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Number of applications withdrawn
(Failed repeatedly to attend for diagnostic
interview) 15
Source of referral:
Probation Officers 3
Court 2
Head Teachers 8
Medical Officers in Department 18
General Practitioners 32
Parents 19
Social Services Department 5
Hospital (Paediatricians and Psychiatrists) 2
Chief Education Officer 1
School Psychological Service 6
Others 8
Total 104
Number of new patients taken on for treatment during each month:
January 6 May 6 September 7
February 7 June 6 October 10
March 8 July 5 November 6
April— August 2 December 5
Number of Psychiatric Interviews: Number of Social Workers Interviews:
Quarter to 31st March, 1972 275 263
Quarter to 30th June, 1972 226 178
Quarter to 30th September, 1972 211 190
Quarter to 31st December, "1972 263 274
975 905
Number of Home Visits by Psychiatric Social Worker: 61
Number of School Visits:
Psychiatric Social Worker 12
Educational Psychologists No figures available
The Social Workers made 21 visits to different outside agencies, and attended Court on 2 occasions.
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE
I am grateful to Mr. D. R. Barraclough, Chief Education Officer, for the following report on the School
Psychological Service:-
The School Psychological Service is intimately concerned with both the education and the welfare of children.
Not surprisingly, the new Acts*, together with other educational changes such as the raising of the school leaving age
and the effects of a vigorous population growth within the Borough, have imposed new demands resulting in subtle
but continuous changes in the working of the Service. It seems desirable to look at the extent to which the service has
thus found itself committed beyond its original brief within the Borough.
(A) Summary of Provisions for Children relating to the work of S.P.S.
The Service is concerned with all children resident or at school (L.E.A., direct grant or private) in the Borough.
The provisions for children can be classified broadly within three categories, as follows:
1. Within the Educational framework
la L.E.A. * * Provisions
(i) Total population 49,399 (summer term)
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