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The increase in its usefulness owes much to the enthusiasm of the staff, which
has resulted in many home visits by the psychiatric social worker, innumerable contacts
by telephone, visiting to the clinic, and conference with auxiliary child workers.
All this, of course, entails greatly added work, but its results have been its potential
reward.
It is very regrettable that Dr. Craike, Senior Consultant Psychiatrist, resigned in
October; he has been much missed. The vacancy has not yet been filled, but it is hoped
that a new appointment will be made very shortly. We are also hoping to increase the
number of psychiatric social workers, and this, in turn, will entail larger premises."
Speech Therapy
Miss Joan Came, Senior Speech Therapist, reports -
"Delays in staff replacement chiefly affecting Hornsey caused difficulties in
1963.
Many children need help with language acquisition in addition to articulation
improvement. Among other aetiological factors associated with delayed onset of speech
and language are cerebral palsy, minimal neurological abnormality and cleft palate.
Recent work in linguistics and studies of the emotional origins of communication offer
valuable insight into language development. Pre-school referral provides optimum
conditions for preventive treatment and research in such cases.