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bring the child to the clinic. The response to this was excellent,
only thirteen parents being unable to comply. These thirteen
children will continue to come by school bus, but the others will
have the advantage of a longer period of individual treatment and
greater co-operation of their parents.
"The tape recorder has proved very useful. It cannot, however,
be used to record all types of articulatory defect as it does not
produce sounds of the highest frequencies with any accuracy. Record
keeping this year has been facilitated by the use of small reels of
tape.
"During the year 35 school visits have been made and prospective
cases have been interviewed and current cases discussed.
Contact is kept with the school throughout treatment and a report
is sent to the school when any new factor arises. My thanks are
due to the Head Teachers of all the schools for their help and
co-operation."
Miss A. M. Hemmings, L.C.S.T., reports as follows :—
"This year has been a good year in that two major improvements
have been effected. In September I obtained the use of another
treatment room, so that the clinic now has the use of two treatment
rooms and one waiting room. This second room is particularly
useful when the working student is in attendance.
"The second improvement concerns the recording machine
We now have small reels for individual children so that it is possible
to play several recordings consecutively and thus note the improvement.
"During the past year I have been able to maintain weekly
contact with my colleague Miss Borthwick to discuss cases.
"As in previous years, regular visits have been made to schools
and I have found the Head Teachers most co-operative. In the
Infants' schools in particular children with speech defects are often
picked out after having been at school only a few days.
"In general, I feel that speech therapy is no longer regarded
as a new service known only to a few people. Often of their own
accord mothers seek treatment for their child when he is still quite
young."