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Analysis of cases referred to child guidance
clinic i970
Referrals 1970 194
Diagnosed by psychiatrist 118
New cases seen by psychiatric social
workers 85
Number of families helped by psychiatric
social workers 220
Total attendances to see psychiatric
social workers (paints) 1 605
Total attendances to see psychiatrist
(parents and/or chi Idren) 461
Number of cases treated by psycho
therapist 20
Total attendances to see psychotherapist 349
Waiting list for psychiatric social
worker at 31.12.70 44
Waiting list for psychiatrist at 31.12 70
(i e cases prepared by psychiatric social
workers child care officer etc ) 11
Treatment waiting list (a)
Analysis of referrals
Education department 56
Health department 49
Parents 38
Children s department 18
Probation officers 11
General practitioners 9
Hospitals 8
Transfers 2
Others 3
Recommendations for special education
Day special schools 23
Residential schools 19
(a) No number has been put against the treatment
waiting list as it has been found in practice
that it has not been possible to provide
psychotherapy for all of even the most urgent
cases as and when required Additionally
there are a number of cases which would
theoretically benefit from psychotherapy if
only more sessional time were available
Numbers are kept down to produce an
artificially low waiting list which nevertheless
is alwavs currently in double figures
Senior Psychologist for Special Units and
Special Schools
Dr Mova Tyson BA BSc (Econ) Senior Educa
tional Psychologist for special units and
special schools reports as follows
While increasing numbers in the special
schools and a continuously growing number
of referrals from colleagues in educational
psychological and meoical fields meant that
more children about a third more than in
1966 were seen for assessment and advice
other projects also required a fair amount of
time and attention Among these were the
special classes for children with developmental
problems in the area of language particularly
and a pre school survey in Heston (a repetition
of the Chiswick survey) during the summer
holidays Both these projects are commented
on in detailearlier in this report The flow of
visitors continued as did requests to give
lectures and talks at conferences and meetings
Among the many lectures given was one at
Didsburv College of Education in late July to
the first national conference of the Joint
Council for Handicapped Children (a joint
committee of all the major associations dealing
with special and remedial education and
handicapped children) and another at Dartington
Hall Devon to parents of pre school hearing
impaired or dysphasic children At these
lectures use was made of videotape recordings
produced in the special class held every Friday
in my room at Heston Hearing Clinic and run
by Mrs Cox Senior Speech Therapist and
myself The lectures especialIv those at
which video recordings were used have
stimulated a great deal of interest among
teachers speech therapists and psychologists
in the experimental teaching which we are
undertaking A major publication was a chapter
entitled The Design of Remedial Programmes
in the massive handbook for psychologists and
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