The Public School and the Problem Child

jects, one of industrial arts, two speech supervisors, with cooperation from the Divisions of Physical Training, Music, Art, Commercial Education, Industrial Arts, in supervision of special subjects. Such an organization is handicapped by all of the problems faced by schools in the matter of equipment and help which must be paid for by the public. Many items which are desirable are missing from the organization but on the contrary, all that we have have been paid for. The clinic conducted by the Division of Special Education finds plenty of cooperation among the hospitals of the city in regard to physical examinations and treatments which are deemed useful. We have within the school group our Division of Medical Inspection but as this division is a public health organization it does not function in treatment, except as occasional personal relations make it possible to get suggestions from our physicians. However, the psychologists usually know the social organizations of the various hospitals and are acquainted personally with doctors to whom they may refer cases for which medical care must be provided. The Division of Compulsory Education has within its group, not only attendance officers, who are socially trained, but also a social organization which will make home visits when necessary. It is through this division that placement is made through the Courts and to whom placement problems may be referred. It is also possible for members of the clinic to make use of the social agencies which are a part of the welfare service of the city. Many of the agencies like the White Williams Foundation and the Mothers' Assistance Fund, make use of our public school clinic as a regular part of their routine and their services as well as many others not mentioned, are available to the public schools. The school is an educational institution and the first problem of