[Report 1958] / School Medical Officer of Health, Liverpool.

  • Liverpool (England). Council.
Date:
1958
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    Liaison is maintained with the home by the visits of the social workers, and with the school mainly by the educational psychologists. Play therapy sessions are provided at the clinic. Remedial teaching by two full-time teachers is carried out at the clinic and in certain of the School Health Service clinics. 36. (vi) Speech Therapy Clinics. Speech therapy is provided at five different centres in the City. Liaison is maintained with the teachers by the therapists visiting the schools. Speech therapists visit two special schools mainly to treat children suffering from cerebral palsy. 37. (vii) Heart Clinic. Children are referred to this clinic by school medical officers whenever a child is considered to have a cardiac disability. The School Medical Officer attends at the session when the cases he has referred are being seen by the consultant. When investigations beyond that of clinical examination are necessary the children are taken to the Royal Liverpool Children’s Hospital. 38. (viii) Hearing Training Clinic. This clinic is conducted at the Crown Street School for the Deaf. In co-operation with general practitioners, hospital clinics and the Maternity and Child Welfare Department, every effort is made to discover all babies who are deaf by the time they are 9 months old. When deafness is confirmed the infant is equipped with a special hearing aid and brought up regularly to the clinic for training sessions carried out by two specialist teachers. Close supervision by an experienced School Medical Officer is provided. An Aural Consultant also attends this clinic to see selected cases. 39. (ix) School Nurses’ Follow-up Work, etc. Much of the success of the Service depends upon the efficiency of the school nurses’ work. They must maintain close contact with the children’s homes and schools. About one-half of each school nurse’s time is occupied in home visiting and one-quarter with work in the schools.