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The improvement began when the psychiatrist succeeded in entering the play situation on an
emotional level suitable to the child and in sharing in the bizarre phantasies of his play.
Clinical Conferences at which cases of special interest and difficulty were discussed
were held throughout the year, and usually interested members of other services were invited
to attend. These meetings proved so useful not only as a means of co-ordinating team
opinion and solving clinical problems, but as occasions for promoting better understanding
of Child Guidance work among the other services that they will be a regular monthly feature
of Clinic activities during the coming year.
HANDICAPPED CHILDREN
ASCERTAINMENT. The arrangements for ascertainment remained unchanged during the year.
BLIND AND PARTIALLY SIGHTED CHILDREN. A blind child is defined as one who has no sight,
or whose sight is or is likely to become so defective that it requires education by methods
not involving the use of sight. A partially sighted child is one who, by reason of defective
vision, cannot follow the ordinary curriculum without detriment to its sight or to its educational
development, but can be educated by special methods involving the use of sight. The
Authority has made no direct arrangements for the education of blind and partially sighted
children, but where possible, arrangements are made for these children to be admitted to residential
or day special schools conducted under other auspices. The following figures relate
to work carried out in connection with blind and partially sighted children during the year:-
BLIND
Number ascertained during the year 1
Number In Residential Special Schools
at end of year. 4
PARTIALIS SIGHTED
Number known to the Authority during
the year 45
Number ascertained during the year 1
Position at the end of the year:
In day special schools 10
In residential special schools 2
in ordinary schools 33
Out of school Nil
DEAF AND PARTIALLY DEAF CHILDREN. A deaf child Is defined as one who has no hearing
or whose hearing is so defective that it requires education by methods used for deaf children
without naturally acquired speech or language. A partially deaf child is one whose hearing
is so defective that it requires for its education special arrangements or facilities but
not all the educational methods used for deaf children. Figures relating to work carried
out in connection with deaf and partially deaf children during the year are set out below.
The number of ascertainments once again showed a substantial increase over the figures of
previous years, and the greater part of the increase was contributed by the partially deaf.
This was largely the result of the audlometric surveys which are reported on page 61.
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