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The trend towards increased involvement with children originally
referred to the hospital paediatric services, noted in the 1971 report,
continued. But the number of direct referrals from general practitioners
remained substantially the same as in 1971. There was also a notable
increase in referrals by parents direct to the clinic. Many of these parents
were given appropriate advice or got what they needed from the psychiatric
social workers without the psychiatrist seeing the child. Again, the
number of 'new cases' dealt with in this way does not show up in the
report.
School Psychological Service
Mr. W. R. Wilson, M.A. (Hons). Senior Educational Psychologist
reports as follows:-
(1) Staffing:
Senior Educational Psychologist W. R. Wilson, M.A.,
A.B.Ps.S.
Educational Psychologist Mrs. A. M. Williams, B.Sc.
Educational Psychologist Mrs. J. H. Whitehouse, B.Sc.
Educational Psychologist Mrs. J. H. Parnell (from 1st
October)
Specialist Teacher Mrs. D. Schiller
Advisory Peripatetic Remedial
Teacher Mrs. M. Zurawski
Peripatetic Remedial Teacher Mrs. G. Branch (from 18th
April)
Peripatetic Remedial Teacher .. Mrs. B. Evans (from 1st September)
Assessment Unit Mrs. J. M. Whitmarrh
Chantry Unit (Class 6) Mrs. D. E. Harper
We were sorry to lose the services of Mrs. Whitehouse, who resigned
for personal reasons at the end of September but we were fortunate in
being able to appoint Mrs. Parnell, who took up the post of Educational
Psychologist from October 1st. Mrs. Williams resigned for personal
reasons in March but returned on a part-time basis in June.
Mrs. Branch and Mrs. Evans, Peripatetic Remedial Teachers, were
appointed during the year, Mrs. Branch taking up her post on April 18th
and Mrs. Evans on September 1st. Their appointments meant a substantial
advance in the development of the remedial service in the borough.