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CHILD GUIDANCE
Report of the Educational Psychologist to the Forest and Leyton Divisions—
(Miss M. Marshall).
The Educational Psychologist in the Forest Division and Leyton
Borough in Essex has continued her work along the lines already established
and to expand when opportunities arise. The school population in the
combined area has now reached the figure of approx. 41,000. There have
been 10 new Schools opened during the year. The great difficulty is to
keep up with work already started, such as the remedial reading groups in the
Leyton Primary Schools, while continuing to keep in touch with other
Schools and answer all the requests that are now coming in from new Schools.
Work in the School Psychological Service.
The greater part of this work consists in the help given to Schools and
parents over the problems of individual children. Requests come from the
School Medical Officers, Head Teachers, parents and sometimes from other
services, such as the Children's Department, or the Juvenile Employment
Officers.

Of these 465, 70 children were seen by two Trainee Educational
Psychologists, supervised by the L.E.A. School Psychologist, as part of their
practical training. At the end of the year there were still 31 children on the
Psychologist's waiting list, and four Schools whose Heads had asked for a
visit.