, the Area Children's Officer and her
staff, probation officers, education welfare officers and
others. It is now generally agreed that co-operation with
other welfare services for children is as important a
part of the Child Guidance Clinic's task as its direct
work with parents and children. We hope to increase our
contacts with other services in the new year.
The cases referred to us continue to be the same
types and to come in almost the same proportion as in
previous years. The average I. Q. of children referred to
the Centre continues to be 5 points above the national
average, whilst the average age has increased a little.
This is accounted for in part. by seeing fewer pre-school
children in the Clinic as more are seen informally or
discussed with health visitors by psychiatric social
workers, and in part. it is due to a real increase in
referrals of children of secondary school age. Nine
referrals came in 1960 from grammar schools and included
two pupils of seventeen. There is inevitably an increased
tendency to maladjustment in adolescence and we are glad
to be able to help this age group.
Aston School,
Mr. R, B. Laslett took up his appointment as headmaster
in May. Two teachers (Miss Banks and Miss Steptoe) and
the necessary non teaching staff were appointed shortly