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summer the boys spent five days camping at Park Place School, and another group of children
went camping for a weekend in Sussex.
Every attempt is made to involve the children in the organisation of the school, and this year
a School Council has been set up. Following a suggestion at the School Council arrangements
have been made for some of the older girls to attend once per week at Mellow Lane School for
typing instruction. Swimming is encouraged at the school, and the children have been very
successful in the recognised awards. In addition eleven pupils obtained Water Safety Awards and
gave a demonstration to the rest of the school just before the summer holiday."
(F) Epileptic
In residential special school 1
In special day school 1
Pre-school children recommended for trial in normal school 1
Satisfactorily placed in normal school with a variation of educational
treatment and supervision 27
10 children were ascertained in 1970.
Nearly all the children who suffer from epilepsy may be placed in normal schools when under
effective therapy. They are little trouble to their teachers and follow a normal regime except for
certain restrictions on above-ground activities, on gymnastic apparatus and swimming. Occasionally
the epileptic may indulge in violent behaviour patterns making the life of others around him
hazardous. One pupil unfortunately suffered in this way but after hospital treatment was able to
be admitted to a special day school. This transfer has so far been successful particularly as the
ratio of teachers to pupils is a high one.
(G) Maladjusted
In residential schools 26
In day special schools 46
In special class for autistic children 6
In normal school but recommended for special school 4
On trial in normal school having been previously in residential
school 3
29 children were ascertained in 1970.
The number of children ascertained as maladjusted has risen again this year (29) above
last year's figure of 23 and 14 for 1968. 6 children diagnosed as autistic and recommended for
special education are grouped in a small class in the environs of Oak Farm Infant and Junior
Schools, Hillingdon. These have been selected and referred by school medical officers and educational
psychologists to the consultant child psychiatrist at the Child Guidance Centre who makes
the requisite decision. This unit is one of the few which exist as part of the special educational
facilities of a local authority. Very great care needs to be taken to ensure that the Autistic Unit is
not diluted by the admission of children who show pseudo-autistic features with gross mental
retardation for which children special treatment in the Junior Training Centre is more appropriate.
This Authority provides for the education of maladjusted pupils in the 2 special schools—Townsend
House in Hayes for children up to 11 years of age and the Chantry School in West Drayton for the
11-16 years age range.
(H) Physically Handicapped
In residential schools 3
In day special schools 35
In day nurseries 1
Pre-school children recommended for special school 2
Satisfactorily placed in normal schools with variation of educational
treatment 75
18 children were ascertained during 1970.
There are at present 28 pupils attending St. Michael's School for Physically Handicapped
Children, 9 of these are residents at the school and are from adjacent authorities. Over the past
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