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the greatest call on the Service seems to come from the Primary
sector and special education.
1. In the Primary Sector
(i) Screening of slow learners at top infant level for selection
into special education is an annual feature.
(ii) The Educational Psychologists have attended regularly
meetings of the Audiology Ascertainment Team.
(iii) The Educational Psychologists have visited the Opportunity
Classes regularly and held annual meetings at each
of the Opportunity Classes for the placement of their
leavers.
(iv) The Service has organised two educational film shows
for the staff of the Opportunity Classes, Cheyne Hospital
and the Phoenix Centre as well as film shows for the
Darrick Wood Partially Hearing Unit and the staff of the
Darrick Wood Schools and Teachers of the Deaf. These
have proved very popular.
(v) Two educational visits were organised for the staff of the
Opportunity Classes during the year.
The School Psychological Service has continued to be consulted
in an advisory capacity in general matters and, more
specifically, concerning special education.
2. In the Secondary Sector
(i) The School Psychological Service has continued to follow
up remedial provisions within the non-selective schools.
(ii) The School Psychological Service has also been consulted
in matters regarding 11 + Selection procedure.
3. In the Special Education Sector
(i) Regular meetings have taken place with the remedial
teachers and the teachers of tutorial maladjusted classes.
(ii) Regular visits were undertaken to special day E.S.N,
schools.
(iii) The Educational Psychologists have also seen children at
the Cheyne Hospital School for the physically handicapped.
Children attending the Phoenix Centre (Cerebral
Palsy Unit) were seen, but only as out-patients at Farnborough
Hospital rather than at the Phoenix Centre itself.
4. In the Local A uthority and Hospital Clinics Sector
Each Educational Psychologist has continued to work
regularly at the Local Authority Child Guidance Clinic at the
Willows, at the Bromley Hospital Child Psychiatric Clinic and
at the Paediatric Department at Farnborough Hospital.
During the year, the School Psychological Service enjoyed
excellent relationships with all Departments in the Borough,
especially School Health, where a free and easy personal contact