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Educational Work
In addition to her part in the routine work of the Clinic,
Mrs. Lees, Senior Psychiatric Social Worker, has given talks
to residential staff of children's homes, nurses at West
Middlesex, teachers in training and trainee staff at
children's homes, and has also interviewed individually
some six students from a variety of settings.
Miss Parmentier, Psychiatric Social Worker, whom we
welcomed to the staff in February, 1972, has supervised a
Social Worker student for a period of three months and
has talked to playgroup supervisors.
Throughout the year, we have been assisted by a
volunteer worker. Miss Hansen from Denmark, who has
undertaken to visit and take out children known to the
Clinic to suffer from severe social deprivation.
We have been visited by Dr. Parfit of the National
Children's Bureau, as she was interested in our special
contribution to the education of Social Workers, and by
the staff of the Croydon Child Guidance Clinic, who
needed advice in plans for their new Child Guidance Clinic.
In April, there was an inter-clinic meeting held at this Clinic
when staff of local Clinics discussed — "The Future of the
Child Guidance Service" and wrote to the Department of
Health and Social Security, supporting the
recommendations of the Inter-Disciplinary Working Party.
We were sorry to lose Dr. Brafman after two years and
shall miss his stimulating presence. We also lost two
members of the Clinic who have been with us the longest —
Mrs. Martin, Clinic Secretary, and Mrs. Szur,
Psycho-therapist, and we shall greatly miss their valuable
contribution to the Clinic.
Referalls 1972 214
Diagnosed by Psychiatrist 128
New Cases seen by Psychiatric Social Workers 77
Number of Families helped by Psychiatric Social
Workers 189
Total attendances to see Psychiatric Social
Workers (parents) 1,554
Total attendances to see Psychiatrist (parents
and/or children) 521
Number of cases treated by Psychotherapist 42
Total attendances to see Psychotherapist 696
Waiting List for P.S.W. at 31.12.72 28
Waiting List for Psychiatrist at 31.12.72 (i.e. cases
prepared by P.S.W., S.S.D., etc.) 20
Analysis of Referrals
Education Department 79
Health Department 52
Parents 35
Social Services Department 22
General Practitioners 11
Hospitals 6
Probation Officers 2
Transfers 3
Others 3
Recommendations for Special Education
Residential Schools 30
Day Special Schools 22
Professional Adviser for Special Education
Dr. Moya Tyson BA, BSc(Econ), PhD, formerly Senior
Educational Psychologist for Special Schools reports as
follows:
During 1972 I was re-designated as Professional Adviser for
special education to the Borough; I had been undertaking
some aspects of this work already in my everyday contacts
with the special schools, but official responsibilities now
include new types of educational work which were not
required previously such as overseeing of teachers on first
probationary appointments in special schools, taking part
in interviews of applicants for posts in special schools, and
attending committees on planning for future special school
provision etc. This has meant a fair amount of replanning
of my work programme, as there has been no let-up in
requests for assessment and advice re children referred to
me in my other capacity as senior psychologist for special
schools and special units.
During the year I was invited to serve on the Secretary
of State's Advisory Committee on Handicapped Children,
and was then further nominated to serve on the smaller
research sub-committee. With the assistance of information
from my colleague Mr. V. Fisher Assistant Director of
Education, and Mrs. M. Pears, Senior Psychologist School
Psychological Service, I produced a paper on remedial
provision for children with reading difficulties in
Hounslow.
The training courses for teachers of Mentally
Handicapped children at Chiswick Polytechnic have now
ceased, with the transfer of the former Junior Training
Schools to L.E.A.s as special schools for E.S.N.(S)
children, but Chiswick Polytechnic continues to collaborate
with Maria Grey College in the new three year teacher
training course offering specialisation in the education of
the severely subnormal child. My former role as external
examiner to the Chiswick courses has been transferred to
the University of London Institute of Education on behalf
of this new course. I was also appointed a member of the
Central Examination Panel of the Training Council for
staff in Adult Training Centres of the D.H.S.S., until this
Council is incorporated in the new Central Training Council
for all social workers. (One of the present Training Councils
courses is at Chiswick Polytechnic.) Although taking some
time from my other duties, membership of these
committees provides valuable experience about how
patterns of provision for the handicapped are being
developed throughout the country.
During 1972 I ran two in-service courses for teachers —
one of one session a week for four weeks for Hounslow and
Brent teachers on Language Development in the multi-racial
Infant School, and a four day full-time course for the staff
of Oaklands and Lindon-Bennett schools on the
Education of E.S.N.(S) children. I gave more lectures also
to teachers, speech therapists and other professional
workers in Training Colleges, Hospitals and other L.E.A.s.
The small special classes at Busch Corner Clinic and
Belmont School, and the Friday morning class at the
Hearing Clinic, continued to function and expand —
indeed, when the total class of 14 children is present at the
Hearing Clinic, as well as five regular adult workers and
helpers, and two or three students, it is almost impossible
to move in my room, and the adjacent waiting room has to
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