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(6) Class 6, Chantry School :
The work of this unit has an importance out of all proportion to its
size. It clearly demonstrates the need to develop and expand day provision
for emotionally disturbed children when circumstances permit. Efforts
are made increasingly to admit children on a part-time basis in order that
contact is maintained with their own school, and their full-time return
to these schools facilitated.
(7) Remedial Teaching:
As envisaged in 1971, the expansion of the remedial teaching service
has gone a long way to meet the needs of children requiring individual
help. Mrs. Zurawski has again arranged a number of courses and lectures
for the Harrow teachers. These have aroused great interest and attendances
have been very good.
(8) Special Schools:
Number of visits to special boarding schools: 9
(9) Unit for Partially Hearing Children:
This unit was opened in September 1972 and is sited in Cedars Junior
School. The teacher in charge is Miss D. Collins. This is the first step in
Harrow's plan to make educational provision in the borough for partiallyhearing
children.
(10) Conclusions:
The main area of expansion of the School Psychological Service
has been in the provision of remedial teaching, particularly individual
tuition for children with specific learning difficulties. Clearly most
children who require remedial teaching will be taught by their own teacher
in small groups or classes in their own schools. The chief aim of the
remedial teacher is to provide a "back up" service to the schools, particularly
in respect of children with difficulties of sufficient severity to require
individual tuition. It is hoped that eventually a screening procedure will be
adopted throughout the borough in order that children in difficulty with
their reading may be identified at an early age and appropriate remedial
measures taken at the earliest possible moment.
A second important development is the opening of the Unit for
partially-hearing children. This is another major step forward in the
borough's provision for handicapped children. Plans are now well
advanced for the opening of a similar unit for children of Infant School
age.
HANDICAPPED PUPILS
The Local Educational Authority have a statutory duty under the
Education Act 1944, of ascertaining handicapped pupils in their area and
of providing for the special educational treatment of such children.
Ten categories of pupils requiring special educational treatment are
defined in School Health Service and Handicapped Pupils' Regulations.
These are as follows:-