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Speech Therapy
The staff comprises the senior speech therapist, Mrs. D.
Freedman, and the equivalent of two other full time speech therapists.
In addition, sessions are held at the Junior Training Centre, Dukes
Avenue, Kingston upon Thames. Apart from the latter, there are nine
premises where the work is carried out. Seven of these showed an
increase in the number of cases treated over 1965, this despite the
fact that only one had an additional weekly session.
There was a continued growth in the service during the year
and a total of 398 children received treatment as compared with 357
during 1965.
A further part time pcet has been approved for appointment
in July 1967 to cope with the continued increase in demand for the
service, which has been brought about by a better appreciation of the
service by teachers and other professional staff as well as by the
parents.
The provision of additional equipment has helped in coping
with the increased case load. Two of the centres have been provided
with tape recorders and an Amplivox speech training hearing aid was
obtained for use with some of the handicapped children requiring speech
therapy.
In addition to clinical work the therapists continued the
practice of meeting to discuss common problems, new apparatus and new
treatment trends, and it is expected that visits may be made to establishments
carrying out specialised work in the coming year.