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surgeon supervised the therapies and gave general advice. Mr.
Lee's work has been greatly increased by doubling the number
of children he superintends. Case conferences on children as
they reach important stages in their development continue.
Monthly staff meetings of therapists and doctor have been
introduced and a medical dossier on each pupil has been compiled
so that all concerned can readily ascertain the problems
and the therapies being given. Teaching and health stiffs
work together more closely than in an ordinary school. For
much of each day the teachers themselves are necessarily
Involved in helping with therapies and Mr. Causton, the Headmaster,
has been most co-operative in an endeavour to put his
teachers more into the picture as regards their pupils' disabilities
and the objects of therapies.
A "Music and Movement* session each week has been
started for the younger more disabled children, and Mr. Brand,
in spite of the resultant extra work, has this running smoothly.
A new feature which has received considerable publicity
in the press, culminating in a visit to the school by BBC television,
has been the help given by Dr. Gardiner's senior pupils
at Wanstead Grammar School in making puppets, special gadgets
and in adapting existing equipment at Ethel Davis to any
special needs.
In October we were fortunate enough to receive a visit from
Dr. Ursula Shelley, the consultant paediatrician at Queen
Elizabeth Hospital, which many of our handicapped children
attend.
Mr. Farrell, Youth Employment Officer for handicapped
children, has continued to be of great assistance in the placement
of school leavers, sometimes a most difficult task.
During 1967 there were 21 admissions and 15 discharges;
recommendations for admission were received from the
following sources:—
Other Authorities 7
Hospitals 5
School Medical Officers 2
Principal Medical Officer 1
Transferred from another area 5
Parent 1
Total 21