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Blind and Partially Sighted Pupils
One blind child attended a residential school and eight partially
sighted children attended day special school. A further three
children who have not yet reached school age are likely to be in
need of special educational treatment because of defective vision.
At the end of the year twenty-one deaf or partially hearing
children were attending day special schools and five were attending
residential schools. Two deaf children who are also physically
handicapped were attending residential schools where provision is
made for their dual handicaps, and two partially hearing children
who suffer from other handicapping conditions were attending day
special schools.
In addition a number of children with hearing defects were
attending ordinary schools where they are able to continue their
education with the assistance of hearing aids and some special
attention from the teaching staff. At the end of the year the Education
Committee appointed a peripatetic teacher of the deaf who
will carry out a survey of all children with hearing defects in order
to assess the need for a possible educational unit for partially hearing
children within the Borough.
Physically Handicapped Pupils
Thirty-one physically handicapped pupils attended day special
schools and nine attended residential schools. Thirty-two children
in this category are able to continue their education in ordinary
schools and five children who are handicapped by other conditions
in addition to their physical disabilities attended various special
schools. At the end of the year twelve children were awaiting
placement.
Delicate Pupils
Fourteen children were attending residential open-air schools
and a further fourteen attended day schools for delicate pupils. One
child who has not yet reached school age attended a residential
nursery school. At the end of the year two children were awaiting
placement in a day special school.
Maladjusted Pupils
Maladjusted pupils requiring special educational treatment
usually attend a residential school or a boarding home. Nineteen
children attended such schools or homes for maladjusted pupils
and five were awaiting placement at the end of the year.
Two nursery classes for pre-school maladjusted children at
Parklands and Mead Infants' Schools and a special unit for disturbed
children at Manor Primary School are supervised by Dr. J.
Vincenzi, Medical Director of Raphael House (Child Guidance
Clinic), and information about these units is included in Dr.
Vincenzi's report on page 36.
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