[Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council.
- Montgomeryshire (Wales). County Council.
- Date:
- 1972
Licence: Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Credit: [Report 1972] / Medical Officer of Health, Montgomeryshire County Council. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![The Remedial Service benefits from the information and experience within the Health Service and it is able through its regular contact with individual children 'and schools to provide detailed information on a child's educational progress, as part of a joint operation. During the period of re-organisation both in local govern- ment and in the Area Health Service there is a unique oppor- tunity for a fundamental re-assessment of the functions of the various agencies, and for their further integration. S ummary Statistics: Peripatetic Remedial Service caseload on March 31st, 1973. These figures do not include the children receiving remedial help in the remedial departments of the large Primary Schools, or of the High Schools. Total caseload: ..... 246 Average age of caseload: ..... 9 years 6 rnontl Average % of school population receiving remedial teaching ..... 10% Number of children no longer requiring remedial help (following this particular survey) 36 SE VEKE LY S UB-N0 RMAL CHILDRE Progress continued to be made in the extension of facilities at the Newtown Special School , including the associated annexe to the school at Llys Maldwyn Hospital, Caersws. Mr. Edwards, the Headmaster, after a year in the post reports Since responsibility for children handicapped by severe sub-nor] Id i the cc r. and in Llys Maldwyn Hospital was transferred to the Education Authority, considerable changes have taken place. During the last school year, a Head Teacher and Deputy Head Teacher have been appointed, together with one qualified teacher and one teaching assistant. There are now 43 children with one qualified teacher and oi teaching assistant. There are now 43 children between the ages of 2 and 19 in the hospital, of whom 16 attend the school annexe-within the hospital grounds and 27 are visited by Mr. James the Deputy Head and the teaching assistant, Mrs . V.7 i iliams . In th post dipic allowance this group so better is in use. work areas themselves on the one number of e school annexe Mrs. Jones has now completed five years ms experience and qualified for the Special Schools under Burnham regulations. Cf the 16 children in , almost all are enuretic,and physically handicapped, facilities will be most welcome when the new annexe The old accommodation has been divided into two both of which have been repainted by the staff to give a colourful and stimulating environment hand and a smaller therapy room on the other. . A children who have previously been unresponsive in the nve begun ~:c show signs of developing awareness of their surroundings.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/b28862776_0060.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
