[Report 1967] / School Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City.

  • Nottingham (England). City Council.
Date:
1967
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Credit: [Report 1967] / School Medical Officer of Health, Nottingham City. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Orston House Hostel for Maladjusted Boys: At the beginning of 1967, in residence Admitted during 1967 Discharged during 1967 At the end of 1967, in residence Orston House (incorporating The Gables) Notts. County City Boys Council Boys 7 4 6 2 6 2 7 4 Under the new arrangements for Consultant Psychiatrists’ duties, psychiatric responsibility for boys at Orston House Hostel has been taken over by Dr. Ratcliffe. I am sure that with Mr. and Mrs. Columbine working under Dr. Ratcliffe’s advice, Orston House will continue to perform a valuable service in providing help for maladjusted boys and guidance for their parents, so that when the boys return to their homes, family relationships are greatly improved. Educational Assessment: Examinations, Attendances and Visits: Number of children (new cases) seen by Educational Psychologist (excluding Child Guidance) ... 807* ♦Includes 62 Annual Selection Tests Children’s attendances for treatment by Educational Therapists ... ... . 2610 School visits by Educational Psychologists ... ... 200 Children treated by Educational Therapists ... ... 190 Our Educational Psychologists are occupied in various directions. Their duties include seeing children in school about whom head teachers want advice, making psychological and educational assessments for those children being seen by the psychiatrists and seeing children in their own clinics. It is often helpful for the psychologists to see a child out of the school setting and it is possible in the clinic to administer a wider range of tests. Children so seen are those failing to make educational progress, those for whom the correct educational placement is dubious and those for whom psychological assessment is required for vocational guidance. Educationally Sub-normal Assessment Clinic : Number of children ascertained during 1967 as needing special educational treatment in Day E.S.N. Special Schools ... 85 Number of cases referred to Local Health Authority during 1967 as being unsuitable for education at school (Section 57(4) of the Education Act 1944) ... ... ... ... 30 Number of cases reviewed under Section 57A and ascertained as suitable for education at school ... ... ... 3 These examinations are conducted by approved medical officers for the purpose of “ascertaining” those children who are in need of special educational treatment or those children who require the Training Centre “type of education.” It is our duty to check on the legal aspects making sure the appropriate letters have been sent and forms completed, to enquire into the child’s medical history, to carry out a physical exam¬ ination to detect any defects which are known to be associated with retardation. As a result of all this, he has to make the correct recom¬ mendation and explain the situation to the parents. Speech Therapy Clinic: Owing to staff changes and periods when the establishment has been below strength, the number of children treated is rather below 1966. Now that the department is at full strength again, we are making every effort to reduce the numbers on the waiting list.