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personal confidence has been shown by most
of the children and academic improvements
have been noted. Children with specific
learning disabilities respond markedly to
individual instruction.
Special unit for disturbed infants
Mrs B Richardson has continued to run a
highly successful unit.
Remedial centres
The centres continued to be run by Mrs A
Duncan, Mrs S Ives and Miss M Norman
during 1969, They are more and more used
for the treatment of disturbed' children with
reading disability since these children require
a special facilitating environment in a small
group
School counselling service
Mr P Smart and Mr W Lawe are employed as
school counsellors at Longford and Lampton
(+ Heston) comprehensive schools respectively.
They are in close liaison with the educational
psychologists and social workers on all
matters affecting the guidance of children in
the schools Mr J Smith was appointed as
school counsellor at Feltham comprehensive
school in September 1969 Mr A Morgan and
Miss S Williams have been seconded to train
as school counsellors and are likely to be
appointed in 1970,
Meetings with heads of remedial departments
comprehensive schools
Several meetings have been held during the
year The main aim has been to effect a
close liaison between the teachers and the
psychologists and to provide opportunities
for discussion of mutual problems among the
teachers It is hoped later to make surveys of
the incidence of backwardness and types of
problems referred from teachers in the comprehensive
schools.
Social work with parents of children showing
severe learning problems
The appointment of educational social workers
for this role is a most important advance in
approach to the treatment of learning problems
Mrs A Grigg who is employed as part-time
Remedial Teacher is also a trained social
worker and has carried out a great deal of
work with parents She has produced a
statistical summary of this work which is
shown below
New referrals 60
Continuing cases 13
73
Closed cases - 10
63
11 are child guidance clinic cases
The 63 children are helped as follows:
Remedial centres 3
Individual work with rem teachers at S P S 5
Therapy with E P s 2
ESN school 3
Boarding school 1
Home tuition 1
In school 48
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Persistent non-attendance at school
The group meetings between child care officers
and education welfare officers and other workers
have continued under the chairmanship of Mrs
M Pears and Mrs C de Speville. educational
psychologists Many of the problems connected
with non-attendance have been found to be
highly complex and not susceptible to quick
solution
Handicapped Pupils
The Education Act places on local education
authorities the duties of ascertaining which
pupils in their area are handicapped and of
providing special educational treatment for
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