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Mrs. Bowman, a former student who attended this Clinic has
now started a small group of children who are unsuitable for normal
Infant Schools. We are finding this class invaluable because it enables
each child to be closely observed, prior to further decisions about
the type of schooling for which they are best suited.
The problem of children who find it difficult, if not impossible,
to attend school, due to their intense anxieties, is still a major one
for us. We have at the moment, six such children attending here for
regular treatment. It is very helpful when they are referred to us at an
early stage, since the chances are then greater of an early return to
school.
We also have a number of psychotic children attending and
proving to be capable of adjustment in a suitable educational environment.
One in fact is now able to attend a Secondary Boys' School,
three attend sp:cial remedial classes, which have been very successful
with such children, and one is in a class for the School for
Maladjusted Children. We feel this to be a great achievement for all
concerned since although these children are unlikely ever to be completely
normal and adjusted adults, none the less it is hoped that
they will be able to take their place in the community to a limited
extent. In this type of case the unreserved help and co-operation of
the Education and Health Departments has contributed considerably
to the success achieved.
We continue our policy of working as a team in which all
members of the Clinic staff meet regularly to discuss new cases,
treatment, and questions of policy, and to which visitors are welcomed.
During this year we have been particularly pleased to note
the interest shown by Probation Officers who now come to consult
regularly on children referred from the Juvenile Courts. Staff of the
Children's Department, and other social workers are also using the
Clinic, both for diagnostic assessment and support in their case
work."
SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGICAL SERVICE.
Miss B. S. Gascoyne and Miss C. H. Watt, Educational Psychologists,
report as follows:-
"During the year we have been able to increase still further the