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THE CHARING CROSS HOSPITAL CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTRE: A DESCRIPTION OF ITS WORK AND AN EVALUATION OF ITS FIRST 385 PATIENTS
Author(s) -
JOLLY HUGH,
FINNIE NANCIE R.,
HALL D.M.B.,
NEWTON R.C.F.,
ROUSSOUNIS S.H.
Publication year - 1977
Publication title -
child: care, health and development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.832
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1365-2214
pISSN - 0305-1862
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2214.1977.tb00064.x
Subject(s) - pediatrics , period (music) , medicine , medical education , psychology , acoustics , physics
Summary Charing Cross Hospital provides facilities for the study of handicapped children in a normal nursery which forms part of its Child Development Centre. The period of assessment varies from one day to three weeks; the advantages of prolonged assessment are discussed. Parental involvement and support, and the teaching of medical students are emphasized. A study of the Centre's first 385 patients is presented.