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"A COMMON FACTOR"
Out of the many thousands of children treated, however, and from
the midst of the weight of printed material now available, one "common
factor'' is quite definitely emerging:- ANXIETY.
Whether the Anxiety be an Etiological Factor of, or a Resultant
Symptom from, the Enuretic Condition - if the child is "one who cares"
and wants to be cured - he is an "Anxious Child" to a greater or lesser
extent.
The Existence of Anxiety as a common factor in both Primary and
Secondary Enuresis and the important role which it plays, has probably
not been fully recognised, yet it surely indicates the most logical line
of therapeutic approach.
Peripatetic
Teachers for
the Partially
Hearing
The Peripatetic Teacher for the Partially Hearing, Miss H.C.
Hodges, submi ts the following report in conjunction with Mrs. J. Carney:—
As usual the work of the peripatetic teachers has concerned partially
hearing pre-school age children and those of school age who do not require
special educational treatment in schools for the deaf.
We have undertaken the supervision of the use of hearing aids,
auditory training, the teaching of speech, language and general subjects,
parent guidance and some testing hearing.
Miss Hodges completed her University Course in July and returned
to peripatetic work in September, when a third member was appointed to
our team - Mrs. B. Savage, another qualified teacher of the deaf. With a
team of three it is possible to give very adequate supervision to the
children on our register and we can now offer two sessions of auditory
training a week, where necessary, to pre-school age children, which
helps their progress considerably.
At present there are 42 children on the register. Of these 9 of preschool
age, 11 are in primary schools, 19 in secondary schools and 3 in
special schools. During the year we have made 511 visits to these
chiIdren, their parents and teachers, in homes, day nurseries and schools.
In the past year three chiIdren have been recommended for special
educational treatment. Of these, one A year old girl was admitted to the